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Getting emergency care under a fake name
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:01:00 -0000
Kevin McKenzie, 27, a graduate of Cherry Hill West High School, plays bass guitar in an up-and-coming Philadelphia indie pop band, Liam and Me.
McKenzie case shows how many uninsured are young people
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:41:41 -0000
Those from 18 to 44 comprise 60 percent of the total uninsured, according to the U.S. Census. Sam Marshall, president of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania, a lobbying group for insurers of all types, made these comments about McKenzie's story.
Sweeping changes in mental-health care
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:01:00 -0000
Recalling Philadelphia's roots as a medical innovator dating to colonial times, city officials outlined yesterday what they described as sweeping changes - some completed, others envisioned - in the treatment of drug addicts and the mentally ill.
Glowing jellyfish lights the way to Nobel
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:01:00 -0000
Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize yesterday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures.
NASA probe reveals Mercury's pitted surface
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:01:00 -0000
NASA's Messenger probe beamed images of Mercury's craters and nearly mile-high cliffs back to Earth, expanding astronomers' understanding of the planet nearest the sun and furthering the U.S. goal of mapping its surface.
Lawmakers fail to renew health-care watchdog
Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:01:00 -0000
While other states are increasing their ability to track health-care costs and quality, Pennsylvania is poised to move in the opposite direction.

 

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