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Ireland probes death of ill abortion-seeker (Update)

(AP)—The debate over legalizing abortion in Ireland flared Wednesday after the government confirmed that a woman in the midst of a miscarriage was refused an abortion and died in an Irish hospital after ...

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Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people

(AP)—Congressional budget analysts are now estimating that nearly 6 million Americans—most of them in the middle class—will have to pay a tax penalty for not getting health insurance once President Barack Obama's health ...

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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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Psychology gives courts, policymakers evidence to help judge adolescents' actions

Determining when a teenage brain becomes an adult brain is not an exact science but it's getting closer, according to an expert in adolescent developmental psychology, speaking at the American Psychological Association's ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ACOs find risks, opportunities in quest for reduced costs, improved quality

Many health care systems across the US have declined to participate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program, developed under the Patient Protection and Affordable ...

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Budget office: Obama's health law reduces deficit

(AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase America's huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting ...

Health created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

UAHuntsville professor explains logic behind healthcare ruling, shares top five Supreme Court decisions

Thanks to the speed of media archivists, on June 28, right after The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision upholding the majority of President Obama’s controversial Affordable Healthcare Act, America was reminded ...

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US health insurer WellPoint buys Amerigroup

US health insurer WellPoint is buying Amerigroup, a manager of publicly funded health programs, for about $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday.

Health created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Roberts 'wrote both sides of US health care ruling'

Chief Justice John Roberts flipped late in the game on the Supreme Court ruling on "Obamacare" and ended up writing both the majority opinion and most of the opposing dissent, sources said Tuesday.

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Worry over drug-resistant TB

On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the national health care law, medical researchers from around the globe gathered at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT for the annual New England Tuberculosis ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aide says Romney thinks US health mandate not a tax

A top aide to White House hopeful Mitt Romney thrust a wrench Monday into the Republican attack line that President Barack Obama's individual health insurance mandate is a tax, arguing it's actually a penalty.

Health created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Obamacare ruling restores faith in US Supreme Court

With Chief Justice John Roberts' decisive swing vote to uphold "Obamacare," the conservative-majority US Supreme Court has seen its reputation as an independent final arbiter restored, experts say.

Health created Jul 01, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Top US court to announce fate of Obama health plan

(AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court was expected to decide the fate Thursday morning of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a ruling that could touch the lives of virtually every American and mark ...

Health created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: Health care reform must be local, regardless of court decision

(Medical Xpress) -- Even with an imminent Supreme Court ruling on the health care overhaul law, it's still the primary care physician and the local community that will determine the path of true health care reform. That's ...

Health created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

46 million Americans lack health insurance: report (Update)

A total of 46.3 million people in the United States do not have health coverage, a trend that has been rising in the past 15 years, said a US survey published Tuesday.

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