Articles filed under Health
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Feds try to smooth bumpy health care transitionDec 12, 2013 6:26 pm - WASHINGTON — Anticipating more health care disruptions, the Obama administration Thursday announced a batch of measures intended to help consumers avoid lapses in their ...
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Iowa insurer pokes fun at federal website in adsDec 08, 2013 3:30 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — The television ads show a series of medical mishaps: a man kicking the wrong leg in a reflex check, a urine sample bottle that won’t open for a frustr...
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Insurance agents feeling left out of ‘Obamacare’Dec 08, 2013 3:00 pm - MIAMI — When insurance agent Kelly Fristoe recently spent 30 minutes helping a client pick a mid-level health plan and the federal marketplace website froze, he called t...
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Schools play catch-up as e-cigarettes catch onDec 08, 2013 5:55 am - WASHINGTON — When a teacher noticed what looked like smoke rising in her Eastern Middle School classroom one day this fall, she quickly investigated, finding an eighth-g...
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Health care panel discusses consequences of ObamacareDec 07, 2013 8:52 am - A few dozen people turned out Saturday afternoon to share their concerns with the health care overhaul known as Obamacare and find out what the future might hold for the...
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FDA approves breakthrough hepatitis C drugDec 06, 2013 6:36 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal health officials have approved a highly anticipated hepatitis C drug from Gilead Sciences Inc. that is expected to offer a faster, more palatable cu...
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Ex-executive indicted in Texas cancer fund scandalDec 06, 2013 4:03 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — A former top executive of Texas’ $3 billion cancer-fighting effort was indicted over an improperly awarded $11 million taxpayer-funded grant that plunged...
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Obama’s fixer-upper website races to catch upDec 06, 2013 8:07 am - WASHINGTON — It looks like President Barack Obama’s fickle health insurance website is finally starting to put up some respectable signup numbers, but its job only seems...
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Health care town hall aimed at Chicago artistsDec 06, 2013 6:00 am - The city of Chicago is holding a town hall event for artists who are interested in finding out about health insurance options available to them under President Barac...
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Affordable Care counselors join Good ShepherdDec 05, 2013 3:26 pm - Judith Linarez and Alejandra Pastranos have joined Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital as in-person counselors (IPC) for the Affordable Care Act. The positions were made po...