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Federal immigration officials target Vermont farms

AP News yesterday

Federal immigration officials demand payroll records, employee forms from Vermont farmers Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers as part of a national effort, asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal. Kelly Loftus, a spokeswoman ...

AP IMPACT: Gripes about swine flu vaccine abound

AP News yesterday

AP IMPACT: US distribution of swine flu vaccine is uneven, confusing; complaints abound When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." They were right. The program has been plagued with ...

First swine flu death in Denmark

AP Features 2 days ago

Danish officials say that a 60-year-old man is the country's first swine flu-related fatality. The National Board of Health says the chronically ill Dane died in a Copenhagen hospital on Nov. 18. It was the second Dane to be killed by swine ...

San Francisco's health care a model during debate

AP News 2 days ago

San Francisco's 'public option' - a city-run health care program - informs national debate This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program — seeing doctors, ...

Free clinics tied to health care debate

AP News 2 days ago

Free clinics staged in states where senators are targeted on health care votes A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts ...

SF health care a model during national debate

AP News 2 days ago

San Francisco's 'public option' _ a city-run health care program _ informs national debate This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program — seeing doctors, ...

House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts

AP News 2 days ago

House votes to block Medicare cuts to doctors, Republicans see a payoff to the AMA The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to add more than $200 billion to the deficit to prevent steep Medicare payment cuts to doctors, a move Republicans denounced as ...

U.S. House votes to boost Medicare pay to doctors

Reuters US Online Report Health News 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to boost Medicare payments to physicians in a move that could help shore up support from doctors for a sweeping Democratic-backed healthcare overhaul. The House voted 243-183 for the bill that ...

Health bill helps wavering Louisiana senator

AP News 2 days ago

Senate health bill has Medicaid money for Louisiana as top Democrat seeks its senator's vote Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has included at least $100 million in Medicaid funds for Louisiana in his health care bill at the same time he is ...

Busy agenda clouds hopes for immigration reform

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 2 days ago

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Some U.S. Democrats see momentum building for an overhaul of immigration laws that would legalize millions of undocumented workers, but analysts say a crowded agenda and struggling economy may once again sink hopes for reform next year. Representative Luis ...

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