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State lawmakers hail forthcoming boost in kids' health funds (Seattle Times)
Washington is poised to extend deeply subsidized health insurance for children in families earning up to three times the poverty level when President Obama signs a bill to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The legislation would move Washington closer to its goal of universal coverage for kids by 2010.
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Washington Legislature: Bill to keep prescription data from drug firms - The Columbian
Washington Legislature: Bill to keep prescription data from drug firms The Columbian, WA - 7 hours ago In 2003, when Congress passed new medical information privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), it allowed a big ...
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Insurance expenses plague small business, survey shows - Waukegan Journal
Insurance expenses plague small business, survey shows Waukegan Journal, IL - 21 hours ago Seattle -based Main Street Alliance’s nationwide fall survey of 1200 businesses found that their owners were deeply concerned about health insurance . ...
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Obama expands health insurance for children (Seattle Times)
President Obama signed into a law an expansion of children's health insurance just hours after the House voted 290-135 to add almost $33 billion over four years to the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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