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What Percent of Your State's Residents Are in the Work Force?

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:06:33 GMT

What Percent of Your State's Residents Are in the Work Force?

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An undertow of the current health care debate has been the suspicion that working Americans will be forced to cover the cost of health care for deadbeats who decline to work and pay for their own. I thought it would be interesting to look, state by state, at just how many people 16 are actually in the work force as defined by the census bureau, i.e., working outside of the home or actively looking.

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What percent of your state's residents are in the work force?

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:42:59 GMT

What percent of your state's residents are in the work force?

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A Good Argument for Not Buying Health Insurance

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:48:19 GMT

A Good Argument for Not Buying Health Insurance

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This post is really targeted to the self-employed and non-insured among you. (You lucky still-employed workers with health benefits, you're excused for now.) I just want to offer this interesting op-ed piece by Chicago-based health care writer J. Duncan Moore, Jr. as food for thought, because he gives good reasons for why it's not worth having health insurance -- and how it's possible to profit without it.

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Floozies and Free Flu Shots for Seniors at Orlando Strip Club

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:13:01 GMT

Floozies and Free Flu Shots for Seniors at Orlando Strip Club

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I dropped $25 at Walgreens on a flu shot last week, and wasn't amused for even a second. Sitting amid shelves of vitamins and adult incontinence products, I was unaware of other options until I read a story about seniors at Rachel's Gentlemen's Club near Orlando, Fla., who were receiving their shots free. I'll bet they never even noticed the needle go in.

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Open Wide: A Dental Exam on Health Reform

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:51:10 GMT

Open Wide: A Dental Exam on Health Reform

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This recession has led many adults to postpone trips to the dentist, both for themselves and their children. During the ferocious debate on health reform, meanwhile, dental care has largely been shunted to the sidelines. It's treated as separate -- and unequal-- to general medical care, says Oral Health America, an advocacy and education organization that has called for dental coverage for all Americans.

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'Priceline' of Healthcare Lets You Bid on Services

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:04:56 GMT

'Priceline' of Healthcare Lets You Bid on Services

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PriceDoc.com started in Seattle in April and is set to go national in November, allowing people to name their price for medical, dental, vision and other healthcare services.

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Avoid Losing Your Health Care Coverage

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:31:03 GMT

Avoid Losing Your Health Care Coverage

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Thousands of Americans have found themselves with a cancelled health insurance policy or a denied claim. Follow these three steps to make sure you have health insurance when you need it most.

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Elance Contest Offers a Year of Healthcare to Lucky Freelancer

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:06:41 GMT

Elance Contest Offers a Year of Healthcare to Lucky Freelancer

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One of the most difficult parts of losing a job and becoming an unintentional freelancer is losing health benefits. Elance, a site that matches freelancers to clients, is sponsoring a contest in which the winner gets his or her health insurance paid for one year, up to $10,000.

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Drugstore Freebies Aim to Fight Flu

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:47:58 GMT

Drugstore Freebies Aim to Fight Flu

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Got health care? In this American recession, probably not, especially if you're included in the 10% unemployment rate. And this flu season is shaping up to be über-nasty.

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Rescission Could Leave You Broke and Sick

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:39:44 GMT

Rescission Could Leave You Broke and Sick

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Karen Knee's insurance problems began with her 2005 New Year's resolution: addressing her nagging health concerns. First on her list was to get those little benign cysts on her scalp removed. Blue Cross pre-approved the procedure, and it went off without a hitch -- at first.

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