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'House the Bel Air Built' to be dedicated this Friday
This Friday, June 21, at 10 a.m., Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, Inc. will cut the ribbon on the "House That Bel Air Built," located at 404 Giles Street in Bel Air. This will be the 71st home HHS has built since its inception in 1993 and the first...Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, Harford Community College, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Harford County
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New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline -GAO
ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul could miss an Oct. 1 deadline for open enrollment, a...Tags: Interior Policy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Washington, DC, Kathleen Sebelius, Politics
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Lori's views outside the Catholic mainstream
Archbishop William E. Lori writes that religious freedom is under threat in the United States by the exclusion of religious values from public life ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June 16). This is difficult to understand in Maryland where...Tags: Health Treatments, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Civil Rights, Michael E. Busch
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New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline - GAO
Reuters(Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul could miss an October 1 deadline for open enrollment, a government report said on Wednesday....Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Washington, DC, Kathleen Sebelius, Health Care Reform (2009), Business
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Enroll America sets private outreach for Obamacare sign-up
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Enroll America, a nonprofit group at the center of the political fight over President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, launched a multi-state grassroots campaign on Tuesday to help sign up millions of uninsured Americans for...Tags: Elections, Washington, DC, White House, Healthcare Industry, Kathleen Sebelius
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Rx for electronic records
A critical opportunity to improve U.S. health care finally lies within reach. In 2004, then-President George Bush announced the goal to have a national electronic health records (EHR) system in place in 10 years. Tragically, EHR development had become...
Tags: Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Science and Technology, American Medical Association
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RPT-Final Obamacare push will pitch to the low-income young
Reuters(Repeats for wider distribution. No changes to headline or text) By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is...Tags: Media Industry, Max Baucus, Elections, Washington, DC, Personal Income
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Religious freedom under threat at home
On Friday, Catholics throughout the United States will begin observing two weeks known as the Fortnight for Freedom. For a second consecutive year, the U.S. Catholic Church has set aside this time leading up to Independence Day to draw attention to the...
Tags: Francis I, Civil Rights, Basilica of the Assumption, Judges, Belief and Faith
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski
Last Week: Scandals association with the White House and the erosion of 1st and 4th amendment protections of US citizens. I think these scandals reveal the arrogance of power and the dangers of complacency. These scandals are also related to the...
Tags: Migration, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Immigration, U.S. Congress
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Multi-million grant awarded for local health programs
A nonprofit announced this week that it won a $6.1 million federal grant to operate Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Glendale, Altadena and Pasadena over the next five years. The competitive grant handed down by the U.S. Department of...Tags: Head Start, Family, Mental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions
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Medicaid managed care move gets final approval
TALLAHASSEE — The federal government gave final approval Friday to Florida's long-debated proposal to overhaul the Medicaid system by requiring beneficiaries statewide to enroll in HMOs and other types of managed-care plans. The decision was not...Tags: Humana Incorporated, Personal Income, Lobbying, Kathleen Sebelius, Coventry Health Care Inc.
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Florida gets OK to move Medicaid patients into managed care
Florida has received federal approval to move approximately 2.9 million Medicaid recipients into managed-care programs as soon as next Jan. 1, Gov. Rick Scott's office announced today. It's a major victory for Scott and the Florida Legislature --...
Tags: Florida Legislature, Insurance, Health Insurance, Rick Scott, Government Health Care
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