Articles filed under Health
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Feds post food allergy guidelines for schoolsOct 30, 2013 10:03 am - ATLANTA — The federal government is issuing its first guidelines to schools on how to protect children with food allergies. The voluntary guidelines call on schools to t...
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New security issues surface for health websiteOct 30, 2013 9:01 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama claimed “full responsibility” Wednesday for fixing his administration’s much-maligned health insurance website as a new concern surfa...
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Medicare chief apologizes for ‘Obamacare’ woesOct 29, 2013 10:19 am - WASHINGTON — Move over, website woes. Lawmakers confronted the Obama administration Tuesday with a difficult new health care problem — a wave of cancellation notices hit...
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Obama administration lowers health sign-up expectationsOct 29, 2013 10:19 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is trying to lower expectations for strong initial enrollments under the president’s historic expansion of health coverage for the ...
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Sebelius to face tough questioning on health lawOct 27, 2013 7:21 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans said Sunday they intend to press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration’s troubled launch of healthca...
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Here’s a tax increase Republican lawmakers supportOct 27, 2013 4:21 pm - WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress don’t usually fight for tax increases, especially ones that are part of President Barack Obama’s health care law. But GOP senators b...
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E-cigarette marketing seen threatened under FDA scrutinyOct 27, 2013 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The $1.5 billion U.S. electronic- cigarette industry has tripled sales this year with the help of TV ads, NASCAR sponsorships and product giveaways. Governm...
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IRS says 330,000 have gotten results on insurance websiteOct 26, 2013 8:35 pm - WASHINGTON — Despite the technical problems plaguing many of the new health insurance websites, the federal government has delivered 330,000 premium subsidy calculations...
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City asks utility to cut its coal relianceOct 26, 2013 2:23 pm - ASHEVILLE, N.C. — When the city launched an ambitious plan to slash its carbon footprint, a major obstacle stood in its way: A massive coal-fired plant on the edge of to...
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Health site merely another item on list of federal tech messesOct 26, 2013 7:33 am - Why have other troubled government computer efforts, such as one shut down last year after losing $1 billion, never gotten the attention and vitriol being showered on He...