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Spokane County plans to use new technology to speed up election-counting process next year
Ten days after Election Day, Spokane County elections staff are still painstakingly counting and re-creating by hand the thousands of ballots that had stray pen marks, changes of mind, and other irregularities and damage. But this is the last year they’ll have to go through this slow, laborious process. The county has purchased new technology …
Plans to build thousands of new homes in flood zones
Image copyright AFP Image caption Towns such as Fishlake near Doncaster were hit hard by recent flooding Almost 10,000 new homes are planned for some of the most flood-prone areas of England, a Greenpeace investigation has found. They include hundreds of new-builds in Sheffield and Doncaster, the towns hit hardest by the latest floods. The …
John Delaney, Marianne Williamson criticize rivals over health-care plans
CONCORD, N.H. – Two of the longer-shots for the Democratic presidential nomination are taking aim at some of their middle and top-tier rivals over their health-care proposals. Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland, a centrist candidate who’s long been vocal in his opposition to a government-run “Medicare-for-all” health-care system proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and supported …
Amazon and JPMorgan to roll out new health insurance plans as part of Haven joint venture – GeekWire
Dr. Atul Gawande, the new CEO of Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway’s joint healthcare venture, it a well-known surgeon and healthcare reform advocate. (TED Conference Photo / James Duncan Davidson, via Flickr) Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, has created its first offering in the form of health …
Hancock Health plans second Greenfield campus
GREENFIELD — After a major development in Mt. Comfort and one coming to New Palestine, Hancock Health has yet another planned for Greenfield. The health care provider, land-locked on its current campus, plans to develop a second campus along State Street near New Road. Sparked by advice to consolidate the hospital’s satellite locations across the …
10 Years and 12 Plans Later, University Getting Technology Innovation Center
(TNS) — The original vision in 2010 for a now-coveted patch of land in Downtown Detroit involved a monolithic jail for nearly 2,000 prisoners. After nearly a decade of cost overruns and stagnancy, private developers, along with University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel and local politicians unveiled a more hopeful, shinier development plan Wednesday, Oct. …
Officials warn against health care sharing plans ahead of open enrollment
Attorney General TJ Donovan, left, and Financial Regulation Commissioner Mike Pieciak. VTDigger file photos State officials are warning Vermonters to steer clear of health care sharing arrangements, following a cease and desist order against four entities alleged to have marketed the unlicensed insurance in the state earlier this year. The Department of Financial Regulation and …
Community Health Center plans to party | News, Sports, Jobs
-Submitted photo Pictured from left are Jana Woodruff, Troy Bennett, Rick Farrell and Jacque Johll. -Submitted photo Pictured from left are Jana Woodruff, Troy Bennett, Rick Farrell and Jacque Johll. The Community Health Center will be holding its fifth annual fundraising costume party on Saturday at Shimkat Motor Co., 3126 Fifth …
Why those who opt for Covered California health plans in the Inland Empire might see only a 0.1% rate increase in 2020 – Daily Bulletin
Californians will see some pretty big changes when they get ready to sign up or purchase health insurance this year. Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state’s health insurance marketplace, is optimistic that these changes will improve and build on how the Affordable Care Act started in this state. California has been credited …
Rates for the most common ACA health plans drop for a second year
This brightening scenario for Americans buying such health insurance creates awkward conflicting messages forsenior Trump administration officials who on Tuesday presented the statistical picture of the ACA marketplaces before the seventh annual enrollment season opens late next week. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma …
