RACIAL BIAS SEEN IN HEALTH CARE 'DISCRIMINATION REMAINS A VERY REAL...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 25, 2001 ;     569 words ......discrimination in health care settings, according...Health Seattle & King County. This report is...discrimination in health care settings in the...one in 20 of all King County residents. The...insured than the King county ...

RACE BIAS AFFECTS HEALTH CARE, PANEL SAYS.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 29, 2004 ;     575 words ......get better, faster. Health care in the United States...studies over the years in King County. A recent federal report...intentional malice. Every health care professional abhors...issue with a report on health care disparities issued last...

$1 MILLION GIFT BOOSTS DENTAL CARE FOR KING COUNTY CHILDREN.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 13, 2007 ;     236 words ......Buried in the debate about the nation's health care crisis are thousands of children in King County who lack dental coverage - a problem that...effort to make it easier for children to get health care. Only last fall, Group Health Cooperative...

THEIR JOB: CURE THE HEALTH CARE CRISIS TASK FORCE IS AFTER BETTER CARE AT...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ......study of how King County can lower its...annual growth in health care costs, an increase...in the local health care market. Together...represent 350,000 health care-consuming workers...the general health care across the county...

Dental insurer donates $1 million to cover King County kids.

Seattle Times (Seattle, WA);  April 12, 2007 ;     319 words ......16,000 low-income kids in King County who don't have health insurance. The donation...help fund an initiative by King County Executive Ron Sims to provide universal health coverage for all kids by...quality medical and oral health care, King County ...

FEWER BIRTHS BY TEENS IN KING COUNTY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 12, 2003 ;     420 words ......VUONG P-I reporter Fewer King County teenagers became pregnant...2001, continuing a trend health officials attribute to better access to health care and education, increased...births to those age 15-17 in King County have been falling since 1992...prevention programs and ...

KING COUNTY COUNSELOR SUSPENDED FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 1, 2007 ;     251 words ......to immediately suspend a King County counselor. Flor Mari Crisostomo...who was a detainee at the King County Youth Services Center. Crisostomo...Quality Assurance regulates health care providers in Washington...the delivery of quality health care to state residents. ...

KING COUNTY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 18, 1996 ;     700+ words ......with 95% of statewide and 99 of King County precincts reporting. In statewide...congressional districts that include King County, the first line is the total vote and the second line is the King County vote. FEDERAL U.S. House of Representatives...

`ACTION PLAN' SET FOR HEALTHIER KING COUNTY.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 8, 1997 ;     645 words ......initiative to improve health care, an advisory panel...for a healthier King County. The recommendations...private and public health care, emphasized strategies...Revelle, a former King County executive now representing...fast-changing face of health care. ...

Sims Touts His Leadership Skills -- King County official enters race to...

Yakima Herald-Republic;  July 30, 2003 ;     584 words ...SEATTLE - King County Executive Ron Sims lost no time in...his competitors. Sims, who has led King County government for the past seven years...protect the environment and expand health care. Sims, 55, is one of at least three...downsize government and fix problems like health ...

DYNACARE LABORATORIES SELECTED BY KING COUNTY MEDICAL

PR Newswire;  February 12, 1996 ;     280 words ...it has been selected by King County Medical Blue Shield (KCM...provider, Dynacare will assist King County Medical Blue Shield in its...Employee's Benefit Board, Basic Health Plan, and United Northwest...pleased to be selected by King County Medical, stated Osama Sherif...vital ...

REGION ALERT TO BIOTERROR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM UNDERFUNDED.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Seattle & King County. A big part of...By the time each health care institution learns...17 hospitals in King County were wired into...funding for public health's role in bioterrorism...Health-Seattle & King County, agreed that public...

CLALLAM COUNTY PHYSICIANS' SERVICE, INC. TO MERGE WITH KING COUNTY MEDICAL...

PR Newswire;  October 3, 1995 ;     461 words ......quality, affordable health care to our subscribers...manager of CCPS. King County Medical is one...informed, said Brooks. King County Medical Blue Shield...Washington and provides health care coverage to more...million in claims for health care services ...

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KING COUNTY CHARTER.(Editorial)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 20, 1997 ;     700+ words ...How we got here: King County is one of only five Home Rule counties...turn down proposed charters. But in King County, and in other Home Rule counties...be consistent with it. Changes in King County: At the time of statehood in 1889...

KING COUNTY SHERIFF.(Special Section)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  September 2, 1997 ;     562 words ...KING COUNTY SHERIFF Qualifications: Candidates must be U.S. citizens and registered voters in King County. Term: Four years. Salary: $109,232. Duties: The King County sheriff enforces state laws and county ordinances...