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Scammers using care act for new con
Consumers nationwide are reporting scam phone calls claiming residents are eligible for health insurance cards through the Affordable Care Act. However, the insurance is not available until October, so don't let scammers tell you otherwise. Here's...
Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Banking, Credit and Debt, Interior Policy
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L.A. Film Festival: 'Code Black' seeks resuscitation for healthcare
The term "code black" is the phrase used by physicians to describe a full emergency room. They could safely use the term to describe the crowded "Code Black" premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Tuesday night. The film depicts the 2008 class...Tags: Arts and Culture, Vaccines, Los Angeles Film Festival, Hospitals and Clinics, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
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Business groups say expanding Medicaid would save them money
Two business coalitions are urging Florida lawmakers to go into special session this year and accept the federal Medicaid expansion plan that the Legislature left on the table when the 2013 regular session ended in May. The Florida Health Care Coalition...
Tags: Rick Scott, Manufacturing and Engineering, Orlando, Aerospace Manufacturing, Career and Workplace
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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: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Orrin Hatch, Interior Policy, Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Chicago safety-net hospitals face uncertain future amid changes to health care system
The 63-year-old woman, a Mexican citizen, arrived at St. Anthony Hospital by ambulance, complaining of dizziness, nausea and vomiting. She had no insurance. No matter. Dr. Kaleem Malik immediately gave her a round of anti-nausea drugs, had her blood...
Tags: Humboldt Park, Breast Cancer, Medicaid, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, Prostate Cancer
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Cardin gets the Constitution wrong
I do not know Del. Jon Cardin ("The lawless sheriffs of Maryland," June 17), but I would assume from his employment as a lawyer that he attended law school. Given the status of Maryland's school system, it is easy to understand his ignorance of the U.S....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Career and Workplace, Laws, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Catholic faith surrounded by threats
Archbishop's William Lori's commentary ("Religious freedom under threat in U.S.," June) reminds me of verses from Lamentations: "my children have become desolate, for the enemy is victorious" (1:16). On Friday, as the Archbishop enters the Basilica to say...Tags: Roman Catholicism, William E. Lori, Havre de Grace, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Rights
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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: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Barbara A. Mikulski, Roman Catholicism, Health Treatments, Family Planning
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Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in a report to be released...
Tags: Orrin Hatch, Judges, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Personal Income
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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: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, Politics, Barack Obama, Interior Policy
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Aetna to exit a key market in California
Facing tougher price competition from a state-run marketplace, Aetna Inc. said it would exit California's individual health insurance market by year-end and leave nearly 50,000 customers searching for new coverage. Aetna, the nation's third-largest...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Aetna Inc., Corporate Performance, Cigna Corporation, Marketing
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One Republican calls it quits, another jumps in
A generational shift within the Maryland Republican Party picked up steam Tuesday as a veteran GOP senator called an end to her legislative career and a conservative favorite launched an audacious challenge to an incumbent Democratic congressman. State...
Tags: Severna Park, Nancy Jacobs, Executive Branch, Interior Policy, Elections
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