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22,000 die from treatable diseases from lack of insurance

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 1:02am

OGDEN -- Nearly 50 million Americans do not have any health insurance and roughly 22,000 of them die every year from treatable diseases because they can't afford to go to a doctor.

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Many businesses offer health benefits to same-sex couples

Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News

Last updated Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:15pm

President Obama's pronouncement last week in favor of same-sex marriage has no legal effect on employers' decisions on whether to offer benefits to workers' domestic partners, but some advocates believe it could reinforce a decade-long trend toward coverage.

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Bridgette Berkeley takes care of a patient in the ICU at Ogden Regional Medical Center recently. She graduated in July and says she knows she’s lucky to have gotten a job in her field so quickly. One thing that helped was that hospital officials knew her work ethic, as she worked as a secretary and a nursing assistant at the hospital while in school. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Economy hides possible impending shortage of nurses

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 9:14am

SOUTH OGDEN — When Bridgette Berkeley goes to work as an intensive care unit nurse at Ogden Regional Medical Center, she feels fortunate.

A July nursing graduate from Stevens-Henager College, Berkeley said she’s bucking the trend to already have the job she wants such a short time after graduation.

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Morgan ranked Utah's healthiest county -- again

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:12pm

MORGAN — For the third year in a row, Morgan County is the healthiest county in the state, according to a national report.

The County Health Rankings report, conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, compares counties in a number of categories, including healthy behavior, clinical care and social and economic factors.

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Farr West city employees to get insurance refund

Terrie L. Stephenson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 9:42pm

FARR WEST — City employees here will each receive a $700 refund thanks to a refund the city received from its health insurance provider, Public Employees Health Plan.

In addition, the city council agreed to also reward each employee with a $300 bonus because of their frugal use of health care benefits. Each of the six Farr West full-time employees will receive $1,000. Council members voted unanimously to approve the refund and bonus.

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MediConnect Global CEO to lecture at WSU

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 17, 2012 - 9:37pm

OGDEN — Weber State University on Thursday will present a Ralph Nye Lecture featuring Amy Rees Anderson, CEO of MediConnect Global.

The noon lecture is free and will be held in the Smith Lecture Hall, in Rooms 206 and 207 of the Wattis Business Building. For information, call 801-626-7307.

WSU is at 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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Davis County employees receive health insurance credit

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 8:14pm

FARMINGTON -- About $86,000, out of a $586,746 health insurance credit, is being returned to Davis County employees in the form of a two pay-period insurance premium "holiday."

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North Ogden emails violate Utah open meetings law?

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 26, 2012 - 7:34am

NORTH OGDEN -- Email exchanges reveal extensive discussion among several city council members about cutting employee benefits before a change of heart at the last minute the day of a Jan. 24 council meeting.

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