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Insurers Skimp on Eating Disorders.

Health insurance woes abound in this country, but people with eating disorders often face an even steeper uphill battle with insurers, many of whom provide very limited coverage for what doctors call a very complex disease to treat. --- DOUG KRIZNER: The cost healthcare is an...

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Congress Passes Historic Mental Health Parity Bill.

Wednesday, Sep 24 (Psych Central) -- After over a decade of struggling and aborted attempts, Congress passed a bill yesterday that provides for equal treatment of mental health, alcohol and substance abuse disorders, ending a decades’ long practice of discrimination against these...

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Medi-Cal cuts impact people with private insurance too

Local health care providers scratched their heads this morning over what would make residents take the cuts to Medi-Cal more seriously. The impacts won't only be felt by the poor, they said. Like many government programs, Medi-Cal took a 10 percent cut July 1 to help make up for the budget...

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Auto Insurance Law

I just read a letter to the editor in which the writer calls for tougher insurance laws. He thinks that if tougher laws were passed, many vehicles involved in accidents would not even be on the road. How could the laws get tougher? Already, if you can't afford insurance and are stopped, they...

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Study: Undocumented residents make up small portion of the uninsured

The state's uninsured population are overwhelmingly U.S. citizens and documented residents, according to a UCLA study. The study, which is part of the California Health Interview Survey, found: One in five of the 4.8 million Californians who were uninsured at the time they were...

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Is capitalism best economic model?

A recent blog about California's minimum wage increase predictably expanded into a discussion about everything from Vietnam, feminism and illegal immigration to Monica Lewinsky. It also led to debates over the benefits and drawbacks of capitalism. So why not debate (hopefully in a civil...

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