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<title>Inbox Robot: Medicare - California News</title>
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<title>Avila has her support</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177345578</link>
<pubDate>7 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a reimbursement cut for physicians who treat Medicare patients; and blocking damaging Medicaid regulations that  ...  blocking damaging Medicaid regulations that would cost California several billion dollars over the next five  ...
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<title>Joan Aragone: Keep an eye on Congress</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177340408</link>
<pubDate>7 Jul 2008 00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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...  cut in reimbursement to physicians who serve Medicare patients. The deadline to avert the cut,  ...  OF THE HOMEOWNER/RENTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Not enough California senior or disabled homeowners and renters are  ...
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<title>White House suppressed key global warming document.</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177234310</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 15:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  planet Earth.&quot; WONK ROOM: In controversy over Medicare pay cuts, conservatives side with insurance industry.  ...  rescue. I motivated a few kind hearted California Actors to visit the region and to  ...
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<title>READER VIEWS ON DEMOCRATS&apos; OIL PLANS, DIPLOMACY, GUN RIGHTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE, RELIGIOUS TRUTH, WORTH ETHIC</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177209735</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of New York and Maxine Waters of California -- threatening to nationalize oil refineries, can  ...  they are ruining the Social Security and Medicare systems. They are maintaining the premise that  ...
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<title>Some Medicare benefits might fall, co-pays rise</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177198714</link>
<pubDate>5 Jul 2008 05:17 GMT</pubDate>
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... Some Medicare benefits might fall, co-pays rise Fee-for-service &apos;Advantage&apos;  ...  hit harder than any other state except California. According to America&apos;s Health Insurance Plans, the  ...
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<title>From the Publisher:</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177121657</link>
<pubDate>4 Jul 2008 12:07 GMT</pubDate>
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...  understand that, in the words of the California Supreme Court, &amp;ldquo;no state has the power  ...  We pay taxes to support schools, infrastructure, Medicare, Social Security and a litany of other  ...
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<title>July 3, 2008</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177033552</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 20:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Research and Quality and the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS). The PCPI has  ...  Gregory, MD, Oklahoma, chair; Robert Pugach, MD, California, vice chair; James Goodyear, MD, Pennsylvania, secretary;  ...
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<title>--&gt; Brown &amp; Brown, Inc. Announces 2008 Second-Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177014906</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 18:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  third party administration, managed health care, and Medicare set-aside services and programs. Providing service to  ...  affects certain areas of the States of California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,  ...
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<title>Brown &amp; Brown, Inc. Announces 2008 Second-Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Dates</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177014786</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 18:27 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  third party administration, managed health care, and Medicare set-aside services and programs. Providing service to  ...  affects certain areas of the States of California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, New York,  ...
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<title>EDS Subsidiary Awarded $148 Million CMS Contract for Medicare Administrative Services to Northwest</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=177004228</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 16:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Subsidiary Awarded $148 Million CMS Contract for Medicare Administrative Services to Northwest HERNDON, Va.   ...  more than 150,000 health care providers in California, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. ...
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<title>Little Relief for UnitedHealth</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=176996485</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 15:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  proposed settlement reached with chief plaintiff, the California Public Employees&apos; Retirement System, and plaintiff class  ...  special needs and prescription drug plans under Medicare. Vaughn believes the higher-than-expected costs of the  ...
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<title>UnitedHealth cuts &apos;08 outlook as premiums slip</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=176981771</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 14:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and Alaska  ...  UnitedHealth cited reduced commercial business and higher-than-expected Medicare-related costs for its lowered outlook. The company  ...
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<title>The &apos;mushy middle&apos; hard to reach for Obama, McCain</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=176979024</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 13:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  86 percent say protecting Social Security and Medicare should be a high priority. 63 percent  ...  conducted by Knowledge Networks of Menlo Park, Calif., under the direction and supervision of AP&apos;s  ...
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<title>UnitedHealth to cut at least 4,000 jobs, slashes outlook for 2008</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=176966713</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 12:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  U. S. District Court in Minnesota. The California Public Employees Retirement System and the Alaska  ...  UnitedHealth cited reduced commercial business and higher-than-expected Medicare- related costs for its lowered outlook. The  ...
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<title>A Mid-Year Look at 2008 Predictions</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=176959859</link>
<pubDate>3 Jul 2008 11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  by year-end - we&apos;ll see. Generally speaking, California home prices have reverted to at least  ...  fewer people will talk about the looming Medicare crisis. By the end of 2008, year-over-year  ...
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