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Medicine practice in America: Problems

2010-11-29T15:04:51Z

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Ideology, Not Health Care Reform Threatens Freedom!

2010-11-03T00:09:23Z

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Disabled Building Grants

2010-09-13T10:42:45Z

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Policymakers debate how to profile Medicare physicians

2010-11-02T12:42:55Z

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States slash health care programs in budget crisis

2010-06-12T09:06:28Z

Billions in federal stimulus not enough to keep states from cutting health care programs

Aurice Barlow knows what happens when someone can't afford dental care.

"I see people walking the streets with toothaches, teeth hanging out of their mouths," said the former nurse's aide. At least 30 percent of the people in this city of 124,500 are impoverished.

"Nobody cares," she says.

Barlow is worried she'll now become one of them.

Washington is p...

Who's Ready for a Fat Tax?

2010-11-02T14:01:30Z

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Court sides with doctors on privacy of Medicare claims, reverses 2007 ruling

2010-11-02T12:42:14Z

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Typical nursing home generates 7 deficiencies

2010-04-16T13:10:12Z

States cite more than 90 percent of nursing homes last year for health, safety deficiencies

The typical nursing home was cited for seven health and safety deficiencies last year, with for-profit homes more likely to have problems than facilities run by local governments or non-profits, federal investigators said Monday.

More than 90 percent of nursing homes surveyed were cited for at least one deficiency last year — a rate that has changed little over the pa...

HHS appeals court order to give claims data to consumer groups

2010-11-02T12:41:09Z

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Mega Millions

2011-01-05T01:31:03Z

Loretta Pride, right, smiles after receiving help from Ivey Coples with selecting numbers for her three Mega Millions lottery tickets at the The All In One Shop on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, in Greensboro, N.C. Thousands of people lined up in 41 states and in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday in hopes...

NEW YEAR

2010-12-31T20:31:34Z

Oyuna Orosoo, from Washington, D.C., foreground left, is checked with a metal detector by NYPD police officer Toro, right, as she arrives for the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Times Square Friday Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fin...

Deaths YE

2010-12-21T12:01:44Z

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2005 picture, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C. Stevens was killed Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at 86 in a plane crash in a remote part of Alaska while on his way to a fishing trip. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Tax Cuts

2010-12-16T20:31:50Z

Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., , talks to reporters about the status of the tax legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C., Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Indian Money

2010-12-05T14:31:26Z

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2009 file photo, Elouise Cobell, right, looks on as Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes testifies during a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Native Americ...