Articles filed under Affordable Care Act
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Drug Prices, Opioids, And Obamacare: A Conversation With Assemblyman Jim WoodJan 30, 2017 6:00 am - California policymakers are facing a busy year, as a Republican-controlled Congress inches closer to rolling back key provisions of the Affordable Care Act and debate ov...
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Poll: Broad worries about losing health coverageJan 27, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Though "Obamacare" still divides Americans, a majority worries many will lose coverage if the 2010 law is repealed in the nation's long-running politic...
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Arizona Children Could Lose Big Under Obamacare RepealJan 27, 2017 6:00 am - Like any college student, Vanessa Ramirez never expected chemotherapy would be part of her busy school schedule. “I don’t have any history of cancer in my family, so...
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Repeal Ripples: Five Obamacare Exchange Chiefs Contemplate An Uncertain FutureJan 27, 2017 6:00 am - The health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act are in their fourth year of selling health insurance plans to people who don’t get insurance throu...
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One GOP Plan Says Calif. And Other States That Like Their Obamacare Can Keep ItJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - States could keep their federally funded insurance exchange with consumer protections intact under a proposal unveiled Monday by two Republican U.S. Senators. Sens. Bill...
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California Withdraws Bid To Allow Undocumented Immigrants To Buy Unsubsidized Obamacare PlansJan 20, 2017 6:00 am - Lawmakers in Sacramento have halted a first-in-the-nation effort by California to expand access to health coverage for immigrants living in the state without legal docum...
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Large Employer Health Plans Could Also See Some Impacts From Obamacare OverhaulJan 17, 2017 6:00 am - If you think that because you get health insurance through your job at a big company, you won’t be affected if Republicans overhaul Obamacare, think again. Several of ...
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As Obamacare Repeal Heats Up, Newly Insured North Carolinians FretJan 13, 2017 6:00 am - Darlene Hawes lost her health insurance about a year after her husband died in 2012. Hawes, 55, is from Charlotte, N.C. She ended up going without insurance for a few ye...
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Fewer Americans Paid Obamacare Tax Penalty In 2016Jan 10, 2017 6:00 am - About 6.5 million Americans paid an average penalty of $470 for not having health insurance in 2015 - 20 percent fewer than the year before, according to data released T...
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Obamacare Boosted Community Health Centers’ Reach. Now What?Jan 09, 2017 6:00 am - For the patients and the employees of Mary’s Center, a community health center that serves Washington, D.C., and its Maryland suburbs, the 2010 health law had a big im...