News tagged with state supreme court
AMA files brief contesting insurer's payment practices
(HealthDay)—A landmark case examining the question of whether physicians can bring a class arbitration against a health insurer who has underpaid them is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a brief ...
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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Judge strikes down NYC sugary-drinks size rule (Update)
(AP)—A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating ...
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Mar 11, 2013 |
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Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks
(AP)—New York City defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks as a meaningful attempt to rein in obesity, but critics said it would hurt small and minority-owned businesses while doing little to help health.
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Jan 24, 2013 |
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Beverage attorney: NYC drinks limit bad for public
(AP)—An industry lawyer calls New York City's limit on the size of sugary drinks an "extraordinary infringement" on consumer choice.
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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Feds rule on health care law's Medicaid expansion
(AP)—The Obama administration says Republican-led states must commit to fully expanding their Medicaid programs to take advantage of generous funding in the federal health care law.
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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Report: Obama health law a good deal for states
(AP)—A new report says states can receive more than $9 in federal money for every dollar they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Nov 26, 2012 |
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Health reform 2.0: states balking at new insurance exchanges
(HealthDay)—Under the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration's controversial reform of health care, states are supposed to assist uninsured Americans in buying health coverage by setting up so-called ...
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Sep 19, 2012 |
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Fate of 'uninsurables' hinges on Supreme Court
(AP) -- Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President ...
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May 17, 2012 |
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