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In Washington State,Tax Breaks for the Few
Little-known measures passed by Washington Legislature now Law: Who Benefits? Part 1 The 2010 Washington State Legislature adjourned on April 12, after the special session called by the Governor to...
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Why is Balance Billing OK in Washington State?
Little-known issues considered by Washington Legislature become or remain Law: Who Benefits? Part 2 Another piece of 2010 legislation that is destined to affect the pocketbooks of consumers was a...
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Cancer Patients Relapse Because Drugs are Unaffordable But Nothing Can Be...
That might be the conclusion drawn by readers of a recent article in Bloomberg Businessweek. Recession Causing Cancer Patients to Quit Life-Extending Drugs which was the August 4 feature in the...
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Lumps of Coal for Local Health, Buzz and Bucks for Biotech and Global Health
The end of the year with its annual holidays found many of us here in Washington State feeling anything but in a festive mood, given the imminent decimation of core health and human services, as part...
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Poor Journalism Fans Flames of Hate in the Evergreen State
A front-page article published on February 1 by The Seattle Times, now the Emerald City’s sole remaining daily newspaper, purporting to describe new state demographic trends, is causing outrage at a...
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Can We Afford Personalized Medicine? Special treatment for ‘high profile’ patients; exasperation for the rest of us Health Insurers Making Record Profits as Many Postpone Care People Who Donate Organs...
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Washington’s Apple Health for Kids Earns $17M Federal Achievement Bonus
With almost nothing but a steady stream of dire news about public services in 2011 , and the prospect of even more budget cuts facing us as the Washington State Legislature convenes work today, it is...
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