Articles filed under Health
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Republicans making `Obamacare’ their next targetOct 20, 2013 3:46 pm - WASHINGTON — “Obamacare” escaped unharmed from the government shutdown Republicans hoped would stop it, but just as quickly they have opened a new line of attack — one h...
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U.S. patients pay before treatment as deductibles climbOct 19, 2013 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — When Barbara Retkowski went to a Cape Coral, Fla., health clinic in August to treat a blood condition, she figured the center would bill her insurance compa...
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Affordable Care Act website issues continueOct 19, 2013 11:00 pm - Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a policy and marketplace consulting firm that has him working closely with many in the heath indu...
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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...