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For the vast majority of parents-to-be, giving birth involves a stay at a hospital or birthing center. But a growing minority are choosing instead to have babies at home, where, they hope, they can have a more private, low-tech experience and allow the process to unfold naturally. It doesn't hurt that in these days of rising health-care costs, having a baby at home is a lot cheaper, too. When Jason and Rebecca Sparks were planning for the birth of their second child, Alexander, who's now almost 4 months old, they decided to have him at their home in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. The Sparkses had their first child, Ariana, 2, at a hospital in Wausau, about an hour away. The experience felt impersonal, says Jason, now 33, and was more uncomfortable than it needed to be for Rebecca, 31.
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has proposed the most contro-versial health care idea of the year: fines for fat. To avoid cuts to organ transplant coverage in the state's Medicaid system, Mrs. Brewer origi- nally suggested charging Medicaid recipients a $50 co-pay if they are obese or they are regular smokers. Earlier this month, Mrs. Brewer, a Republican, confirmed that transplant coverage would be paid for with other cuts - but the "fat tax" is still on the books. Federal regulations likely will kill the plan, but it's still worth taking a closer look at what's wrong - and right - with this idea. What's right? The health care system acts as a giant subsidy system, distributing the costs of treating unhealthy Americans onto others. This wasn't such a bad idea decades ago. In the 1940s and 195...
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Two decidedly different approaches often are debated when it comes to the question of how to prevent teenage girls from getting pregnant. One is the approach being taken in DeSoto County, where the school board is expected to vote next week on approval of an abstinence-only sex education policy that will go into effect in the 2012-2013 school year.
... - the health benefits, avoiding the costs of having a baby, all of that. But it is also impo...
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I was inspired to write this after having lunch recently with my rabbi, Micah Greenstein. I'm not sure how we got to talking about infant mortality, but when he called it a public health issue, it really got me thinking. Health care reform, funding for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis and progress on reducing the number of premature babies are interlinked issues in our community. One of the primary causes of our higher infant mortality rate is the higher incidence of premature babies born in Shelby County. We spend an average of $75,000 in medical costs for every premature baby, and many of these babies are born at The Med. Solving the infant mortality problem in Shelby County will result in lower health care costs and lower costs of indigent care at The Med.
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Teen pregnancies and unplanned pregnancy among single young adults are epidemic in San Antonio and in Texas," said Dr. Janet Realini, president of Healthy Futures of Texas. "These two are very sensitive issues, but we must address them if we are to reduce poverty, child abuse, school dropout and abortion in our community. "Unplanned pregnancy is measured by women themselves -it is an unplanned pregnancy because the woman says it was unplanned," stated [Bill Albert]. "Half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and most of those are single women in their twenties." Statistics from the state health department demonstrate that 62 percent of pregnancies among 1829 year olds in Bexar County are unplanned. "Sadly, when a pregnancy is unplanned, the risks are much higher -for...
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... being the mother of a low birth weight baby and the stress associated with trying to pay for h... food stamp benefits still report not having enough food and experiencing chronic hunger (Jense...
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As the first wave of baby boomers hits retirement age, life overseas beckons. But be warned: Retiring abroad can have its logistical headaches. Many of today's graying expatriates are heading permanently offshore to stretch their nest egg. Jon and Gretchen Nickel, formerly of Portland, Ore., settled in Panama, where they say they can live like the rich without needing a big bankroll. Lee Harrison and Julie Lowrey, from Vermont, moved to Uruguay because the lower living costs allowed them to retire years early. Other expat retirees are seeking foreign adventure, cultural experiences and exotic travel, without having to board an airplane.
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... Education Initiative which covered college costs for a group of inner city youth, and was instrumen... are getting better and stronger, and having those conversations that haven't happened historic...'s anything more important we can do as the baby boomer generation moves toward retirement than to ...
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The first bill completely ignores the complexity and mentality behind most people in America choosing to have abortions. The right likes to characterize wayward women as having "abortions on demand" and simply seeking abortion as an option so they don't have to alter their "sex in the city" lifestyles but that is not the reality. Most women who choose to have an abortion have thought long and hard about the decision, they've considered the financial, emotional and social costs of what they are about to do. Walking into the building to have an abortion is a tough decision for most women and to assume that an additional baby centered "birds and the bees" conversation is going to get them to change their minds demonstrates a grotesque lack of knowledge on the part of the bill's authors. Wh...
