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Teen contraception decision: Doctors say science trumps politics
Science trumped politics, but politics may still present problems for teens trying to purchase emergency contraception. “A lot of stuff is going to happen over the next 30 days,” said Dr. Cora Breuner, a pediatric medicine specialist at...
Tags: Chemical Industry, U.S. Congress, Kathleen Sebelius, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes
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Corbett unswayed on Medicaid expansion after Sebelius meeting
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's face-to-face meeting Tuesday evening with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius did not convince the governor to accept the federal government's Medicaid expansion offer. Corbett, in a statement...Tags: Health Insurance, Kathleen Sebelius, Government, Politics, Medicaid
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Nonprofit Co-op Approved To Sell Health Insurance In Connecticut
The Hartford CourantThe state Insurance Department approved an insurance license for HealthyCT, allowing the new nonprofit to sell health plans in Connecticut, the nonprofit and department said Tuesday. HealthyCT is a federally recognized Consumer-Operated and Oriented...Tags: Health Insurance, Sales, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Aetna Inc., Business
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Cutting Medicaid waste
A hearty "Well done!" to Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services chief Julie Hamos for pushing through the audit that will remove over 13,000 ineligible recipients from the state's Medicaid rolls ("Scrubbing Medicaid," Editorial, March 31)....Tags: Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Pat Quinn, Government Health Care
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Health care follow-up
One of our readers contacted our editor to let him know that Gov. Corbett sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicating that PA would be opting out of the Medicaid Extension portion of the...Tags: Health Insurance, Kathleen Sebelius, Christianity, Government, Politics
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U.S. sticks to limits on health insurance charges for older people
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday finalized new consumer safeguards for health insurance that impose tighter restrictions on what insurers can charge older customers, despite industry warnings that the young may be forced to pay...Tags: Washington, DC, Education, Health Insurance, Judges, Justice System
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Federal preschool proposal draws support, questions in Aberdeen area
Four-year-olds in northeast South Dakota could all go to preschool if a plan proposed by President Barack Obama is carried out. During the State of the Union address, Obama asked members of Congress to make quality preschool available to all children....
Tags: Schools, Preschools, Washington, DC, Money and Monetary Policy, Education
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The 21-Page Health Exchange Application Form: Not A Burden
The Hartford CourantBack when I was in high school, I was sprung free for three months to work full-time at the county court house, where the boss gave me a thigh-high stack of forms people had to fill out. Cut this down to a few pages, he said. It's too much red tape. I...Tags: Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Amazon.com Inc., Nickelodeon (tv network), Family
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Gun control: How California can teach everyone else
Like a lot of people who follow the gun debate, I was surprised to learn earlier this year that for more than a decade, Congress has made it nearly impossible for our premier federal health research institutions to study gun violence. That became...Tags: Chuck Grassley, U.S. Congress, Kathleen Sebelius, Research, Interior Policy
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Health care reform is cutting costs, improving care
This week marks the third anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. For Marylanders, that means a health care system that is stronger than it was three years ago, and a future that looks even brighter. Marylanders who have health insurance now have more...Tags: Medicare, Flu, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prescription Drugs
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Walnut Street Community Health Center receives $6,000 grant from Community Foundation
Walnut Street Community Health Center has received a $6,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Washington County in support of its Emergency Medication Fund. The money will be used to cover the cost of prescription medications for the center’...Tags: Health, Dentistry and Dental Health, Chemical Industry, Walnuts, Pharmaceuticals
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2 fugitives accused of Medicare fraud may be in Glendale, U.S. says
Federal authorities say two of Medicare's most-wanted fugitives may be hiding out in Glendale. Healthcare investigators say Karo Gotti Blkhoyan, 32, and Anush Sahakyan, 29, set up a phony medical clinic in South Carolina from 2009 to 2010 and billed for...Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Healthcare Policies
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Feb 20, 2013
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