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A fourth Jefferson County resident has died from COVID-19 after having been hospitalized for several weeks at a Seattle hospital. A woman in her 60s, a cancer patient, died late last week at the University of Washington Medical Center after she was hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia, said Dr. Tom Locke, Jefferson County health officer. The reporting of the death, confirmed to be caused by COVID-19, was delayed due to her having residences in other states, Locke said Thursday. The woman was vaccinated but was not fully protected due to chemotherapy, Locke said. Her immune system had been suppressed by the...

Congratulations! You have successfully signed up for a truly excellent plan on the Covered California website! It's a really, really great plan. Really. Now, good look finding a doctor who will treat you. Los Angeles Times: After overcoming website glitches and long waits to get Obamacare, some patients are now running into frustrating new roadblocks at the doctor's office.A month into the most sweeping changes to healthcare in half a century, people are having trouble finding doctors at all, getting faulty information on which ones are covered and receiving little help from insurers swamped by new business.Experts have warned...

The Los Angeles Times reports that once Obamacare customers navigate the confusing websites and pay the (often higher) premiums, they face a new problem: many doctors do not accept Obamacare insurance policies. It tells the story of a cancer patient who was turned away at the oncologist's office, and was only seen by a doctor once state regulators came to her rescue. Her story is not alone: millions will face the same problem. There are two reasons patients will be turned away: one that President Barack Obama hid, and one that he lied about. The first is that there is...

Call the cops: 3-year-old steals hearts of Rowlett police officers Parents say visits to department have aided boy's cancer recovery 02/05/2003 By STEPHEN TERRY / The Dallas Morning News Meeting William Grant Swoger has been a honey of a deal for the Rowlett Police Department - and especially for Officer Amy Sifuentes, whom the 3-year-old cancer survivor calls his "Honey Cop." "The first time we met, he called me Honey," Officer Sifuentes said. "His mother told me not to worry about it because he called his nurse in the hospital Honey Doc. And he is now calling those in...