Surprise Health Care Fee Looms In Overhaul Law
Washington AP reports a new $63 per head fee buried in Obama health care reform aimed at subsidizing coverage for people with pre existing conditions. The levy, three year temporary from 2014, could total tens of millions for large companies and be passed to workers.
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Barack Obama
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Sheaks
Buck Consultants
Xerox
Obama
Health and Human Services Department
Accompa
Nying
U.S. Treasury
Gretchen Young
Erisa Industry Committee
Young
America
Winkler Receives Probation For Inappropriate Police Conduct
Former Princeton police officer Winkler, charged for attempting to solicit sexual favors from a 17 year old, was sentenced to probation after resigning. He must comply with probation with possible medical treatment in Lewisburg and cannot return to law enforcement. The case centers on a 2011 incident in a parking lot near Route 20 and Route 104.
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Princeton
West Virginia
Winkler
State Child Protective Service
George Sitler
Flanigan
Lewisburg
Aboulhosn
Aboulhosa
Princ eton slashing victim bound with cord in residence
In Princeton a man was found bound to a toilet with an electrical cord and had his throat slit. The suspect and victim knew each other and a motive is under investigation. Williams is jailed at Southern Regional Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing within a week.
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Winkler
Holcomb
Jamie Parsell
Jparsell
Bdtonline
Graham
LJ Street
Princeton
Williams
Beaver
Charles Owens
Cowens
Bottonline
Postal service downsizes offices across region through 2014
Postal officials announced nationwide meetings and a plan to cut window hours, consolidate facilities, and relocate services. Bluefield’s mail processing will merge with Charleston, urging bulk mailers to route first class mail by 3 p.m. or drive to Charleston, a four hour round trip with tolls. Local leaders denounce the suggestion as impractical and costly.
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Postal Service
Cathy Yarosky
United States Postal Service
Bluefield
Charleston
West Virginia
Linda Whalen
Bramwell Post
Kellysville
Flu cases rise as vaccinations slow in Bluefield region
County health officials report flu like illnesses increasing while vaccination numbers dip after a Bluefield Telegraph article. Dr. Bolton notes vaccines require weeks for protection, with weather shifts fueling spread. Virginia health officials cite rising trends without exact counts, urging treatment by symptoms and home care for mild cases.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Healthment
St. Luke's Professional
Bluefield
Bolton
Telegraph
Virginia
State Health Department
Robert Parker
Virginia Health Department
Parker
In memory tributes totals and donor list filed
A stream of memorial gifts and remembrance notes follows, listing names such as Vittoria Lisci Doroth y Rattliff George Oster Anil Agarwal and Catherine Williams Jr. with amounts including eleven ten and twenty five dollars plus larger sums. The notes honor Josephina Marrella Papa Doc Roby Gentry Daphna Gentry and David Johnson among others. The page also references a running total and prior total with no clear final figure.
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Josephina Marrella
Vittoria Lisci
Roby
Daphna Gentry
Cordin Taylor
Shannon Riedel
Andrew
Harry Scapin
Woods
Glenn Kevin
Craig
Blair
Kenneth
Catherine
David Williams Jr
Armbrister
Johnnie
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