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County cancels transportation services for Friday, Sept. 12  From staff reports Fort Bend County will close all commuter routes that include TREK Express service to Greenway Plaza, the Galleria and Texas Medical Center, Friday, Sept. 12 in anticipation of Hurricane Ike.�� This will include a shut down for Demand Response services.

Coles County medical clinic for uninsured planned  UPDATED MATTOON �� For patients without health insurance, the out-of-pocket cost for a routine visit to the doctor typically is about $100.

News Debate centers on raises, taxes  City Manager Kevin Carruth is asking the Paris City Council to accept a budget that includes a 3.6 percent cost-of-living raise. Paris EMS ordered to assist with evacuation Texas Gov. Rick Perry has ordered Paris Emergency Medical Services to send an ambulance and crew to South Texas to help with evacuations.

Vallejo Chamber offers health insurance help  The Vallejo Chamber of Commerce has joined other local chambers in offering a new small business health insurance option. Ben-E-Lect can save small businesses money by offering a relatively low-cost, high-deductible plan, an especially important thing in the present

Scheme base rates too low, say doctors  The issue of how to determine guideline tariffs for healthcare providers is once again proving contentious. Medical practitioners are up in arms over a general 8.7-percent increase put forward by the Department of Health.

Alta docs call on new Health Services Board to communicate pandemic plans  EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta's doctors and medical students says it needs regular communication from the province's new Health Services Board about preparations for an influenza pandemic.

Meeting details Florida's health care plan  Gov. Charlie Crist touted Florida's low-cost health insurance program Thursday as a model for a nationwide fix for rising medical premiums - though the program hasn't started here yet.

Researchers Evaluate Cost-Effectiveness Of Genetic Screening To Guide Initial HIV Treatment  A major study from a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College and Massachusetts General Hospital has found that a recent change to HIV-treatment guidelines recommending genetic screening is cost-effective under certain conditions.

Health care charges cloaked in confusion  It began with a dizzy spell. Before long, though, what really had my head spinning was the inscrutable way that health-care providers and insurers put a dollar value on medical services -- and how that leaves patients unable to determine a fair price for any treatment.

Work to start on sharp curve in Oxford  OXFORD -- The state Department of Transportation has plans to fix a sharp curve on Route 188, the apparent low bidder is a Watertown company and work may start sooner than later.

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