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A list of the most recent stories about Health Care Reform.
Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's health care law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay. To try to keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers to charge patients a hefty share of ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog. Inside, ...
Fundraising from HHS secretary draws scrutiny
A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest. HHS spokesman Jason Young confirms that Sebelius in recent weeks has asked various charitable foundations, businesses executives, churches and doctors to donate ...
Utah to be first to use dual-model health exchange
The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities. The plan allows Utah to continue to run its existing health insurance marketplace for small businesses, a system that lets employees pick ...
Oregon gets first peek at health insurance market
This is what competition looks like: One health insurer wants to charge $169 a month next year to cover a 40-year-old Portland-area non-smoker. Another wants $422 a month for the same standard plan. The new health insurance marketplace envisioned by federal health reforms doesn't formally kick in until fall. But ...
Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect. With his legacy and the law's success at stake, Obama said: "The law is here to ...
Hundreds of House bills dead _ at least for now
The final gun for passing legislation proposed by lawmakers in the Texas House sounded Friday, killing hundreds of bills, most of which never even made it to the floor for debate. While bills still have a few more days to win approval in the Senate or be revived as a ...
Funds to help Va centers with insurance enrollment
More than $2.5 million in federal funds is being made available to help Virginia health centers enroll uninsured individuals into health insurance coverage. The federal health officials said funding of about $150 million nationwide will expand efforts of community health centers to provide in-person help to enroll in Affordable Care ...
Funds to help W.Va. centers with insurance signups
More than $2.4 million in federal funds is being made available to help West Virginia health centers enroll uninsured individuals into health insurance coverage. The federal health officials said funding of about $150 million nationwide will expand efforts of community health centers to provide in-person help to enroll in Affordable ...
Expanding Medicaid could help 13,000 Illinois vets
More than 40,000 uninsured military veterans in Illinois could have new access to health insurance under the national health overhaul law, according to a new interactive tool based on U.S. census data. About 13,000 veterans — one-third of those without insurance — have incomes so low that they'll be newly ...
Beshear expands Medicaid to 300,000 Kentuckians
Kentucky's Medicaid program will expand to cover an additional 300,000 people, most of them the working poor who don't now have insurance coverage, Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday. A smiling Beshear announced his decision to applause from proponents gathered in the ornate State Reception Room on the second floor of ...
Calif. governor signs health insurance protections
Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a pair of consumer protection bills that prevent health insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions and limit how much insurers can charge older residents as part of the federal Affordable Care Act. Brown signed ABx1-2 by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan of ...
AP Exclusive: Calif. exchange granted secrecy
A California law that created an agency to oversee national health care reforms granted it broad authority to conceal spending on the contractors that will perform most of its functions, potentially shielding the public from seeing how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent. The degree of secrecy afforded Covered ...
Judge revives Pa. college suit over birth control
A federal judge has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a Christian college challenging looming federal health care regulations that would require its student and employee health benefits plans to cover birth control like the morning-after pill. The lawsuit filed last year by the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian civil rights ...
3 Big Things You Need Today: Casey Cagle reflects, Sanford/Barrow update, Randy Evans looks forward
We'll update legislative issues with Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and look at what the Governor has signed. Then, big win for Mark Sanford and a bow out from Rep. John Barrow. What does this mean? Ga GOP had the last Chairman's debate last night, we'll tell you about it and talk to Randy Evans, national committeeman for the RNC and Chair of Sue Everhart's final convention. Ron Hart Joins us, too. And a funny coverage of weight yesterday.
Medicaid reform bill ushers in managed care
A bill that restructures the way Medicaid is administered passed the Alabama Legislature Tuesday and now awaits the governor's signature. The State Medicaid Agency now pays doctors directly for services provided to Medicaid patients. Under the new policy, there will be several regions managed by privately owned, for-profit Regional Care ...
Abortion debate flares up in Pa. Senate committee
The latest stop for a Republican-penned bill to limit insurance coverage of abortions sparked an angry debate Tuesday among senators, reviving arguments over President Barack Obama's health care law and the case of a Philadelphia abortion doctor accused of killing a patient and four babies. The bill passed the Senate ...
NH changes rates to boost managed care
New Hampshire has changed key rates to entice medical providers to participate in a managed care network for Medicaid clients currently stalled for lack of providers. Health and Human Services Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas said Tuesday that the agency adjusted the rates to give three managed care companies under contract with ...
Illinois opens grant process for health guides
The race is on in Illinois for $28 million in grants to help consumers learn how to shop for health insurance. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's office announced Monday a competitive grant process to distribute the federal money to community groups that want to help educate consumers about the new online ...
Advocates backing Kan. gov.'s plan for disabled
Advocates for the disabled Monday praised Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to use projected savings from the state's Medicaid program to pay for in-home services and said they also will push for a long-term plan to end waiting lists for such assistance. The Kansas Developmental Disabilities Policy Group's endorsement of the ...
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