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US House votes to repeal Obamacare in 37th symbolic act
ReutersBy David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law on Thursday in a symbolic move aimed as much at healing internal Republican rifts as...Tags: Democratic Party, John Boehner, Health Insurance Cost, Prescription Drugs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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House GOP pushes full repeal of Obama's health care law _ 37th vote to scale back or kill it
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it. Only months away from the rollout of coverage for uninsured...Tags: White House, John Boehner, Health Insurance Cost, Prescription Drugs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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John David Dyche: Medicaid expansion: evidence and alternatives
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s decision to expand Medicaid came mere days after the most significant study of the issue concluded that extending Medicaid coverage to the previously uninsured “generated no significant improvements in...Tags: Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Manhattan (New York City), Mitt Romney, Government Health Care
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Emanuel to shift retired city workers to Obamacare
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama's new federal system. The move is aimed at saving the city money and comes as...Tags: AFSCME, Health Insurance Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Safety at Work, Collective Contract
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Obama's health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
Reuters* Sebelius has been asking companies for help since March * Administration says solicitations authorized by law * Republican senator says he will look for violations By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services...Tags: White House, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, The Washington Post, Parties and Movements
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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...Tags: Medicaid, Barack Obama, Medicare, Elections, Health Insurance
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Shuster: Time to repeal Obamacare
As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care will actually work. Families and small businesses in the 9th District don'...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Small Businesses, Business, Health and Safety at Work, Elections
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County's health care costs to rise
As Brown County works to implement the federal health care act, it's discovering that the measure is coming with no shortage of regulations, as well as some extra expenses. County commissioners have occasionally discussed both since the reform act...Tags: Healthcare Provider, Career and Workplace, Employees, Health Insurance Cost, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Science and Technology, Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities
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California governor urges faster immigration reform
ReutersBy Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - Wading into the national debate over immigration, California Governor Jerry Brown is pushing for a faster path to citizenship for the millions of people who are in the country illegally. Brown's is the...Tags: Migration, Personal Income, Healthcare Laws, Poverty, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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The case for Rick Scott to call a special session on health care
Takiing NamesRight now, much of the talk in Tallahassee is focused on whether Gov. Rick Scott should call a special session to ask the Legislature to reconsider the $51 billion worth of federal funding for health care. I say yes. And here’s why …...Tags: Rick Scott
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John David Dyche: Beshear wrong to expand Medicaid
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is expanding Medicaid eligibility by executive fiat. His action is wrong in several respects. About one of every five Kentuckians is already on Medicaid, the joint federal — and state health care program for low...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Executive Branch, Government Health Care, Steve Beshear, Personal Income
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