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How health care overhaul could change Medicare
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Businessman Stewart Grill, 75, believes there's waste in Medicare. He's just skeptical Congress can find and eliminate it without touching what he likes about his government health care plan.
Federal program misses problem nursing homes
Sep 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.
Contracts adding legal twist to family health care
May 27, 2009 |
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Financial contracts to care for sick or aging relatives - nearly unthinkable just a decade ago - are drawing new interest as everyday Americans wrestle with the time and expense of providing long-term health care, a University ...
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US wants privacy in new cyber security system
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.
US government Internet traffic to be screened: report (Update)
Jul 03, 2009 |
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The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday.
Friday is last day to apply for digital TV coupon
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The government program that provides $40 coupons for digital TV converter boxes is winding down.
Many interested in broadband stimulus funds
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- "Cash for Clunkers" isn't the only economic stimulus program to attract a lot of takers.
Peer pressure plays major role in environmental behavior
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People are more likely to enroll in conservation programs if their neighbors do -- a tendency that should be exploited when it comes to protecting the environment, according to results of ...
Rare economic espionage case going to trial
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...
FDA medical device approvals get external review
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is asking the government's top medical advisers to review its system for approving certain types of medical devices, which has been criticized by safety advocates and government watchdogs.
Americans remain divided on government involvement in health insurance: survey
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Researchers from Indiana University's Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) have found that support for government-sponsored health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same ...
Report: Shortage of cyber experts may hinder govt
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal agencies are facing a severe shortage of computer specialists, even as a growing wave of coordinated cyberattacks against the government poses potential national security risks, a private study found.
Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
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