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State health insurance ends at age 19
Children in Illinois can get health insurance via All Kids through age 18. Low-income children get subsidized coverage. At age 19, young adults no longer qualify for All Kids. Medicaid isn't available to single adults in Illinois unless they are...Tags: Government Health Care, Private Health Care, Comprehensive Health, Medicare, Illinois
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Washington: Health-care vote scrapped
Congressional Democrats have scrapped plans for another vote on expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, after concluding that President Bush would not sign their legislation and that they could not override his veto. Congress returns...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Government, George Bush, Pediatrics
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Veto threat forces Dems to drop vote
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats have scrapped plans for another vote on expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, thus sparing Republicans from a politically difficult vote just weeks before elections this fall. Before the summer...Tags: Government Health Care, Elections, Health Insurance, Government, George Bush
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Lab Notes BRINGING YOU UP TO SPEED IN MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER SCIENCES
Chew On This Last week, some chided Levi Johnston (teenage father of the child of VP candidate Sarah Palin's daughter) for chewing gum on stage at the Republican National Convention. The young man could well be going through some stress these days, and...Tags: Republican National Conventions, Medical Research, Sarah Palin, Prisons, Medicine
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Simply the wrong woman for the job
John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate shows how desperate he is to distract attention from the fact that he is a cranky old man with nothing to offer but more of the same. Palin is a blatant pander for the women's vote....Tags: John McCain, Executive Branch, Christianity, Barack Obama, Government
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Homefront Hero awards recognize those doing something extra for U.S. troops
Chicago Tribune reporterDuring her 5th grade year at McKinley Elementary School in suburban South Holland, Glennita Williams e-mailed a family friend serving in Iraq, asking him what items the troops might like sent from home. The answer: Not razors or deodorant or magazines,...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Physical Fitness, Naperville, South Holland, Downers Grove
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Barely able to walk, now '100% better'
Emily Blum was headed for life in a wheelchair. Her dystonia, a neurological disorder that causes severe muscle spasms, made walking increasingly difficult. "Every step was a struggle," said Blum, 33, describing how her left leg would fly up behind her....Tags: Lakeview, Rush University, Therapies
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Clement To Have Season-Ending Knee Surgery
Jeff Clement will have arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday that will keep him out for the rest of his rookie season with the Mariners. The team announced late Saturday night its catcher for 2009 and beyond, the third overall draft choice in 2005 from...Tags: Surgery, Therapies
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Longer safety line
McClatchy NewspapersFinally, an accelerating trend in health care insurance that's good news for many parents. More than two dozen states, including Florida, have signed into law or recently passed legislation that generally requires employer health care plans to continue...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Florida, Adults, Family
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Palin's Daughter Is Lucky
I find so-called "values voters" to be completely inscrutable. First, their "values" seem to revolve entirely around their opposition to: abortion rights, promiscuity, gay marriage, sex-education and church-state separation. Values including compassion,...Tags: Government Health Care, Elections, Values, Family, Private Health Care
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Curcumin's anti-inflammatory powers are unproven
Special to The TimesThe products: Humans have long believed in an almost magical connection between strong flavors and good health. The burn from the hot pepper? It must be energizing the body. The pungent tang of a raw oyster? It must be energizing a very particular part of...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Alzheimer's Disease, Virus Diseases, Cancer, Diseases
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WEEKLY PLANNER
CONVENTIONS Sept. 6-8 | American Association of Tissue Banks Annual National Conference. Expected attendance, 650. Chicago Marriott Downtown. www.aatb.org/. Sept. 6-10 | 19th International Forging Congress. 500. Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. www....Tags: Interior Policy, Merchandise Mart, Des Plaines, Metal and Mineral, Housing and Urban Planning
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