Articles filed under Health
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Relief, confusion as new health benefits beginJan 02, 2014 1:26 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a troubled rollout, President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul now faces its most personal test: How will it work as people seek care under...
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Study finds Medicaid expansion drove up ER visitsJan 02, 2014 1:22 pm - SALEM, Ore. — A new study has found that people enrolled recently in Medicaid went to the emergency room 40 percent more frequently than others, often seeking help for c...
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Stay safe this season with these winter tipsJan 02, 2014 7:00 am - Winter is a great time of year for outdoor sports or sipping hot chocolate in front of a warm fire. But winter can also be a time of illness and injury if people fail to...
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Marketing efforts to uninsured youth ramp upJan 01, 2014 7:59 pm - MIAMI — The so-called “young invincibles” are so important to the success of the Affordable Care Act that supporters and detractors are spending millions to reach them w...
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Some with Alzheimer’s find care in far-off nationsJan 01, 2014 5:22 am - CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Residents of this facility for people with Alzheimer’s disease toss around a yellow ball and laugh under a cascade of water with their caregivers,...
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Historic coverage expansion to test promise of health planJan 01, 2014 5:00 am - Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — After three months of turmoil surrounding the rollout of President Obama's health care plan, the country faces a historic turning point on Ja...
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Obama’s tarnished health care law at a crossroadsDec 31, 2013 12:47 pm - WASHINGTON — All things good, bad and unpredictable converge Jan. 1 for President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul as the law’s major benefits take effect, along with...
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Is creativity destined to fade with age?Dec 31, 2013 5:00 am - Doris Lessing, the freewheeling Nobel Prize-winning writer on racism, colonialism, feminism and communism who died recently at age 94, was prolific for most of her life....
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Thousands in suburbs now have health insurance, but some decide to waitDec 31, 2013 4:00 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the $10,000 is the total deductible, not a After two stressful years without health insurance, Arlington Heig...
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The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind SloveniaDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than people in other countries. Not anymore: A new report out from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve...