Patients Won't Be Asked Immigration Status
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The Bush administration said that it was backing off plans to require hospitals to ask emergency room patients their immigration status.
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Governor Spitzer announces that the state will issue driver's licenses regardless of immigration status, without being required to provide a Social Security number.
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Two-thirds of chronically ill patients failed to tell their doctors they would have to skimp on their medicines because of cost, according to a new study published yesterday.
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Dr. Guadalupe Zamora has been a family doctor for 16 years. This is the first time he won&#39;t be able to offer his patients a flu shot.
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Dentists who fail to be upfront with patients about their treatment options could face disciplinary action.
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A hospital denies a claim that patients needing a hearing aid have the longest wait in Britain.
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BY LAW, hospitals provide free emergency care for illegal immigrants. But the costs are bruising, and pending federal regulations could scare away patients.
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A complaining patient removed from a medical practice's list has prompted concerns about new doctors' contracts.
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Nearly one in four consumers has had a legitimate claim denied by a health insurer. In the new consumer health feature Empowered Patient, CNN's Elizabeth Cohen shares advice on what to do when your insurance company says "no."
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Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says.
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Getting details about immigrants who have died in administrative custody is a difficult undertaking.
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When patients with heart disease are brought to a hospital, why not suggest a screening for their family as well?
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Texas officials argue that a new rule to disclose the size of their health care obligation to retirees does not apply to their state.
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SAINT-QUENTIN, NB (CP) - The New Brunswick government says it won&#39;t consider any demands from 500 demonstrators in northern New Brunswick who have set up three highway blockades to protest health-care cuts.
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Health dept does u-turn The Information Commissioner has been told that patients will have the opportunity to refuse to have their details uploaded onto the new NHS medical records system. The news comes just weeks after the Department of Health refused patients that right.â¦
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Private firms should not offer body scans to people without any symptoms, a government advisory panel says.
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EXETER, England  - A combination of industry  secrecy, lack of money and shortage of time is keeping the  results of many clinical cancer trials locked away and  depriving doctors of crucial information, campaigners said on  Monday.