 Baltimore Sun | Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case Boston.com By Lisa Leff AP / February 23, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO—The government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions, a federal judge has ruled. Judge says US must supply health benefits for same-sex wife of federal court ... Gay spouse given health benefits in US court case Federal judge rules government cannot deny health benefits to same-sex spouses |
 Boston.com | Mass shooting at spa shocks Ga. Korean community Boston.com A police officer stands outside the Su Jung Health Sauna in Norcross, Ga., with the Rev. Paul Song Chul Kim, right, of the Atlanta Fire and Light Baptist Church, and crime scene cleaner Scott Bogulski, of Onscene Services, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. 5 killed in possible murder-suicide at Georgia health spa Police: Victims in Korean spa shooting near Atlanta were 2 married couples ... Police: Ga. victims related in Korean spa shooting |
 USA TODAY | Health Care's Coming Price Revolution Wall Street Journal Two years on, the major achievement of President Obama's new entitlement and its regulatory apparatus has been to heighten the contradictions and dysfunctions of the health-care status quo even as it creates multiple new problems. Feds loan $638M for health co-ops in 8 states Health care co-ops in 8 states get federal loans Union for Independent Contractors to Offer Health Insurance |
 Los Angeles Times | California health insurers to raise average rates 8% to 14% Los Angeles Times Anthem is California's largest for-profit health insurer. (David McNew / Getty Images / February 22, 2012) By Chad Terhune, Los Angeles Times California's largest health insurers are raising average rates by about 8% to 14% for hundreds of thousands of ... |
UC Health Expands Use of Streamline Health Solutions Across the Health System MarketWatch (press release) 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. (nasdaqcm:STRM), a leading provider of enterprise content management and business analytics solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced that UC Health, a national leader ... |
Philly health official: Proposed state budget cuts "a recipe for disaster" Philadelphia Inquirer By Jennifer Lin and Miriam Hill Philadelphia Health Commissioner Donald F. Schwarz said Wednesday that Gov. Corbett's proposed cuts for human services were "alarming" and predicted a rise in the city's homeless population. |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Health bill: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health calls for withdrawal Telegraph.co.uk The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has called on the Government to withdraw the health bill, after members voted overwhelmingly for it to do so. By Stephen Adams Those who voted did so by almost four-to-one (79 per cent) in ... NHS reforms bill should be scrapped, say paediatricians |
 Daily Mail | Head of discredited health watchdog quits ahead of critical report Daily Mail Cynthia Bower said it was 'time to move on' after almost four years as head of the health and social care regulator, which has been heavily criticised over the last year. Her departure comes as the Department of Health publishes its findings from a ... Care regulator head leaves post Cynthia Bower never escaped the shadow of the Stafford hospital scandal Head of Care Quality Commission resigns amid widespread criticism of watchdog |
 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 ... Pakistani health workers punished for helping US find bin Laden Pakistan health workers linked to CIA scheme fired |
SXC Health profit rides on strong contract wins Reuters Feb 23 (Reuters) - SXC Health Solutions Corp reported a 60 percent jump in quarterly profit on strong contract wins, prompting the pharmacy benefit manager to predict a 38 percent revenue growth this year. The Lisle, Illinois-based company forecast ... SXC Health Solutions Announces Record Setting Results for 2011 |
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