Net insurance payments for the procedure fell from about $343,000 to $213,000 in that span. Georgia is among a number of states that have moved to restrict abortion coverage for public employees in recent years. Eighteen states limit coverage to some extent, according the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health and rights group. Georgias move to eliminate coverage for all abortions except those that endanger the life of the mother puts it at the end of the spectrum, said Sharon Levin, director of federal reproductive health policy for the National Womens Law Center, a reproductive rights group. Other states allow coverage for abortion in the case of rape and incest. Levin said she sees Georgias decision as part of a nationwide attempt to restrict access to abortion by limiting how women can pay for it. It really comes down to the state as womens bosses making their health decisions for them, instead of letting women make decisions for themselves, she said.
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Health Management Willing to Give Glenview up to Five Board Seats
(HMA) said it is willing to give dissident shareholder Glenview Capital Partners up to five board seats, but it disagrees with a proxy firm’s recommendation that shareholders replace the entire board. The hospital operator Tuesday proposed immediately adding an unspecified number of board nominees put forth by shareholder activist Glenview Capital Partners, an offer that could ease the tension between the two sides. The proposal to Glenview, which included making one of the fund’s nominees the chairman, came a week after Health Management agreed to be bought by rival hospital operator Community Health Systems Inc. (CYH)for $3.9 billion. Glenview is the biggest owner of both companies’ shares but has been pushing to replace Health Management’s board through a consent solicitation. “The board believes that it is critical and in the best interest of shareholders and HMA for there to be some continuity on the board given, among other things, the ongoing government investigations, the management transition and the pending transaction with Community Health Systems Inc.,” Health Management said in a statement. Glenview previously said it would wait for the shareholder vote to play out.
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Justin Tuck’s health suddenly an issue again for NY Giants ahead of preseason opener vs. Steelers
This caused fears that staff would suddenly face sharply higher healthcare costs and leave federal service, causing a “brain drain” on Capitol Hill. But Wednesday’s proposed rule from the OPM, the federal government’s human resources agency, means that Congress will escape the most onerous impact of law as it was written. The OPM said the federal contributions will be allowed to continue for exchange-purchased plans for lawmakers and their staffs, ensuring that those working on Capitol Hill will effectively get the same health contributions as millions of other federal workers who keep their current plan. The problem surrounding the Obamacare language for Capitol Hill staff was the subject of intense negotiations in recent weeks between House and Senate leaders and the Obama administration. Some Republicans immediately slammed the OPM decision, using it as fuel for their campaign to turn public opinion against Obamacare just as its core provisions are due to go into effect.
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UPDATE 1-U.S. Congress wins relief on Obamacare health plan subsidies
He talked of being ready to go and feeling great and not needing any extra motivation, even if ignorant writers had given him plenty of that. His coaches said he looked more healthy and vigorous than he had in years, and the 2013 outlook looked promising. RELATED: VACCHIANO: GIANTS BETTER HOPE TUCK HAS SOMETHING LEFT Really nobody saw this coming, Coughlin said. All of a sudden, his back was stiff and tight.
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