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Pomeroy Plans to Vote for Health Reform Nov 6 2009 7:16PM
North Dakota's only congressman says he'll vote in favor of the health insurance reform bill that could be voted on in the US House tomorrow.
A spokesperson in Earl Pomeroy's office says the congressman supports the bill with the changes that were made t
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 2:13AM
Dickinson State University retired the
numbers of three college softball players today, at a packed
memorial service for them.
The softball jerseys of 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar (ge-MAR') of
San Diego, 21-year-old Ashley Neufeld of Brandon, Manit
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| Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 6 2009 2:13AM
The state Health Department has
confirmed four more swine flu-related deaths in South Dakota,
bringing the total to 13.
Details on where the latest deaths occurred weren't immediately
available.
Deaths have previously been reported in Shan
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AARP Healthcare Nov 5 2009 7:05PM
A-A-R-P announces their support of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
A-A-R-P has been working for the past two years with lawmakers to ensure a health care reform plan is developed that meets the needs of nearly 40 million AARP members.
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| Doctors' group supports House health care bill Nov 5 2009 12:43PM
The American Medical Association says it
supports the House Democratic health care bill, but it can't give a
full endorsement yet.
AMA President Dr. James Rohack said Thursday that the bill is
not perfect, but it meets enough of the organization
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| Seniors' lobby endorses House Dem health care bill Nov 5 2009 11:26AM
The AARP has officially endorsed the House
Democratic health care bill. It gives a major boost to the
legislation two days before a historic vote.
AARP Senior Policy Adviser John Rother says the measure closes
the coverage gap in Medicare prescr
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| Seniors' lobby endorses House Dem health care bill Nov 5 2009 11:12AM
The AARP has officially endorsed the House
Democratic health care bill. It gives a major boost to the
legislation two days before a historic vote.
AARP Senior Policy Adviser John Rother says the measure closes
the coverage gap in [[kxtopic:medic
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 5 2009 11:05AM
Former New York City police
Commissioner Bernard Kerik (KEHR'-ihk) has pleaded guilty to lying
to the White House and says he'll also admit tax crimes.
Kerik made his first of an expected eight pleas on Thursday.
The plea bargain includes t
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| Seniors' lobby endorses House Dem health care bill Nov 5 2009 10:44AM
The AARP has officially endorsed the House
Democratic health care bill, a major boost for the legislation two
days before a historic vote.
AARP Senior Policy Adviser John Rother said Thursday that the
40-million strong organization backs the Hou
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| Fans react...Afghanistan move...Suspected U.S. strike... Nov 5 2009 1:03AM
Hundreds of Yankees fans have been pouring into
the streets of New York to celebrate the team's 27th World Series
championship. That's after the Yanks beat the defending champion
Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6. In Philadelphia where cars
were o
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| No. 27 for Yankees...Senior group's endorsement...Missile strikes... Nov 5 2009 1:03AM
After nearly a decade, the New York Yankees are
baseball's best again. New York beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3
in Game 6. Hideki Matsui (hih-DEK'-ee mat-SOO'-ee) tied a World
Series record by driving in six runs. The Yankees wrapped up the
Series
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| Big endorsement...Homebuyer credit...Potential hurricane threat... Nov 4 2009 10:03PM
House Democrats are about to obtain a major
endorsement of their health care reform plan. The Associated Press
has learned that AARP will endorse the overhaul tomorrow. The
senior lobby helped then-President George W. Bush push the Medicare
prescript
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| Major backing...Eleventh victim...Cat contracts swine flu... Nov 4 2009 5:02PM
Democrats in the House may pick up a major
endorsement of health care reform legislation. The Associated Press
has learned that the AARP will endorse the legislation. The backing
of the senior's lobby helped then-President George W. Bush push the
Med
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| Standing pat...Dems' plan gaining support...Test scores and pay... Nov 4 2009 3:52PM
The Federal Reserve says the economy is
picking up but still weak. So, it plans to keep its key bank
lending rate at a record low for an "extended period" to nurse
the recovery along. Stocks ended the day mixed. The Dow rose 30
points to 9,802.
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| Andrea Danes of CSG Government Solutions Receives Distinguished... Nov 3 2009 4:34PM
drea Danes of CSG Government Solutions Receives Distinguished
Service Award
WASHINGTON, DC (Marketwire) 11/03/09
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has announced
the
recipients for its 2009 Awards Program. This program identifi
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| Humana 3Q profit jumps on government programs Nov 2 2009 5:36AM
Health insurer Humana Inc. says its
third-quarter profit rose 65 percent on a boost from government
programs, with Medicare Advantage leading the way.
The company earned $301.6 million, or $1.78 per share, up from
profit of $183 million, or $1.0
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 31 2009 4:13PM
The western North Dakota bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says he's talked with
pastors about a national church policy that allows gay and lesbian
clergy.
Bishop Mark Narum heads 192 congregations that make up the
Western No
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| GOP candidate questions House health care bill Oct 31 2009 3:19PM
The only declared candidate for North
Dakota's Republican congressional nomination says a health care
bill offered by Democrats in the House is not in the best interest
of North Dakota taxpayers.
Paul Schaffner, a former University of Mary footb
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| Advance warning...Sea searches...White House treats... Oct 31 2009 9:06AM
Afghan intelligence knew that the Taliban was
planning an attack in Kabul before Wednesday's deadly assault on a
U.N. guest house. The country's intelligence chief says security
had been tightened, but not during the pre-dawn hours when the
militants
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| Right direction...1,990 pages of bureaucracy...Searching at sea... Oct 31 2009 8:03AM
President Barack Obama says the nation's
economy is moving in the right direction. But in his weekly radio
and Internet address, he cautions further job losses may be ahead.
Still, he says, the economy has to grow for jobs to be created.
WAS
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| Economic optimism...Health care criticism...Deadly typhoon... Oct 31 2009 5:43AM
President Barack Obama says reports finding
that the economy is growing again and that his stimulus plan saved
or created more than 1 million jobs show the economy is "moving in
the right direction." In his weekly radio and Internet address, he
warne
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| GOP urges simpler, less expensive health care plan Oct 31 2009 5:15AM
Republicans are calling the Democratic
proposal to overhaul health care far too complicated, intrusive and
expensive.
In the GOP weekly radio and Internet address, House Minority
Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) calls the bill "1,990 pages of
bur
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Pomeroy on Healthcare Oct 30 2009 6:55PM
A new healthcare reform bill announced yesterday should help rural healthcarebut republicans say it could cost the state jobs and money.
Congressman Earl Pomeroy says he will only support a bill where benefits are not tied to medicare reimbu
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| Pomeroy says compromise improves House health bill Oct 30 2009 4:41PM
Rep. Earl Pomeroy says he likes the House
health care bill now that the so-called public option is no longer
tied to Medicare rates.
The compromise unveiled Thursday would create a government-run
option that would let the federal Health and Huma
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 29 2009 3:10PM
It's been a day of solid gains on Wall Street,
thanks to a government report that the gross domestic product rose
at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter of the year.
That's better than economists predicted, and it's the strongest
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| Pelosi: Congress `on the cusp' of historic overhaul... Oct 29 2009 11:40AM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress is
"on the cusp" of making affordable, quality health insurance
available to every American.
House Democrats unveiled their health-overhaul bill today in a
ceremony on the steps of the Capitol. The conten
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| Aetna 3Q profit grows 18 percent on enrollment Oct 29 2009 5:36AM
Health insurer Aetna Inc. says its third-quarter
profit rose 18 percent on gains in both commercial and Medicare
enrollment.
The Hartford, Conn.-based managed care company says it earned
$326.2 million, or 73 cents per share, in the three months
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| Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press... Oct 28 2009 6:05PM
Commissioners from Beaverhead and Madison
counties say they were surprised when Sen. Max Baucus announced his
support for a bill that would set aside over 500,000 acres of the
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest as a wilderness area after
saying he
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 28 2009 4:06PM
Commissioners in Beaverhead and Madison
counties were surprised when U.S. Sen. Max Baucus signed on as a
co-sponsor to U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's wilderness bill.
Commissioners from both southwestern Montana counties said they
thought they had an ag
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| Tester assures seniors on health care reform Oct 28 2009 11:54AM
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is assuring seniors
that health care reform plans brewing in Congress will help reduce
their costs.
Tester spoke to AARP members Wednesday on a statewide conference
call.
Tester took questions from seniors worried abou
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| Correction: Cancer Drug Repository story Oct 26 2009 1:32PM
In an Oct. 18 story about the state setting
up a cancer drug repository, The Associated Press incorrectly
reported the [[kxtopic:health-care:t[health care]:t]] program with a "doughnut hole," or
coverage gap. It is [[kxtopic:medicare:t[Medicare]:t]],
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| Swine flu declaration...GOP attacks Democratic health... Oct 24 2009 6:40PM
President Barack Obama is making sure
hospitals have the flexibility they need to deal with swine flu. He
has declared the outbreak a national emergency. That gives his
health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms
offsite to speed tre
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| Republicans question health care improvements Oct 24 2009 6:11AM
Republicans want Americans to consider whether
Democratic proposals to overhaul the nation's health care system
will improve their lives.
In the GOP's weekly address, [[kxtopic:nebraska:t[Nebraska]:t]] Sen. Mike Johanns
(JOH'-hanz) says most peo
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 24 2009 3:51AM
One of the pilots whose [[kxtopic:northwest-airlines:t[Northwest Airlines]:t]] jet
flew 150 miles past its destination Wednesday insists they were not
dozing.
Richard Cole tells The Associated Press that neither he nor his
fellow pilot Timothy C
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| House health care bill exceeds $1 trillion Oct 23 2009 9:21PM
Congressional officials say health care
legislation taking shape in the House carries a price tag of at
least $1 trillion over a decade.
That's significantly higher than the target President Barack
Obama has set.
Democrats have touted an u
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| Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients Oct 22 2009 1:11PM
As America battles the obesity crisis,
ambulance companies increasingly are charging extra to transport
patients who weigh several hundred pounds.
Moving plus-sized people can cost more than twice the amount of
transporting patients who are not
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| Deal on Medicare payments boosts House health bill Oct 22 2009 10:02AM
House Democrats say they've reached a Medicare
deal that secures critical support from heartland and Pacific
lawmakers for health overhaul legislation.
The deal announced Thursday also holds the promise of changing
Medicare payments to reward qu
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| Woman recants...Search turns up body...Terror suspect charged... Oct 21 2009 6:05PM
An attorney for a black woman who claimed
she'd been tortured by a group of whites in West Virginia says his
client fabricated the story to get back at a boyfriend who had
beaten her up. Megan Williams' attorney told reporters his client
came forward
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 21 2009 3:24PM
The Obama administration plans to order
companies that received huge government bailouts last year to
sharply cut the compensation of their highest paid executives.
A person familiar with the decision, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because
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| Terror suspect in court...Pay cuts to be ordered...Oil prices rise... Oct 21 2009 3:03PM
The father of a man charged in an alleged terror
plot says he doesn't believe the charges against his son. Tarek
Mehanna (TEH'-rek meh-HAH'-nah) appeared in court in Boston today,
after being arrested at his parents' home earlier in the day.
Author
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| Senate blocks bill raising Medicare fees for MDs Oct 21 2009 2:14PM
The Senate has sidetracked legislation raising
Medicare payments for doctors by $247 billion over the next decade.
The 47-53 vote was 13 short of the 60 needed to advance the
measure, and reflected bipartisan concern that it would have raised
de
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| Indictments target Medicare fraud in LA, Houston Oct 21 2009 12:36PM
Federal authorities have indicted more than
20 suspects, including clinic owners and patient recruiters, in a
Medicare fraud bust in Los Angeles and Houston.
The actions disclosed Wednesday target scams involving the
ordering of power wheelchair
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| Karzai applauded...Former top cop jailed...Data: Swine flu hitting... Oct 20 2009 5:51PM
President Barack Obama says there is new hope
that a credible government will emerge in [[kxtopic:afghanistan:t[Afghanistan]:t]]. Obama
applauded Afghan President Hamid Karzai for accepting election
fraud findings that invalidated nearly a third of th
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 20 2009 1:24AM
A U.S. official says Afghan President Hamid
Karzai is expected to concede he didn't get the 50 percent margin
he needed in Afghanistan's presidential election to avoid a runoff.
But how the situation will be resolved remains unclear. There
could
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| Health insurance worries keep rising Oct 20 2009 12:14AM
A new poll suggests more and more Americans
are worried about losing their current health care coverage.
As the health care debate nears the floor of the Senate, the
poll from the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation finds
conflicting view
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Dr. Baker Oct 17 2009 11:07PM
It's the experience of a lifetime for one Bismarck doctor.
Biron Baker was one of one hundred fifty doctors to be invited to the White House earlier this month.
He says he likely got the invitation because of previous testimony before the sen
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 16 2009 8:32PM
The government is warning that swine flu
vaccine supplies will be even more scarce than expected through
this month.
Manufacturer delays mean 28 million to 30 million doses, at
most, will be divided around the country by the end of the month,
n
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| Swine flu snag...Dow dips...High school shooting Oct 16 2009 5:51PM
There are manufacturer delays with the swine
flu vaccine as deaths from the disease rise. Vaccine deliveries
this month are expected to be at least 25 percent below
expectations. There have been 43 swine flu deaths since Sept. 1.
NEW YORK (AP)
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| Medicare backs off on order about lobbying seniors Oct 16 2009 5:02PM
The Obama administration is backing away from
a ban on insurance company mailings to seniors warning of dire
Medicare cuts if health care overhaul legislation is approved.
Medicare said Friday it's OK for insurance companies to lobby
seniors, pr
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| House Democrats paring cost of health care bill Oct 16 2009 11:26AM
House Democrats say they are getting close to
President Barack Obama's cost target for health care overhaul
legislation.
A spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said Friday
that preliminary numbers from congressional budget umpires in
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| Baucus comments...Health care test vote...Colorado boy is fine... Oct 16 2009 2:06AM
Montana Sen. Max Baucus says when it's time to
vote on a health care overhaul bill, every Senate Democrat will
support it and so will some Republicans. The statement from the
Senate Finance Committee chairman is a sign of confidence amid this
week's
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| Test vote set on $247 billion doctors' fee measure Oct 16 2009 1:45AM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has set a
test vote for next week on a separate $247 billion bill seen as
part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul plan.
The measure would prevent a 21 percent cut in Medicare fees paid
to doctors,
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| Doctors' fees...Asking for patience...Cardboard box boy... Oct 16 2009 12:56AM
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has set a
test vote for next week on a separate bill seen as part of
President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul plan. The $247
billion measure would keep Medicare fees paid to doctors from being
cut. Doctors' fees
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| Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 15 2009 7:01PM
A 6-year-old Colorado boy feared to
have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his
home, hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic.
Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news
conference and held thumbs up and sai
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| Balloon misadventure...Sweat Lodge investigation...Eye surgery... Oct 15 2009 6:54PM
What looked like a possible family
tragedy will instead be just a family story. A 6-year-old boy
thought to have floated off in a homemade balloon in Colorado has
been found safe, hiding in the family's garage.
WASHINGTON (AP) The American Me
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| Balloon down, no boy on board...Stocks gain...Senate considers... Oct 15 2009 4:06PM
Authorities are carrying out an
intense ground search for a 6-year-old boy who was thought to be in
a balloon that floated away from a Colorado home. A sheriff's
official says the boy climbed into a box attached to the balloon,
but the basket was not
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| Doctors begin TV ads pressing Congress on Medicare Oct 15 2009 3:52PM
The American Medical Association is launching
a coast-to-coast TV ad campaign to press Congress to approve higher
payments for doctors treating Medicare patients.
The doctors group announced the ads Thursday, a day after
Democrats agreed to push
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| Obama proposal to supplment SS payments picks up support... Oct 15 2009 1:11PM
The Obama administration is finding some
support for its plans to give Social Security recipients extra
spending money, after word that their checks will flat line from
this year to next.
The government this morning announced there'll be no cost
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 15 2009 7:00AM
State University System Chancellor William
Goetz (GETZ) says North Dakota State University President Joe
Chapman is doing the right thing by resigning. Goetz says Chapman
did a good job and raised the bar for university programs and
research.
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| ND Insurance Dept. program praised Oct 15 2009 5:36AM
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam
Hamm says his department's State Health Insurance Counseling
program has been ranked tops in the nation by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The program's performance last year led to the la
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 15 2009 2:13AM
Officials at Fargo's MeritCare hospital say a
government health care plan could cost their hospital, the state's
largest, tens of millions of dollars.
MeritCare CEO Roger Gilbertson says North Dakota's Medicare
reimbursement rates are among the
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Healthcare #3 Oct 14 2009 11:14PM
The healthcare debate is heating up thousands of miles away from North Dakota.
Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee voted in favor of it's plan to revamp the countries healthcare system.
But here in North Dakota people watch closely.
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| Studies: Some nursing home elderly get futile care Oct 14 2009 10:03PM
Two new federally funded studies reveal a
surprising number of frail, elderly Americans in nursing homes
receive futile care at the end of their lives.
One found that putting nursing home residents with failing
kidneys on dialysis didn't improve
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| Senior checks...Medicare fees...Futile care Oct 14 2009 9:56PM
President Barack Obama is already drawing
congressional support for making $250 payments to senior citizens
who won't be a getting a Social Security cost-of-living increase
next year. That's because increases are tied to inflation, which
has been neg
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| Senate trying to save Medicare fee cuts...Obama wants seniors to... Oct 14 2009 7:43PM
The Senate is maneuvering to boost prospects
for sweeping health care legislation by trying to avert a big cut
in Medicare fees paid to doctors. The 21-percent reduction is
scheduled to take effect in January and additional cuts are to
follow. That w
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Trinity CEO Expresses Support For Conrad Oct 14 2009 7:30PM
Trinity Health of Minot has thrown support behind Senator Kent Conrad and his version of health care reform.
Today Trinity President John Kutch explained why the version of reform that passed the Senate Finance Committee yesterday would be better for No
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| MeritCare critical of public health care plan Oct 14 2009 7:15PM
Officials at Fargo's MeritCare hospital say a
government health care plan could cost their hospital, the state's
largest, tens of millions of dollars.
MeritCare CEO Roger Gilbertson says North Dakota's Medicare
reimbursement rates are among the
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| Going up...Medicare plan...Limbaugh dropped from NFL bid... Oct 14 2009 5:51PM
The last time the Dow passed the 10,000 mark, it
was on its way down to around 6,500. Today, it's at 10,000 again
after a seven-month surge that effectively brings stocks to a
break-even point for the last ten years. It was March of 1999 when
the b
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| APNewsBreak: Dems seek higher doctor payments Oct 14 2009 4:06PM
Senate Democrats at work on sweeping health
care legislation hope to help their cause with quick passage of a
separate bill that would give doctors a $247 billion increase in
Medicare fees over a decade but raise federal deficits.
Democratic off
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Delegation on Health Care Oct 14 2009 12:57PM
Besides the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform plan passed just yesterday there are four other proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill...
As those pieces of legislation move ahead there are issues North Dakota's members of Congr
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| Snowe suggests scenario for governmentrun option Oct 14 2009 9:55AM
The only Republican to vote for the Finance
Committee's health care bill says she opposes a government-run
health insurance option, unless private insurers fail to do their
part.
Sen. Olympia Snowe says the private insurance market has to
offer
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| Another GOP senator open to health care overhaul Oct 14 2009 9:06AM
Another Republican senator says she's open to
voting for a sweeping health care overhaul this year.
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday the status quo is
unaccaptable and she shares the goal of passing responsible health
care legislation to
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| 6 alleged Mafia members to plead guilty in Fla. Oct 14 2009 7:43AM
Six people accused of being members
of a South Florida crew for New York's Bonanno (boh-NAH'-noh)
organized crime family are set to plead guilty.
A series of plea hearings is scheduled Wednesday in Fort
Lauderdale federal court for the six, who
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| Robotic prostate surgery may mean big tradeoff Oct 13 2009 4:41PM
A new study is raising questions about the best
way to approach surgery for prostate cancer.
The study suggests while keyhole surgery for prostate cancer is
less invasive, it may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence
and impotence when com
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| Kohl probes Medicare pay switch on Genentech drugs Oct 13 2009 2:21PM
A Democratic senator says a shift in Medicare
policy would encourage doctors to use an eye drug that costs
thousands of dollars, over a similar treatment that costs just $50.
The change would benefit drugmaker Genentech, which makes both
drugs,
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Healthcare Oct 12 2009 10:59PM
For months now healthcare has been the most heated debate around our country...
And for good reason it affects each and everyone of us.
Tonight we begin a series of stories on the issue of healthcare reform.
First Donnell Pres
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| Soldiers held hostage in Pakistan...An American, two Polish, dead... Oct 10 2009 11:05AM
Heavily armed militants are holding
between 10 and 15 soldiers hostage inside Pakistani army
headquarters after they attacked the complex. The assault left at
least 10 people dead and was the third major militant strike in
Pakistan in a week. It came
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| Mafia, violent criminals turn to Medicare fraud Oct 6 2009 3:24PM
Mafia figures and other violent criminals are
increasingly switching from dealing drugs to health care fraud.
They're devising schemes that offer a greater payoff and carry
much shorter prison sentences than drug trafficking or robbery.
Most o
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| Afghanistan decisions...Health care push...Swine flu vaccines... Oct 5 2009 4:55PM
A spokesman says President Barack Obama won't
walk away from the flagging war in Afghanistan. But the question of
whether to further escalate the eight-year-old conflict is a major
decision facing Obama this week as he meets with advisers and
congres
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| With key vote expected, Obama makes overhaul pitch Oct 5 2009 3:10PM
A foe of President Barack Obama's health care
reform plan wants to make it clear that not all medical
professionals support the president on that issue.
Today, 150 doctors clad in white coats filled the White House
Rose Garden for Obama's latest
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