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Duplicate spending for veterans' health-care is costly UC Newsroom Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:06 PM PDT A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that the federal government made about $13 billion in duplicative payments to provide health-care services to veterans who were simultaneously enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans from 2004-2009. TV chanel to help close health gap The North West Star Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:05 PM PDT PROFESSOR Sabina Knight, director of the Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health is on the board of the Rural Health Education Foundation which has just launched a television health channel Debate over WPB health insurance costs WPTV West Palm Beach Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:03 PM PDT After months of negotiations, the involvement of an arbitrator and most recently an impasse, City Commissioners were expected to decide on Wednesday whether they would raise the health insurance premiums of 600 City of West Palm Beach employees represented by the SEIU Florida Public Services Union by as much as four percent. Final Glance: Managed Care companies Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:03 PM PDT Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading:Aetna fell $.01 or percent, to $40.68.Cigna Corp. rose $.59 or 1.3 percent, to $45.30.Coventry Health Care Inc. fell $.29 or ... Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies Associated Press via Yahoo! News Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:03 PM PDT Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Economy Briefs: Striking Lockheed Martin machinists to vote Thursday The Washington Times Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:00 PM PDT FORT WORTH â€" Striking Lockheed Martin Corp. machinists will vote Thursday on a new labor deal. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Fort Worth went on strike April 23. Union members earlier rejected an offer that would have raised health care costs and eliminated pensions ... Union, Philadelphia children's hospital reach agreement Philly.com Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:58 PM PDT District 1199C of AFSCME's National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia reached a tentative agreement on a new contract covering 1,300 workers, mostly support staff, the union said. The union said it is still in contract negotiations with 12 other area employers, including Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Hahnemann University Hospital, and ... Mental health check ordered for murder suspect WTHR Indianapolis Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:58 PM PDT A judge has order a mental evaluation for a southern Indiana man charged with killing three women to determine if he's competent to stand trial. Electronic records tied to fewer malpractice claims Reuters via Yahoo! India News Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:57 PM PDT NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters Health) - Doctors using electronic health records are less likely to get sued than their colleagues who use traditional paper records, a new Massachusetts study showed. The technology is being adopted by U.S. medical practices to decrease errors and streamline patient care and is an element on which President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul has focused. Some ... A look at the health care overhaul in Nebraska KGWN-TV Cheyenne Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:55 PM PDT NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 237,000 Nebraska residents are uninsured, about 13 percent of the population.

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