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Inmate health-care issues make budgeting difficult  Lauderdale County Sheriff Ronnie Willis quickly acknowledges that budgeting for inmate health care is a hit-or-miss process."You don't ever know from year to year what to expect," the sheriff said.Law enforcement and the courts never know what medical issues might surface in a criminal suspect or defendant once they're placed in jail.

Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone  When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act.

Hemet, Menifee Valley health care workers call one-day walkout Monday  Health care workers at hospitals in Hemet and Menifee Valley will stage a one-day strike starting at 6 a.m. Monday to protest actions by the public hospital district that runs the facilities, according to a news release from SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West.

Forum at TMH tackles health-care issues  With the goal of airing and tackling child health-care issues, more than 25 members of the North Florida medical community gathered at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Friday for the North Florida Children's Health Forum.

A question of coverage This time, health care plays a smaller role  Unemployed maintenance worker Jim Denning got the news six years ago that he didn't want to hear. Denning's doctor told him that he had cancer of the larynx.

Children left behind on health care  The Hulse family staggered into North Georgia in January with $630 and hope for better times. Gary Hulse had lost his plumbing job in Arkansas, and the family had lost their home there. After arriving in Georgia, Melissa Hulse applied for Medicaid health insurance coverage for her four children. Three were accepted. But Avery, who has juvenile diabetes, wasn't approved ? the result of ...

Health care reform remains in limbo  Rendell's fight for coverage of more uninsured adults yet to allay legislators' fear: how to pay for it. When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act.

HMC rated a great place to work  Hays Medical Center recently was named one of the top 100 best places to work in the health care profession. HMC was the only Kansas hospital to make the national list, as determined by Modern Healthcare magazine.

Health Highlights: Oct. 12, 2008   Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:

Group urges better health-care access  Hundreds of thousands of Americans are in danger of dying of cancer because of lack of insurance and access to care, warn American Cancer Society leaders.

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