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Archive for July, 2009

"The judge said yes to the habeus corpus and they are to be released," Renato Tonini told The Daily Telegraph. "It's probably too late for them to get out today so we are expecting them to be released sometime tomorrow." Mr Tonini did not say what Miss Andrews and Miss Turner, both 23, would do, but they are expected to be reunited with family members who had come from Britain to help seek their release. The two friends are accused of trying to defraud an insurance company by claiming their l

For Child Care Providers, Health Insurance and Set Rates
New York Times
... insurance and set payment rates for the 54000 home-based child care providers whose services for low-income families are subsidized by the government. ...

After two years of negotiations, New York State and two unions have worked out a two-year contract that will provide health insurance and set payment rates for the 54,000 home-based child care providers whose services for low-income families are subsidized by the government.Under the contract, health insurance will be phased in over time through Family Health Plus, a public health insurance program run by the state, with the lowest-income providers being phased in first. The state currently pays

After budget cuts, how many California kids will go without health...
San Jose Mercury News
The Legislature cut $124 million from the state's Healthy Families program, which offers health insurance to children whose families aren't poor enough to ...

31 July

Patient Money – New York Times


Patient Money
New York Times
Instead I called the number on the back of my insurance card (yes, I'm frugal) and was transferred to a nurse who said, based on my symptoms, ...

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31 July

Getting Sick on Vacation – New York Times


New York Times

Getting Sick on Vacation
New York Times
Naturally there were a lot of sick children and babies, most of them running a temperature. Needless to say, they didn't accept any health insurance and it ...

The 2009 Backpack Heroes Campaign For Youth Villages Hopes To Provide An Estimated 300 Fully Stocked Backpacks By Wednesday, August 5, 2009 BRENTWOOD, TN – Crye-Leike, REALTORS agents are joining in the back to school shopping season – purchasing new backpacks and school supplies for the children in the care of Youth Villages. It’s the 9th consecutive year Crye-Leike has joined in the agency’s Backpack Heroes campaign – to help see to it that these emotionally and behaviorally challeng

31 July

Dear So and So: The Crabby Edition

Somehow this week I ran across Dear So and So , and it fits for today. Dear Mother Nature: If you insist on 60 degree temps and rain in July, then you’d damned well better pony up some 60 degree temps and sun in February. ***************************************** Dear Denver Post: I canceled my daily subscription several days ago and yet there is still a paper on my lawn every morning. Wanna know why newspapers are a dying breed? Because you are giving me something I don’t want and

31 July

Links: July 2009

Health care Small thinking on health care by those who complain of small thinking on health care , by Dean Baker Good medicine: why not for everyone? , by Dean Baker Give up a benefit, gain jobs , by Len Burman House health bill’s high-income surcharge: a reasonable approach , Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Does the House bill deal with costs? , by Jonathan Cohn Obama’s sop to health care ‘fraidy cats , by Jonathan Cohn The deal with the House blue dogs , by Jonath

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Representatives who refuse to answer constituents
Examiner.com
Medicare plays a vital role as a health care safety net by providing health care coverage to uninsured children. The State Children's Health Insurance ...