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[...] in 2001, the St. Paul Companies announced they were pulling out of the medical malpractice insurance business, saying they were losing money despite having drastically raised premiums to try to offset their losses. State government leaders also helped establish the Mutual - a nonprofit, member-owned medical liability company - to provide insurance.
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There are those who think that I am stubborn because I have been working on this specific lawsuit for healthcare advocacy since 1993," [Susan Zinn] explained. "I'm sure that we all have family where we have seen the problems with registering for Medicaid and State Children's' Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). "The Medicaid program is supposed to help these families and explain to them that it covers various things like dental care," contended Zinn. "I also found that it was more than just a lack of information, it was also a shortage of doctors."
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Transparency Is Key WASHINGTON, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group, an employer-driven national advocate of healthcare safety and quality, applauds the administration for reaching out to employers and other purchasers of health care to align better our payment for health care with common goals for patient safety. We agree with the administration on the need for a common national yardstick for measuring patient safety, and on the need for educating and engaging consumers so they can protect themselves and their families.
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Leigh Ann Bradley, +1-703-548-0019, for the National Patient Advocate Foundation
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William J. Mandell was named president of the Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine at its annual medical education and business meeting in August. CSOM works to educate physicians, keeping them current on good medical practice, and acts as an advocate for patients and physicians. Mandell is the medical director for United Healthcare of Colorado. Michael W. Taylor, Esq., CPA, has joined Mulliken Weiner Berg and Jolivet P.C. firm as an associate. Taylor's practice will focus on real estate, business transactions, domestic taxation and estate planning.
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NPAF Participated in White House Conference Call Announcing New Coverage Regulation under the "Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) - a national, non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of creating avenues of improved patient access to health care through public policy reform at the state and federal levels - today praised the Obama Administration for extending health care coverage for young adults under the new "Affordable Care Act" through a new provision allowing them to stay on their parents' health insurance plans until age twenty-six. This proposed regulation will affect an estimated 1.2 million Americans.
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NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) Family Basics Support Group; 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, St. John's Lutheran Church, Bloomington; topic, "Living with a Bipolar Adolescent"; 309-531- 7200. Advocate Medical Group in Eureka (formerly Town & Country Healthcare) open house; 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, 105 S. Major St., Eureka; tours and light refreshments; 309-467-4691.
