California doctors may raise bills up to fifty percent
San Francisco reports that doctor bills in California could rise as much as 50 percent to cover higher malpractice insurance costs. Union of American Physicians president Sanford A. Marcus accuses the California Medical Association and its societies of conspiring to defraud residents by shifting malpractice insurance costs onto patients. He says Californians were misled by CMA backed legislation passed in the fall amid the malpractice crisis.
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CSEA Opposes Brown Work-Sharing Plan in California
The California State Employees' Association says Gov. Brown's work-sharing proposal for the Transportation Department cuts pay and hours, violates state law on equal pay for equal work, and could lead to layoffs. CSEA vows to fight, while suggesting placement in other state jobs. spokesmen call the voting idea divide and conquer.
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Snowstorm Strands Motorists and Hits Pacific Northwest
A strong snowstorm drops heavy snow across Washington Oregon and Idaho with wind driven thaw triggering floods mudslides and avalanches. Seven injuries and multiple deaths reported as rescues continue and highways reopen amid thawing conditions.
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Anna Roosevelt Halsted, FDR’s daughter, dies at 69
Anna Roosevelt Halsted died of cancer in Montefiore Hospital at age sixty nine. She earned early fame as Seattle Post Intelligencer editor of the women’s page, served as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s private assistant, traveled to Yalta in 1945, and later pursued public relations and broadcasting. She cohosted a radio program with Eleanor Roosevelt, married Dr James A. Halsted in 1952, and lived with him in Shiraz, Iran, from 1958 to 1960 while helping develop Shiraz Medical School.
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