Struck by 'Final Blow' of State Cuts, Clinic for Uninsured Will Close Sept. 1
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A primary care clinic once heralded for its potential in serving the uninsured while providing critical student training will see its last patient Sept. 1, barely three years after Northern Virginia Community College received $1 million for its operation.
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Emergency room doctors at Mary Washington Hospital have ended their contract with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the largest private health insurer in the state.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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The drumbeat of bad news about TennCare moved to a routine state departmental budget hearing yesterday afternoon, while negotiations closed to the public continued in an effort to save the pricey health-care program.
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Shrinking budgets and escalating costs this year exacerbated many of the county&#39;s health- care problems, which included the first human case of West Nile virus and the fact that prescription medications are increasingly expensive for many seniors.
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Going without healthcare coverage can spell disaster for your finances.
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LOS ANGELES Recent cuts to a state program could cause thousands of children with emotional disorders to lose critical mental health services.
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Plans designed to cut the number of people who go to hospital instead of their GP are set to unveiled.
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LOS ANGELES -- The county Board of Supervisors could vote to close the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center&#39;s trauma center Monday, following a public hearing at King-Drew Magnet High School.
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Police in Royal Oak, Mich., shut down a flu shot clinic Saturday, after thousands of people converged on it, tying up traffic for miles in all directions.
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Hospital options for critically injured victims in Monterey County will be fewer with the impending closure of San Jose Medical Center in December.
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Thousands of low-income adults won&#39;t be getting their annual flu shot from county health centers or hospitals this year because the Harris County Hospital District&#39;s entire 60,000-dose order has been canceled.
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Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Wednesday that the state plans to dissolve TennCare, cutting up to 430,000 people from the financially troubled supplemental Medicaid program barring a last-minute reprieve.
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ATLANTA -- Some states are warning that hundreds of thousands of poor children could lose their health insurance if Congress doesn't act soon to come through with more money for the program.
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Medicare cuts that are set to take effect in January will put much-used clinics at risk, oncologists say. WASHINGTON - Medicare payment cuts proposed by the Bush administration could reduce access to community
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The state reversed itself Tuesday on a cut in Medicaid reimbursement for in-patient psychiatric care after hospital representatives showed it would reduce the number of Indiana&#39;s mental health beds.
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It has been a summer of dire warning about eroding health care, leading doomfully toward a health summit in September. This is not new.