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UPDATE: Hospitals respond after strong criticism over merger Times Chronicle & Glenside News & The Globe Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:05 PM PDT Petitions, expressions of outrage and anger are being leveled at Abington Memorial Hospital following its announced merger with Holy Redeemer Health System. SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Court's health verdict brings local reaction South Brunswick Post Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:04 PM PDT Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the controversial individual mandate, brought many reactions from local politicians while many in the healthcare industry remained silent. Medi-Cal compensation inadequate, doctors say, as enrollment boom looms Santa Cruz Sentinel Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:04 PM PDT Low reimbursement rates cause many physicians to avoid the health insurance program for low-income people, but state plans to make several million more eligible. Feds come down on Oakland pot dispensary San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:59 PM PDT Feds come down on Oakland pot dispensary Federal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to seize the Oakland property used by Harborside Health Center, which is believed to be the nation's largest medical marijuana dispensary. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California posted a notice on Harborside's door this week, saying it intends to seize the property under federal ... CRANBURY: Ruling brings mixed responses The Cranbury Press Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:57 PM PDT CRANBURY â€" As many people know, the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s health care reform bill in a 5-4 decision on June 28. There is much controversy regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and whether or not its individual mandate is constitutional. Area seniors become queens for a day Maumelle Monitor Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:56 PM PDT Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And for the 30-plus contestants in the Queens’ Pageant sponsored by Arkansas Home Health Care Association District 1 on Thursday, there were hundreds of people who came out to behold them in their pretty dresses, hairdos and jewelry. Saudi- HMG's Takhassusi hospital starts operating MENAFN Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:53 PM PDT (MENAFN - Arab News) Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group (HMG) has started operation of its modern hospital on Takhassusi Road in Riyadh, providing advanced health services to patients. Dr. ... 50 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE: Memorial Hospital grows into Baptist Health-NLR North Little Rock Times Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:46 PM PDT In January 1962, North Little Rock teenagers were dancing to a reissue of Chubby Checker’s “The Twist,” but adults were concerned with serious matters such as the Cold War. DPRK Pays Deep Concern to Reproductive Health Korean Central News Agency Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:45 PM PDT Pyongyang, July 11 (KCNA) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has taken steps conducive to the protection and improvement of women's reproductive health. ICBC union stepping up job action CKNW News Talk 980 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:42 PM PDT The union representing ICBC workers is stepping up its job action in its labour dispute with the government. Local 378 vice-president Jeff Gillies says workers will no longer take part in internal training and performance manangement programs. Specifically - training on the government's transferring the issuing and administering of care cards from Health Insurance BC to ICBC. "They're important ...

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