Articles filed under Health
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Kids' teeth and the health lawOct 19, 2013 11:00 pm - One part of the Affordable Care Act is intended to improve dental coverage for children, prompted by the 2007 death of an uninsured Maryland boy named Deamonte Driver, w...
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Brokers simplify, confuse health exchange shoppingOct 19, 2013 11:00 pm - This month's glitch-filled rollout of the health insurance marketplaces created by federal law is a business opportunity for brokers and agents, but regulators warn that...
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Health care law's fate could hinge on political climate in statesOct 19, 2013 11:00 pm - The greatest threats to the ultimate success of the new health care law come not from the technical problems that have plagued its rollout, but from a hostile political ...
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Sources: 476,000 Obamacare applications filedOct 19, 2013 5:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Administration officials say about 476,000 health insurance applications have been filed through federal and state exchanges, the most detailed measure yet ...
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Offshore fracking goes unnoticed in CaliforniaOct 19, 2013 1:16 pm - LONG BEACH, Calif. — The oil production technique known as fracking is more widespread and frequently used in the offshore platforms and man-made islands near some of Ca...
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WHO agency: Air pollution causes cancerOct 17, 2013 10:23 am - LONDON — What many commuters choking on smog have long suspected has finally been scientifically validated: air pollution causes lung cancer. The International Agency fo...
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States enact laws to stock epinephrine at schoolsOct 17, 2013 10:23 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When a third-grade student who had been stung by a wasp developed welts on his neck and had trouble breathing, school nurse Amanda Williams had the ne...
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White House projected strong health plan signupsOct 15, 2013 6:44 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s internal projections called for strong enrollment in the states in the first year of new health insurance markets, according to u...
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On the edge: House shutdown plan fails; now SenateOct 15, 2013 6:53 am - WASHINGTON — Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night aft...
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VNA Health Care helps residents navigate new requirementsOct 14, 2013 5:30 am - Fox Valley residents appeared to put a timid toe into the new pool of insurance coverage options offered during the first week of the exchanges created by President Bara...