Articles filed under Health
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Feds: More than 88K pick health plans in IllinoisFeb 12, 2014 12:01 am - More than 88,000 Illinois residents signed up for private health insurance during the first four months of the nation's new insurance marketplace system, a heartening nu...
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Illinois uses The Onion to reach young uninsuredFeb 10, 2014 12:01 am - Officials at the Illinois health insurance marketplace say they are launching ads aimed at young adults in the satirical online newspaper The Onion. Banner ads on The On...
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Experts increasingly contemplate end of smokingFeb 09, 2014 5:22 am - ATLANTA — Health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America. They have long wished for a cigarette-free America, but shied away from calling...
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Fact Checker: CBO didn’t say health-care law will kill 2 million jobsFeb 09, 2014 5:20 am - The Washington Post Here we go again. During the 2012 campaign, we had to repeatedly explain that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) never said that the Affordable Ca...
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Race to enroll young and healthy for new insuranceFeb 09, 2014 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — “Do you guys have health insurance?” David Bransfield asks each time a group of college students passes by. Some nod yes. A few promise to stop back after c...
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Experts contemplate the end of smokingFeb 09, 2014 12:30 am - ATLANTA — Health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America. They have long wished for a cigarette-free America, but shied away from calling...
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Vulnerable Democrats try to work around health lawFeb 08, 2014 6:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Hit with a multimillion-dollar barrage of televised attacks, Democrats in tough re-election races want credit for trying to fix the problematic parts of the...
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What’s for dinner? Farm bill has a big impactFeb 08, 2014 5:45 pm - WASHINGTON — Look no further than your dinner plate to understand how the new farm bill affects you. About 15 percent of the money in the legislation signed into law Fr...
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Duke Energy apologizes for N.C. coal ash spillFeb 08, 2014 2:12 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — A top executive at Duke Energy has apologized for the company’s massive coal ash spill in North Carolina and pledged to clean up its toxic waste from the...
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Public hearings set on Illinois Medicaid proposalFeb 07, 2014 3:04 pm - Two public hearings are scheduled on a proposal to restructure much of the Illinois Medicaid health care system for low-income and disabled patients. Hearings on the pro...