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The wheels of Government are grinding slowly in the direction of allowing for more Chiropractic services to Medicare recipients - but at least they are grinding and maybe even moving in the right direction. For the past two years our government has been engaged in a feasibility study to deter­mine the practicality of expanding Chiropractic services within the Medicare system.

Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Central Connecticut Bicycle Alliance and the Taking Care Center are sponsoring a “Bike to Work Day”, Friday, August 29. Bicyclists meet between 7:00 – 9:00 a.m at Hartford’s Old State House where the Taking Care Center will provide a continental breakfast.

Right wingers like to paint doomsday scenarios of Canada’s Health Care system. Pointing to our neighbours to the south they wail about personal responsibility and the way it should be. I’ve never understood personal responsibility and health care..you do get that catch a cold is just a phrase…right?

I have written about this topic before - policymakers lament trying to find dollars to help get more people health care, yet millions of workers reap overly generous tax benefits when their employer pays all or part of their health care coverage.  These generous tax benefits represent dollars from the federal and state budgets that could be used for other purposes.

Cost Of Raising Children With Special Needs Based On State They Live. July 10, 2008 -- Therapies, rehabilitation and specialty medical care are just a few of the extra costs that parents face when raising children with special needs. In a new study that will be published in current issue of Pediatrics, Paul T.

Big Pharma Reaches Out To Higher Learning Posted by kandylini on June 12, 2008 By Jane Akre, InjuryBoard.com. Tight budgets affect almost everyone at home and in the workplace. But when does a tight budget at a university invite corporate conflicts of interest that potentially taint professors and their curriculum?

Regimens: Drug Samples Found to Affect Spending Having doctors distribute free samples of medicines may do exactly what drug companies hope for — encourage patients to spend more money on drugs. A study in the April issue of Medical Care found that patients who never received free samples spent an average of $178 for six months of prescriptions.

Tips six and seven of Ten Tips to Maximize Your Recovery give suggestions on what you can do to help your personal injury case in the event of an accident. Read on to learn the secrets insurance companies don’t want you to know. 6. Start a file to document everything connected to your case.