Articles filed under Health
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From Obama, a blunt acceptance of blameNov 14, 2013 2:42 pm - WASHINGTON — “We fumbled the rollout on this health care law.” “That’s on me.” “It was insufficient.” Again and again, President Barack Obama on Thursday shouldered the ...
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Officials: 1,370 in Illinois selected health plansNov 13, 2013 2:11 pm - Federal officials say 1,370 Illinois residents submitted an application and selected a health plan as the troubled HealthCare.gov website limped its way through its firs...
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Obama administration posts low health care signupsNov 13, 2013 12:47 pm - WASHINGTON — Planting a paltry number on a national disappointment, the Obama administration revealed Wednesday that just 26,794 people enrolled for health insurance dur...
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Clinton: Obama should honor health care pledgeNov 12, 2013 5:43 pm - WASHINGTON — Adding pressure to fix the administration’s problem-plagued health care program, former President Bill Clinton says President Barack Obama should find a way...
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Medicaid is health overhaul’s early success storyNov 12, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — The underdog of government health care programs is emerging as the rare early success story of President Barack Obama’s technologically challenged health ov...
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Food stamp outreach boosting Illinois MedicaidNov 11, 2013 3:15 pm - Although only a few hundred middle-class Illinois residents were able to sign up for health insurance last month on the crippled federal HealthCare.gov website, the poor...
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Health law’s troubles give GOP a much-needed boostNov 10, 2013 3:12 pm - WASHINGTON — The health care law’s seemingly endless problems are giving congressional Republicans a much-needed boost of energy, helping them to move past the governmen...
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Hollywood targeted to give health care law a boostNov 10, 2013 6:03 am - LOS ANGELES — The health care overhaul might get a Hollywood rewrite. The California Endowment, a private foundation that is spending millions to promote President Barac...
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Health law clock is ticking for sickest patientsNov 10, 2013 5:57 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — With federal and state online health care marketplaces experiencing glitches a month into implementation, concern is mounting for a vulnerable group of ...
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Schaumburg man gets gift of life with new liverNov 09, 2013 10:00 pm - Lifelong Schaumburg resident Freddie Martinez kicked his alcoholism 13 years ago and has remained sober ever since. But one last great battle awaited him as the cirrhosi...