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Ala. legislators' view of session depends on party
Shortly after the Legislature's 2013 session ended, the public address system in the Senate began playing Otis Redding singing the bluesy lyrics of "They call me Mr. Pitiful." It was fitting music for the Democratic minority in the Legislature, which failed to pass its top priority: expanding the state Medicaid ...
NC Senate's budget proposal for 2013-14
Highlights of the North Carolina state Senate's $20.6 billion budget proposal for the 2013-14 fiscal year. According to budget documents, the spending plan would: — set aside $217 million for a tax overhaul plan not contained in the budget that would reduce tax rates, subject many more services to the ...
NC Senate budget plan heavy on Medicaid spending
Senate Republicans said Monday their two-year budget proposal demonstrates how Medicaid keeps siphoning away money from other priorities, but critics assert that the GOP spending plan keeps taking from the needy and the middle class. The proposal for state government spending through mid-2015 sets aside $1.2 billion over those two ...
Fan Outfitters sold to national chain
A Lexington-based string of sporting goods clothing stores has been sold to Lids Sports Group, a national chain based in Indianapolis. Members of the Dawahare family sold Fan Outfitters last week for an undisclosed price. The deal includes the three Fan Outfitters stores in Lexington, two in Louisville and two ...
Column: Dustups have government's role in common
A big brother you can trust to keep you safe, give you a hand and do right by you? Or a big brother who snoops, lies and bullies you in all corners of your life? There's a common thread running through a series of controversies dogging President Barack Obama: the ...
How Congress voted last week
How Congress voted last weekReaders have told us they want to know how local and Ohio members of the U.S. House and Senate are voting on major issues. In most Monday editions, we will publish a list of votes.HouseLocal southwest Ohio members in bold.H.R. 45 A bill to repeal the ...
For many, fewer hours not a choice
Many of the jobs created since the start of the economic recovery have been part-time positions, and millions of U.S. workers, including many Ohioans, are stuck working part-time because of the weak labor market. Employers often choose to hire part-time workers to keep payroll costs low and make it easier ...
Officials warn of Obamacare scams
State Insurance Director and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor has issued an alert warning consumers to be wary of telephone con artists leveraging the confusion surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to steal Ohioans’ personal information. Scammers billing themselves as government representatives have contacted consumers across the state, asking ...
GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law
Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it's unclear whether they ...
Readers come down on both sides of the issue in IRS scandal
I am retired from my position of senior disability evaluation specialist for the Social Security Disability program in West Virginia since 2005.My experience with working directly with federal laws and regulations in that specialized program informs me that federal agencies may create specialized work groups when dealing with an application ...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERS
Week ending May 12th, 2013, powered by Nielsen BookScan. Copyright 2013 The Nielsen Company. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel" by Charlaine Harris (Ace) 2. "12th of Never" by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown) 3. "Silken Prey" by John Sandford (Putnam) 4. "The Hit" by ...
Another round for the House on 'Obamacare'
One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it. Only months away from the rollout of coverage for uninsured Americans, it was the 37th attempt in a little more than two years ...
Lawmakers move on paying Maine hospital debt
Lawmakers took a step Wednesday toward paying Maine's hospitals a $485 million debt for Medicaid services, but it wasn't one favored by Gov. Paul LePage. The Health and Human Services Committee voted 10-4 to urge that repayment of the hospital debt be tied to acceptance of federal funding to expand ...
Health changes may hurt some Ind. Native Americans
For Allen Dunnagan and other members of the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana, changes under the federal health care overhaul amount to another slight, if not a slap in the face. As members of a Native American tribe not recognized by the federal government, he and ...
State’s budget director “optimstic” Medicaid expansion is coming
Republican Gov. John Kasich’s budget chief told Dayton business leaders on Tuesday he is “optimistic” a proposal to expand health coverage to an estimated 275,000 working poor Ohioans will reemerge by the end of the year.Ohio Office of Budget and Management Director Tim Keen restated arguments for expanding Medicaid eligibility, ...
Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal at a glance
REVENUE — The Brown administration is projecting California will raise $97.2 billion in revenue for the fiscal year that starts July 1. The bulk of that — $60.8 billion — is expected to come from personal income taxes. The governor will not spend all of that revenue but will set ...
Sinclair limits part-time hours ahead of new Obamacare requirement
Sinclair Community College will cut the hours that can be worked by part-time employees and adjunct professors to avoid a looming change in federal law that could require the college to provide those workers health insurance.Sinclair’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a policy limiting part-time employees to 28 hours ...
89 charged in Medicare fraud busts in 8 cities
Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday. It was the latest in a string of similar ...
Hospitals could lose $500M in federal funds
Hospitals nationwide could lose half a billion dollars in federal funding meant to offset the cost of covering the uninsured next year. The loss that will be especially felt in states where lawmakers have decided against expanding Medicaid coverage. According to rough estimates released Monday by federal health officials, cuts ...
Major health network restructuring
Catholic Health Partners, Ohio’s sixth largest employer, said it is restructuring as the health industry transforms from a fee-for-service system to one that pays providers based on quality of care delivered. The Cincinnati-based nonprofit health care group operating hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies and physician practices employs about 33,000 ...
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