Supreme Court misunderstanding on health overhaul?
(AP) -- A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is ...
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Apr 11, 2012 |
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Doctors threaten Medicaid cutoff in Puerto Rico
(AP) -- Physicians are threatening to stop serving nearly a million Puerto Ricans as a result of a dispute between the island's government and an insurance company over reimbursements for treating poor people.
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Jul 14, 2011 |
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Poll: Health overhaul unpopular, but not as feared
(AP) -- Nearly two years after President Barack Obama signed landmark legislation to cover the uninsured, a new poll finds his health care overhaul is neither better liked nor better understood.
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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In some US states, not poor enough for health care
Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she'd get health insurance after the Supreme Court this year upheld President Barack Obama's ...
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Aug 14, 2012 |
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Discounts on purchases of healthy foods can improve diets, study finds
Lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets increases the amount of fruits, vegetables and whole grain foods that people eat, while also appearing to reduce consumption of nutritionally less-desirable foods, according ...
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Mar 19, 2013 |
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Cancer patients may be unintended victims of budget cuts
(HealthDay)—Thousands of Medicare cancer patients are being denied treatment at clinics nationwide because of federal budget cuts related to the so-called sequester, according to a published report.
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Apr 04, 2013 |
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House bill shifts funds in health care law
(AP)—House Republicans are coming to the aid of high-risk patients trying to get insurance under the new health care law. But they do so by diverting money from a prevention program that is key to the law, ensuring stiff ...
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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5,000 steps a day to avoid paying higher health insurance costs? When money talks, people walk
It was a controversial move when a health insurer began requiring people who were obese to literally pay the price of not doing anything about their weight – but it worked, a new study finds.
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May 08, 2013 |
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