 Advocate.com | Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case Boston.com By Lisa Leff AP / February 22, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the US government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition ... Gay spouse given health benefits in US court case |
 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 State insurance exchange awarded $11.6 million to adjust to Affordable Care Act |
 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 ... |
 The West Australian | Chávez Health Struggle Stokes Political Uncertainties Wall Street Journal By KEJAL VYAS and José de Córdoba CARACAS—New uncertainties about Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's health are threatening to spur a power struggle to succeed him among the factions that make up his political movement, and boosting the hopes of a ... Chávez's health will impact Venezuelan elections Chavez health setback creates uncertainty in Venezuela Venezuelan Bonds Rally on Chavez Health Concerns: Caracas Mover |
 Fox News | 5 killed in possible murder-suicide at Georgia health spa Fox News A gunman shot four people to death inside a Korean health spa in Atlanta's suburbs and then killed himself in what police said may have been a case of domestic violence. Surveillance video showed a man walking into the Su Jung Health Sauna on Tuesday ... Police: Victims in Korean spa shooting near Atlanta were 2 married couples ... Police: Ga. victims related in Korean spa shooting Atlanta health club shooting stemmed from domestic dispute - police |
 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 |
 Fox News | Balancing women's health and religious beliefs U-T San Diego By Nora Vargas As a Catholic woman, I applaud the Obama administration for its commitment to providing health care for all Americans while respecting the views of those who have religious objections to birth control. Last year, President Obama ... Should religion stand in the way of common sense when it comes to birth control? Obama's semantical change doesn't make insurance costs disappear Tom Cushing is a member (registered user) of San Ramon Express |
 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. Calif medical officials go undercover to find skin-lightening creams with ... Mercury In Lightening Cream: California Health Officials Search For Risky Products |
 USA TODAY | Whistle-blowers key in health care fraud fight USA TODAY By Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – About 36% of the almost $16 billion recovered by the Justice Department in health care whistle-blower fraud cases has come since 2009, records show, which reflects an increased focus on fighting fraud. |
 USA TODAY | US Alzheimer's strategy: Better treatment by 2025, earlier diagnosis and ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's “one of the most feared health conditions” on Wednesday as it issued a draft of a new national strategy to fight the ominous rise in this mind-destroying disease. More than 5 million Americans ... The Department of Health and Human Services Releases Initial Draft of National ... US drafts plan to fight feared Alzheimer's disease Feds Announce US Alzheimer's Plan, But Will it Have an Impact? |
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