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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Regional Authority, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Breast Cancer, U.S. Supreme Court
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'The Roberts Court' captures an important transformation
At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The...
Tags: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice System, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Book
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For the record
Healthcare law: An article in the May 11 Section A about President Obama's efforts to get Americans to enroll in health insurance said that a healthcare campaign by the California Foundation had devoted more than $200 million to a Spanish-language media...Tags: Univision (tv network), Bananas, Barack Obama, O.J. Simpson, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...
Tags: Lawyers, Judges, Lamar Alexander, Justice System, Barack Obama
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Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...
Tags: Small Businesses, Max Baucus, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Lawyers, Medicaid
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California calls for more disclosure of medical costs [video chat]
California officials are looking to build on a federal effort to disclose more healthcare pricing information to consumers. Medicare officials released new data this week that showed wildly different hospital charges across the nation for 100 of the...
Tags: Insurance, Consumers, Pneumonia, Healthcare Policies, Medicare
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Part-timers' hours cut as employers react to healthcare law [Live chat]
Hundreds of thousands of part-timers are facing smaller paychecks as employers cut worker hours to avoid paying for their benefits under the federal healthcare law. This move by a growing number of retailers, restaurants and even local governments and...
Tags: Employment, Business, Labor Legislation, Federal Reserve, Health and Safety at Work
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Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math
Los Angeles TimesMany part-timers are facing a double whammy from President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working 30 hours a week or more. But rather than provide healthcare to more...Tags: Labor Legislation, University of California, Berkeley, Lawyers, Medicaid, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell healthcare law
WASHINGTON — Seeking to ensure his landmark healthcare law is successfully implemented, President Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in health plans this fall. The new campaign,...
Tags: Univision (tv network), Mother's Day, Lawyers, Health Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Test results are in: Gripe-o-Meter is negative for doctors
You're not alone in waiting for the doctor to see you. A survey released Thursday by Consumer Reports rates the biggest gripes patients have about visting the doctor. Long waits in the exam or waiting room bothered many of the 1,000 people surveyed,...
Tags: General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, Crime, Law and Justice
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WellPoint's first-quarter profit rises 3% as enrollment grows
Insurance giant WellPoint Inc. reported a 3% increase in first-quarter profit and raised its full-year outlook as the company prepares for major changes under the federal healthcare overhaul. WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California and...
Tags: Insurance, Amerigroup Corp., Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Citigroup Incorporated
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Employer health premiums rose 170% in California in last decade
Premiums for employer health insurance in California jumped 170% over the last decade, more than five times the 32% increase in the state's inflation rate. That escalation in premiums has taken a toll on employers' willingness to offer health benefits,...
Tags: Employment, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Health Insurance, Employment Opportunities
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