Relatives seek extended care for brain-dead California girl
SAN FRANCISCO — Relatives of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy want her moved to a long-term care facility, but face resistance from the hospital where she is due to be disconnected from a breathing machine …
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Why the US should treat health care like a utility, not a market
The Medicaid public insurance program has been extended to roughly four million lower income Americans so far. About two million … And while many (though not all) of the worst abuses that let insurers pad their profits by denying or dropping care for …
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First Edition: January 7, 2014
Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz, working in collaboration with USA Today, reports: "The nation's 1,200 nonprofit community health centers receive strong federal support to treat millions of uninsured residents, but still face financial …
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