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Employers Have Begun Shifting More Healthcare Costs To Workers Due To High ... - Comtex Smartrend
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Employers Have Begun Shifting More Healthcare Costs To Workers Due To High ...
Comtex Smartrend
Employers are starting to shift more healthcare costs to workers amid high unemployment and a slowed economy, according to a Washington Post ...

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Washington State Median Auto Insurance Rate Now $637 per Household - MarketWatch (press release)
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Washington State Median Auto Insurance Rate Now $637 per Household
MarketWatch (press release)
InsWeb also reported Washington median auto insurance rates segmented by specific demographic groups. These include: -- A Washington household that pays the ...

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Berwick defends health reform from GOP attacks - The Hill (blog)
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Berwick defends health reform from GOP attacks
The Hill (blog)
Responding to recent GOP claims that the Democrats' reforms are a threat to Medicare, Berwick said Friday that, on the contrary, the healthcare law has made ...

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A 'Blue Button' for Health Data - HealthLeaders Media
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A 'Blue Button' for Health Data
HealthLeaders Media
To promote cost-effective, quality care, healthcare movers and shakers are pointing to health information technology to help lead the way. ...

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VisionShare Inc. Appoints James P. Bradley as Chairman of the Board - Centre Daily Times
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VisionShare Inc. Appoints James P. Bradley as Chairman of the Board
Centre Daily Times
His unmatched experience in the HIT market will be invaluable to VisionShare as we continue to expand on our position as the nation's e-healthcare ...


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Pro & Con: Will health overhaul provide better care for US workers? - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Posted on Aug 30, 2010 (3 days ago)

Pro & Con: Will health overhaul provide better care for US workers?
Atlanta Journal Constitution
But insurance companies can charge them extremely high rates because they are insuring a smaller number of people, and if even one employee gets sick, ...

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Google, KPMG, Paul Weiss, Time Warner, Skilled Healthcare in Court News - Bloomberg
Posted on Aug 29, 2010 (4 days ago)

Google, KPMG, Paul Weiss, Time Warner, Skilled Healthcare in Court News
Bloomberg
Feinberg, a Washington lawyer, took over operations of the BP fund on Aug. 23. Backing from the attorneys general may be crucial to winning broad ...
Google, KPMG, Paul Weiss, Skilled Healthcare in Court NewsSan Francisco Chronicle

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US jobs market still reeling long after financial crisis - The Guardian
Posted today (14 hours ago)

US jobs market still reeling long after financial crisis
The Guardian
"The substantial political obstacles facing another round of economic stimulus and the Senate's decision not to extend long-term unemployment insurance ...

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Chet Edwards' congressional district now considered a tossup - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Posted today (18 hours ago)

Chet Edwards' congressional district now considered a tossup
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Edwards, who bucked Democratic votes on issues ranging from cap-and-trade to healthcare, has name recognition, years of service and campaign money -- more ...

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University among first employers to receive federal funds for retiree health care - Indiana State University
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (2 days ago)

University among first employers to receive federal funds for retiree health care
Indiana State University
The Early Retiree Insurance Program, administered by the US Department of Health and Human Services, will provide $5 billion to employers and unions to help ...

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Recommended: Top 10 events shaping the midterm season - msnbc.com (blog)
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Recommended: Top 10 events shaping the midterm season
msnbc.com (blog)
He could imagine solutions to healthcare, clean energy, education reform, immigration, financial reform, and the list goes on. What he did not imagine was ...

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Beyond Big Easy, a 'faith-based' approach on flood insurance - USA Today
Posted on Aug 26, 2010 (7 days ago)

Beyond Big Easy, a 'faith-based' approach on flood insurance
USA Today
It might also be called a Washington-based plan, on the assumption that a bad hurricane year would send state officials scurrying to Capitol Hill and the ...

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My take: Losing my faith after Hurricane Katrina - CNN (blog)
Posted on Aug 30, 2010 (3 days ago)

My take: Losing my faith after Hurricane Katrina
CNN (blog)
And as I watched residents struggle first against the federal bureaucracy and then against many insurance companies, my anger and frustration grew. ...

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Bizarre News -- Shoots Self in Rear - ABC12.com
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Bizarre News -- Shoots Self in Rear
ABC12.com
An insurance investigator has concluded an Arkansas house fire wasn't caused by an electrical problem, burning food or arson. It was the dead flowers. ...

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Senate To Address Health Tax Issue Opposed By Agents - National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News
Posted on Sep 1, 2010 (2 days ago)

Senate To Address Health Tax Issue Opposed By Agents
National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News
The provision is particularly irksome to the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA). In a recent letter to congressional leadership, ...


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Elizabeth Warren bails out of Harvard - Salon
Posted today (17 hours ago)

Salon
Elizabeth Warren bails out of Harvard
Salon
A tweet from the Columbia Journalism Review's Ryan Chittum points us to a Washington Post item by Brady Dennis reporting that the law professor suddenly ...

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Del Rey Oaks sues developer for defunct resort project - Monterey County Herald
Posted today (16 hours ago)

Del Rey Oaks sues developer for defunct resort project
Monterey County Herald
The developer also owes the city, the suit says, for environmental liability insurance premiums paid to the Fort Ord Reuse Authority. ...

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LETTER FROM A WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ROOM - Benzinga
Posted on Aug 20, 2010 (13 days ago)

LETTER FROM A WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ROOM
Benzinga
Housing finance reform is no less important or socialized with entitlement to the average American than healthcare or Social Security. ...

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Washington County Church Roof Collapses; Pastor Blames Snow - WPXI Pittsburgh
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (2 days ago)

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Washington County Church Roof Collapses; Pastor Blames Snow
WPXI Pittsburgh
A Washington County church has been reduced to rubble, and its pastor said last winter's heavy snows are to blame. The roof of the St. John Baptist Church ...
Snow-weakened church roof collapsesPittsburgh Post Gazette

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Give a little more time and money to help the needy - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
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Give a little more time and money to help the needy
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
The Tri-Cities was just listed among the top 10 places nationwide to raise a family, according to Kiplinger.com, part of a Washington, DC-based publisher of ...


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Houston Healthcare board strips some of CEO's power while boosting its own - Macon Telegraph
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (2 days ago)

Macon Telegraph
Houston Healthcare board strips some of CEO's power while boosting its own
Macon Telegraph
Such actions are not common among nonprofit boards, according to a Washington, DC-based nonprofit board consulting group. Houston Healthcare's board of ...


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End to COBRA subsidy means higher health insurance bills - USA Today
Posted on Aug 17, 2010 (16 days ago)

End to COBRA subsidy means higher health insurance bills
USA Today
Finding affordable insurance can be tough. The average price for family coverage is about $1100 a month, according to the US Agency for Healthcare Research ...

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SHINSTINE/ASSOC. LLC v. SOUTH-N-ERECTORS, LLC. - Leagle.com
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SHINSTINE/ASSOC. LLC v. SOUTH-N-ERECTORS, LLC.
Leagle.com
SOUTH-N-ERECTORS, LLC, a Washington limited liability company, OHIP CASUALTY INSURANCE CO., Bond No. 3740456, a foreign corporation, Defendants, ...


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Connexall Partners with Alvarez & Associates to Improve Healthcare Delivery in ... - Business Wire (press release)
Posted on Aug 31, 2010 (2 days ago)

Connexall Partners with Alvarez & Associates to Improve Healthcare Delivery in ...
Business Wire (press release)
Founded in 2004, Alvarez & Associates, LLC, (www.alvarezassociates.com) is a Washington, DC based information technology and executive management services ...

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Future - Barron's
Posted on Aug 28, 2010 (5 days ago)

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's Future
Barron's
There was some agreement that the government should either offer back-stop, catastrophic insurance on all residential mortgage securities, whether bundled ...

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