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Assembly Candidates Cite Health Care Issues Among Legislative Priorities
Candidates for the Assembly seats representing the 17th and 25th districts cite health care issues among their legislative priorities if elected, the Fresno Bee reports.
Opponents of Measure To Fund Stem Cell Research Ask Supporters to Disclose Financial Holdings
Opponents of a bond measure on the Nov. 2 statewide ballot to fund stem cell research on Tuesday requested that the “Yes on Proposition 71” campaign release donors’ financial holdings after FoxNews.com reported that Stanford University professor Irving Weissman, who was featured in the campaign’s television ads, could profit from the measure, the Sacramento Bee reports.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to hire Chicago-based Navigant Consulting to restructure and take over the day-to-day operations of Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times reports.
AFL-CIO, the Congress of California Seniors and the California Alliance for Retired Americans on Monday filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against AstraZeneca over allegations that the company misled consumers with an advertising campaign for the acid reflux medication Nexium, the Associated Press reports.
San Jose State University School of Nursing Receives $5.5 Million Grant To Create Two Programs
San Jose State University’s School of Nursing on Monday received a $5.5 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to create a bachelor of science “boot camp” and a graduate nursing education program, the San Jose Mercury News reports.
Support for Three Health-Related Ballot Measures Greater Than Opposition, Poll Finds
Three of the five health-related measures on the Nov. 2 statewide ballot are receiving more support than opposition from likely voters, according to a Los Angeles Times poll.
New York Attorney General Subpoenas Cigna, Aetna in Expansion of Insurance Industry Investigation
Health insurers Aetna and Cigna acknowledged Tuesday that New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D) has served them with subpoenas — “the best evidence yet” that Spitzer’s investigation of insurance bid-rigging and collusion allegations is “moving beyond property and casualty insurers and brokers and now also covers life and medical insurers,” USA Today reports.
Medicare Part B Premium Increase in Part Offsets Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment
Social Security payments to more than 47 million U.S. residents will increase by 2.7% in January, but nearly half of the expected $25 monthly increase in payments for the typical beneficiary will be offset by higher Medicare Part B premiums, the Washington Post reports.
President Bush Promises Availability of Flu Vaccine in Florida Campaign Speech
President Bush on Tuesday “pivoted sharply” to domestic issues, “parrying” claims from Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry (Mass.) that he has “bungled the flu vaccine program,” the Washington Post reports.
San Francisco Chronicle Examines Issues Surrounding Measure To Fund Emergency Care
The San Francisco Chronicle on Wednesday examined Proposition 67, a measure on the Nov. 2 statewide ballot that would impose a 3% surcharge on telephone bills to fund emergency care for the uninsured.