Articles filed under Health
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'Obamacare' exchanges start up as government shuts downOct 01, 2013 8:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's long-anticipated launch Tuesday of new insurance exchanges to provide health care to millions of uninsured Americans is coming unde...
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Insurance markets open to surge of new customersOct 01, 2013 6:00 am - The online insurance marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul struggled to handle the wave of new consumers Tuesday, the first...
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Under fire, ‘Obamacare’ going live — with glitchesSep 30, 2013 5:42 pm - WASHINGTON — Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama’s health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget ...
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Questions linger as 'Obamacare' set to launchSep 30, 2013 2:00 pm - Much work is left to demystify the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act and how the massive new health care initiative will affect Americans. A key part of the new...
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Naperville may limit medical marijuana locationsSep 30, 2013 10:00 am - When Illinois' medical marijuana industry begins in January, where will new growing and dispensing operations go? The answer is at least partly up to municipalities, wh...
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Illinois unveils health marketplace adsSep 30, 2013 9:00 am - Illinois officials plan to launch a long-delayed, $33 million advertising campaign to inform residents about a new health insurance marketplaceTuesday, the ads first app...
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Hultgren's dilemma: Derail Obamacare or keep government runningSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - Congressman Randy Hultgren says he is deeply torn between two mandates from his constituents: Fighting Obamacare and keeping the federal government open for business. H...
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States resist, build nascent insurance marketsSep 29, 2013 4:11 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — With new online health insurance exchanges set to launch Tuesday, consumers in many Southern and Plains states will have to look harder for information o...
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Fact check: Slippery claims on health law, budgetSep 29, 2013 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is the insurance industry's most powerful pitchman these days as he drums up interest in the health insurance markets opening for bus...
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Who'll blink? Democrats, GOP in shutdown staredownSep 29, 2013 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — With the government teetering on the brink of partial shutdown, congressional Republicans vowed Sunday to keep using an otherwise routine federal funding bi...