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Free life insurance offered to working parents

Free $50,000 life insurance policies are being offered to working parents who are 19 to 42 years old and...

Anthem Blue Cross to pay $1 million fine

California's largest for-profit health provider, Anthem Blue Cross, has agreed to pay a $1 million fine...

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Growing new tissue in the lab with cotton candy

Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for...

Chronicle 2.12.09 4:00 AM

Taxpayers may bear cost of raising octuplets

A big share of the financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman's 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California's taxpayers...

Chronicle 2.12.09 4:00 AM

Stimulus prompts talk of health care rationing

A relatively small provision in the stimulus bill that would devote about $1 billion in government research funds to figure out which...

Chronicle 2.11.09 7:09 PM

Our troops need more time between deployments

Having fought two wars on two fronts for more than seven years, our troops are tired and our military's equipment is worn out. The...

Chronicle 2.12.09 4:00 AM

Parents of autistic children sue Kaiser

Two Bay Area residents filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against Kaiser Permanente, accusing the health maintenance organization...

Chronicle 2.11.09 5:18 PM

S.F. General Hospital honors 48-year volunteer

Hairstyles may have changed a lot since 1961, but Marlis Tanner's quest has remained constant: giving down-on-their-luck patients at...

Chronicle 2.11.09 4:00 AM

Big jump in Blue Cross premiums sparks outrage

Anthem Blue Cross, which plans to raise premiums for about four-fifths of the health insurer's individual policyholders effective...

Chronicle 2.10.09 7:16 PM

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