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Dan Walters: $10 billion in debt not on Jerry Brown's wall
May 24, 2013

Editorial: Brown needs to convene prison settlement talks
May 08, 2013

Viewpoints: California has options for securing retiree health benefits
April 30, 2013

The State Worker: California retiree health measure fails in committee
April 23, 2013

California retiree health measure fails in committee
April 22, 2013

The Roundup: Bankruptcy law versus pension law; OR hires more temps; NY retiree health costs
September 10, 2012

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Simple tips can help save on pet health costs
April 30, 2013 | WIAT CBS 42

Is Nevada 'Dumping' Mentally Ill Patients?
April 21, 2013 | Newsy.com

Large rise in PA health costs over the past two decades
March 19, 2013 | WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg

Sacramento Connect

New Coalition Unites to Close "Walmart Loophole" in Health Care Law
May 13, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. May 9, 2013 – A new coalition of health care advocates, doctors, nurses and workers today announced that they will unite to make California...

Extreme Investments Exposed in Coal Report Card
April 29, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. April 29, 2013 - Today, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and Sierra Club released their fourth annual coal report card, called "Extreme...

Insured but unable to afford health care
April 25, 2013
April 25, 2013 - In an editorial responding to a new study on skimpy health insurance among low-income, insured Americans, two policy experts review extensive...

The Energy Game is Rigged: Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
February 28, 2013
February 27, 2013 - The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil, and natural gas...

Survey: Californians concerned about rising health costs
March 21, 2012
Californians are concerned about the rising cost of health care and many report delaying care because of its cost. But only one in four has asked for pricing...

Obese Workers Have Even Higher Health Costs than Smokers, Study Finds
April 04, 2012
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 3, 2012 — Obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking does, reports a study in the March Journal of Occupational and...

From around the web

Practice Fusion can help you & your family control spiraling health costs
May 22, 2013 | VentureBeat
San Francisco-based Practice Fusion just launched a free tool for consumers to manage their health spending. ...

Getting American employees online is key for health care - - and reducing health...
May 15, 2013 | VentureBeat
Guest Post A lack of online access to help employees enroll for benefits, change their healthcare plan, or modify their 401K, means that employees are far less likely to use or...

Prescription drug spending dips in 2012
May 09, 2013 | indystar.com
Employers have been raising health costs for their workers well above the inflation rate, through higher copayments, premiums and deductibles. The number of insured people with...

Letter to the editor: Wellmark bonuses show why health costs rising
April 18, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
So Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield's'' primary driver'' to pay executives bonuses in excess of $3 million was company tax savings and to save policy holders $1.8 million?...

Health Costs
April 18, 2013 | indystar.com
The cartoon from my archive was first published June 18, 2006. ...

Iowa Gov. Branstad: Non- union state employees will pay share of health costs
April 04, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
State workers who are not covered by collective bargaining will begin contributing to the cost of their health insurance benefits, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Thursday. The...

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