 USA TODAY | Health reform: Colorado gets another $17.9 million to start health insurance ... Denver Post By Michael Booth The US Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday awarded Colorado another $17.9 million to firmly establish the insurance exchange at the heart of national health reform. The second round of insurance exchange grants will allow ... Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in 8 states Health care co-ops in 8 states get federal loans Put Up or Shut Up Time -- For or Against the ACA |
 The Guardian | Health workers linked to CIA's Osama bin Laden assassination plot are sacked The Guardian Seventeen local health workers have been fired in Abbottabad for their part in a CIA scheme to try to confirm the presence of Osama bin Laden in the northern Pakistani town. The low-ranking health department employees were punished for helping Dr ... Pakistan fires health workers tied to bin Laden kill |
 USA TODAY | Health officials warn of mercury in skin cream USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO – California health officials sent out a medical alert earlier this month after tracing the mercury poisoning of a 39-year-old Alameda County woman to an illegal skin-lightening cream smuggled in from Mexico. Mercury In Lightening Cream: California Health Officials Search For Risky Products Medical officials find mercury in lightening cream |
 The Associated Press | Police: Victims in Korean spa shooting near Atlanta were 2 married couples ... Washington Post A gunman who was asked to leave a Korean health spa in an Atlanta suburb earlier in the day came back and shot two of his sisters and their husbands and then killed himself, police said Wednesday. Surveillance video showed the man walking into the Su ... Police: Victims related in Korean spa shooting 5 dead in shooting at health spa outside Atlanta Five dead in shooting at spa in Atlanta suburb |
 Sydney Morning Herald | Mental-Health Cuts by US States Risk Boosting Health Costs BusinessWeek 22 (Bloomberg) -- US states looking to balance budgets by cutting mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments risk increasing health-care costs by pushing psychiatric patients into emergency rooms. States trimmed 9.5 percent, or more than $1.6 ... Mental health patients lose out under new funding plan |
Frontline health jobs on the line as cuts bite Stuff.co.nz Frontline jobs in the health sector are on the line as the Government's squeeze on the public sector continues. Waikato District Health Board (DHB) has confirmed it is searching for savings of $20m for the year from July and a further $5m in each of ... |
 Bloomberg | Outlook boosts Community Health Systems shares CBS News (AP) NEW YORK — Shares of Community Health Systems Inc. jumped Wednesday on a fairly strong outlook from the hospital operator. THE SPARK: The company said Tuesday it expects a profit of $3.45 to $3.70 per share from continuing operations in 2012. Community Health Systems Shares Increase Most in 10 Months: Atlanta Mover Community Health Systems Rises Most in 10 Months: Atlanta Mover Community Health profit tops analyst view |
 Washington Post | Why women's health issues are in the political spotlight Washington Post From the controversy surrounding President Obama's decision on contraceptives to Rick Santorum's comments on women in combat and in the home, McDonnell's decision is just another example of how women's health issues are currently in the political ... |
 Los Angeles Times | California rates health plans on quality measures San Jose Mercury News By Sandy Kleffman California's largest health plans have improved their care for diabetic patients, but many need to do better at treating children with throat infections, testing for lung disease and helping people overcome drug and alcohol addictions ... Health plans get mixed reviews in annual California report card California Health Plans Improve on Quality Measures for Diabetes Care, Exceed ... |
Kaiser Permanente Showcases Mobile Health Portfolio at HIMSS12 MarketWatch (press release) 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, will showcase its new collection of industry-leading mobile health applications at the Healthcare Information and ... |
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