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Some hospitals can't afford liability coverage
Virtually all hospitals in Illinois maintain liability insurance coverage to protect them in the event of a patient injury. There are some hospitals, however, that do not maintain liability coverage. I submit that this is not a choice, but a necessity....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Prices
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Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...
Tags: Organizing for Action, Health Insurance, Healthcare Laws, Health Insurance Cost, Lawyers
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: Bodies of Water, Economy, Business and Finance, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Federal Housing Administration, Northbrook
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Geico on pace to pass Allstate as No. 2 insurer
Tribune reporterGeico could overtake Allstate Corp. as the nation's No. 2 auto insurer by the end of this year if current trends continue, a new analysis shows. SNL Financial, which tracks data in industries including banking and insurance, said Friday that there was...Tags: Corporate Performance, Allstate Corp., GEICO, Marketing
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Voice of the People, May. 06
Terrorism insurance I respectfully disagree with several points in "Insuring against terror; The law is about to lapse; Congress should let it" (Editorial, April 25). The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program provides much needed economic stability and...Tags: Government, National Government, Social Issues, Minority Groups, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell healthcare law
WASHINGTON — Seeking to ensure his landmark healthcare law is successfully implemented, President Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in health plans this fall. The new campaign,...
Tags: Organizing for Action, White House, Mother's Day, Social Issues, Healthcare Laws
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Flood insurance is a must for homeowners in trouble spots, agents say
selzie@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Recent heavy rains across the Midwest have left some areas flooded and homes damaged -- but some homeowners could be facing an even bigger threat. Many homeowners are uninsured from floods and may not even know it. Water at many area...Tags: Natural Disasters, State Farm Insurance, FEMA, Floods
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Peninsula hospital charges vary widely; Medicare releases numbers on 3,000 hospitals
On Wednesday, the CMS released FY 2011 numbers regarding what hospitals around the country charge for the 100 most common procedures. Charges varied wildly even within the same geographic region - and somewhat between hospitals under the same ownership....
Tags: Medicare, Heart Failure, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, The New York Times
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West, Texas, paramedic appears in court on pipe bomb charges
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.HOUSTON -- A paramedic who responded to the massive explosion in West, Texas, last month faced charges on Friday after federal investigators discovered he had the makings of a pipe bomb, authorities said. It was not clear whether his arrest, which...Tags: Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Explosions, Ariel Castro, Lawyers, Police Arrests
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Economy, Business and Finance, Health Insurance, Parties and Movements
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Patient is out of network, out of luck
A worrisome abdominal pain drove Jalal Afshar to seek treatment last year at healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente. The Pasadena resident and Kaiser member had lived for years with a rare condition known as Castleman's disease, which affects the lymph...
Tags: Health Treatments, Breach of Contract, Health and Safety at School, City of Hope, Hospitals and Clinics
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Response from American Family Insurance
Email to American Family Insurance Media Relations - Brian Heap - May 2, 2013 Dear Am Fam, I am an investigative reporter for KWCH-TV in Wichita, KS. I am working on a story about what appears to be a sudden increase in the number of Kansas homeowners...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers, Finance
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