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Conference to focus on impact of health care reform Small Business Times Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:55 AM PDT BizTimes Media invites its readers to attend the Health Care Reform Roundtable to be held on Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee. Editorial: Idaho, late to insurance exchange, needs help - Sun, 05 Aug 2012 PST The Spokesman-Review Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:54 AM PDT It’s fair to criticize Idaho leaders for just starting the process of establishing a health insurance exchange when so many other states, including Washington, are much further along. It’s tempting to let gambling lawmakers face the consequences of putting all their chips on “Supreme Court repeal.” Problem is, it’s uninsured Idahoans who would be harmed. So to the extent the Obama administration ... LSU seeks hospital for prisoner care WDSU New Orleans Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT LSU officials say they got no response to proposals to area hospitals to take over prisoner health care currently delivered at its Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge. Hospital hand-washing habits disturbing: DHB member Otago Daily Times Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:50 AM PDT A Dunedin Hospital hand-cleaning audit found only 53% of staff were washing or sterilising their hands, Southern District Health Board figures show. read more Benefits of hospital pact fall short because of fed law The Daily Advance Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT With Albemarle Health officials tracking down another management plan for the hospital, it’s instructive to learn that the current agreement with Vidant Health didn’t fulfill all of the lofty expectations officials claimed it would. Move to ban fast-food advertising on city streets The New Zealand Herald Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:46 AM PDT Health officials worried about an obesity epidemic want fast-food advertising dropped from public property, including bus shelters, and are questioning fast-food and soft-drink sponsorship of public events.They have also raised... Kern County residents feeling recessionâs bite Kern Valley Sun Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:46 AM PDT Press Release/California Food Policy Advocates An estimated 89,000 adults in Kern County could not afford to put adequate food on the table during the recent recession, according to a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Statewide, nearly four million California adults â€" particularly those in households with children as well as low-income Latinosâ€"experienced food ... Aplin: Young people deserve better The Border Mail Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT GREG Aplin says the Border’s young people need better mental health services. The Trick To Getting The Most Out Of Flexible Spending Accounts Business Insider Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:36 AM PDT Flexible spending accounts for health care are becoming a very common benefit that employers provide for their employees. Church leaders tell lawmakers: Listen to God’s word Philippine Daily Inquirer Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:35 AM PDT The Catholic Church hierarchy on Sunday urged lawmakers to listen to God’s word and remain steadfast in the face of President Benigno Aquino’s last-ditch attempt to mobilize support for Tuesday’s vote in the House of Representatives on the reproductive health (RH) bill.

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