Analysis — Health insurance corporate profits spiked despite dire predictions of health care reform wreckage

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurers cheered last week when profits soared; consumers left in lurch

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"… l get coverage for treatments their doctors believe might save their lives.UnitedHealth Group, the biggest health insurer in terms of revenue and market value, earned s …"

Costs for 9/11 emergency responders’ health plan under scrutiny

By Laurel Adams

The federal government has failed to provide detailed information on health services for World Trade Center emergency responders, despite a

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"… News) …"

Despite Tucson and rising needs, mental health takes a back budget seat

By Amy Biegelsen

States have cut $2.1 billion from their mental health budgets over the last three fiscal years, and more slashing is expected in coming week

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"… er $42 million. Of that, $17.4 million comes out of community-based mental health services. Last year, the state served 144,000 clients through its community mental …"

"… year’s proposed budget pulls $2 million from child and adolescent mental health services, a reduction that is expected to affect 165 families; $3 million is slated …"

"… d to affect 165 families; $3 million is slated to be cut from adult mental health services, impacting 2,000 adults, and $16.4 million worth of cuts would come from s …"

"… their parents; not all low-income adults are covered.A majority of mental health services are financed by Medicaid. In fiscal 2010, Medicaid enrollment growth avera …"

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Tobacco settlement helps everyone but smokers

By John Dunbar

WASHINGTON, December 8, 2000 — Two years after cigarette makers reached a landmark settlement with the states over costs associated with tr

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"… espect to the tobacco settlement funds, 2000 will go down as the year that health services lost out to election-year politics.”Connecticut dedicated the majority o …"

Canada's boom in smuggled cigarettes

By William Marsden

Gary Godelie has been a tobacco farmer most of his life, struggling to keep alive a family farm that produces what most everyone agrees is a

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"… states that the company regularly donates to community youth programs and health services.Some cigarette manufacturing plants, such as Brand U Media, which is owned …"

GAO says Congress is in the dark about anti-terrorism efforts across government

By Laurel Adams

State Department fails to inform Congress of government-wide efforts to thwart terrorist havens

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"… zations— like increasing economic opportunities, improving education and health services—was also absent from State’s report.The National Security Council also …"

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Study finds $565 million spent on lobbying in the states in 2000

By John Dunbar and Leah Rush

The Center finds nearly half a billion spent in 34 states on lobbying

FACT CHECK: Is Texas impervious to the recession?

By FactCheck.Org

Gov. Perry picks and chooses which economic statistics suit his presidential campaign, and his critics do the same

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"… ation and utilities; professional and business services; and education and health services, among others. The only sectors measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics …"

Mozambique

By Victoria Kreha

AIDS is the leading cause of death for adult Mozambicans and fifth for children under 5

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"… e living farther than five miles from a health clinic not to be covered by health services, according to Garrido. In Mozambique, that includes half of the population …"

Namibia

By Victoria Kreha

Widespread substance abuse in Namibia, among other factors, contributes to its HIV infection rate

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