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$1T-plus spending bill taking shape in Congress El Paso Times Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:04 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) - Weary after a year of partisan bickering, lawmakers reached a tentative agreement Monday on a sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill that chips away at military and environmental spending but denies conservatives many of the policy changes they wanted on social issues, government regulations and health care. Vaggs assessment inadequate: expert Brisbane Times Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:04 PM PST A man who died after being restrained and sedated at a north Queensland mental health unit should have been admitted to hospital two weeks earlier, an inquest has been told. Sen. Harms, Gov. Heineman focusing on Nebraska’s future Scottsbluff Star-Herald Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:03 PM PST The $500 million question looming over Nebraska is the implementation of the national health care plan, Gov. Dave Heineman told an audi-ence at a pre-legislative breakfast on Friday. Mercy Medical announces sale of facilities BaldwinCountyNow.com Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:02 PM PST DAPHNE, Alabama â€" Mercy Medical announced the pending sale of a large portion of its physical facilities in Baldwin County this morning to SE Healthcare, Inc. of Florida. Jake Bell, CEO and president, said the sale comes after a three-year examination into the future of Mercy Medical, which opened its main bayside campus as a convalescent home in 1949 and later pioneered hospice and home health ... Roundup: Iowans question Wellmark premium hikes; Fla. Medicare audit; Mich. nursing home scandals News-Medical-Net Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:01 PM PST The Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield vice president faced dozens of angry customers and tried to explain why the health insurer wants to increase their premiums by 9.4 percent. ... Barbed questions flew throughout the hearing before the state insurance commissioner, who will decide whether to grant Wellmark's proposed increase for 86,000 Iowans who buy their own insurance policies. Nelson: Health care reform law saving Nebraska seniors millions Grand Island Independent Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:01 PM PST U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., who voted for health care reform legislation, said the law is now making a positive impact on Nebraska seniors, which is also the nation’s trend with aging Americans. To Your Health: Reducing stress for caregivers in the holiday season The Ambler Gazette Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:00 PM PST Holidays can be stressful on any number of levels. Saudi- UK health minister visits Kingdom MENAFN Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:59 PM PST (MENAFN - Arab News) The British Minister of State for Health Simon Burns visited the Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group recently. Deputy British Ambassador Roddy Drummond accompanied the minister, ... Atlanta Falcons: Smith returns to practice after health scare Rome News-Tribune Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:48 PM PST FLOWERY BRANCH â€" Falcons coach Mike Smith was back at practice Monday night and planning to return “first thing in the morning,” one day after being checked at a Charlotte hospital. “I feel a whole... Barlow charged, remanded in custody The Courier Mail Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:44 PM PST BAREFOOT and looking dishevelled in prison tracksuit, Joel Morehu-Barlow has appeared in court charged with defrauding Qld Health of $11m.

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