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Physical therapy has become Medicare gold mine

A few miles from the Coney Island boardwalk in Brooklyn stands an outpost of what, on paper, is a giant of American medicine. Nothing about the place hints at the […]
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Milwaukee County Board pays labor law firm for secretive counsel

Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic gets a number of perks as the chairwoman of the Milwaukee County Board, ranging from better pay than her colleagues to the power to appoint committee leaders. […]
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FBI examines lobbying by Brownback loyalists

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is exploring whether confidantes of Gov. Sam Brownback operated influence-peddling operations in Kansas pivoting on personal access to the Republican governor and top administration officials. […]
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Savannah companies owned by women, minorities not contacted for school construction despite contractor's pledge

When the Savannah-Chatham School Board agreed to pay JE Dunn/Rives E. Worrell construction company $21 million to build a new Hesse Elementary campus, they believed the 50 percent JE Dunn/Rives […]
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Federal judges admit conflicts of interest

When Linda Wolicki-Gables and her husband appealed a lawsuit all the way to the second-highest court in the nation against Johnson & Johnson over a malfunctioning medication pump that had […]
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Washington state loses waiver for No Child Left Behind

Washington has become the first state in the country to lose its waiver for No Child Left Behind. This after the state voted down the use of student test scores […]
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Increase in heroin use brings longer waiting lists for addiction treatment centers in New York region

Today, the recovering addict climbs into a taxi cab at 5 a.m. every weekday for a 60-mile drive to Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, where he receives methadone treatment. And that […]
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Eye care much higher for NC Medicare patients

In North Carolina, Medicare data shows spending on a $2,000-a-dose eye drugs topped $25 million in 2012. Yet a $50 "off-label" alternative – proven equally effective in multiple studies and […]
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Emails show Emanuel aides, producers coordinated CNN 'Chicagoland' scenes

If it seemed as though some scenes of CNN's documentary series "Chicagoland" were coordinated by Mayor Rahm Emanuel's City Hall and the show's producers, that's because they were. More than […]
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Inside the private umbilical cord blood banking business

The question of whether to pay for storage of a baby's cord blood is now routinely asked of expectant parents in obstetrician offices and hospital delivery rooms. Many states have […]
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