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Jindal, Landrieu Reaction to IP Bastrop Mill Closure - KNOE TV8

BATON ROUGE, La. & WASHINGTON, D.C. (KNOE 8 News) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) and US Senator Mary Landrieu (D) released statements Friday regarding International Paper's announcement that it will indefinitely close the Louisiana Mill in ...

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UA employees to pay more for health plans - Northwest Arkansas News

The University of Arkansas System has devised a comprehensive fix for its beleaguered employee health insurance plan, including increasing its campuses’ share of employee premiums for a second time this fiscal year. The system is self-insured ...

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Drug costs for seniors to climb - Monterey County Herald

Most of the people in Monterey County who rely on Medicare will pay more for their prescription drugs in 2009 because of rate hikes and plan changes that will take effect on Jan. 1. Three years after Medicare added drug coverage, many insurance ...

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The State of Health Care: - Boston Business Journal

There seems to be a lot of bickering when it comes to who’s to blame for the skyrocketing costs of health care. The Massachusetts Hospital Association in September released a survey that called on health insurance plans to cut inefficiencies and ...

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Lower Macungie, union strike deal - Allentown Morning Call

Cost: $340,000 in the first year; $353,000 in the second and $366,000 in the third. Salaries: $28,000-$46,000 this year; $31,000-$48,600 in 2010. Health care: Employees will begin paying toward their insurance premiums in 2010: $10 per month for ...

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Keiki Care health insurance to end - Honolulu Advertiser

The Keiki Care Plan, a state program once hailed as a step toward providing health insurance for all residents, is falling victim to a poor economy and cost cuts and will lapse at year's end. The state started the program this year to provide ...

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Bradford Regional Medical Center sees plenty of changes over past year - Bradford Era

There have been plenty of changes to Bradford Regional Medical Center in the past year, many of which can be seen by visiting the hospital’s campus. But, in addition to the visible changes, hospital officials reported at the BRMC Annual Meeting on ...

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