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Catholic leaders call health care ruling trap
Sioux Falls Argus Leader Bishops say the requirement that applies to Catholic institutions that provide health insurance for their employees “forces us to violate our conscience,” Swain said. The controversy could spark a legal challenge. There already are efforts in Congress … Bishop takes up Catholics Church's fight with White House over health insurance Local Catholics oppose Fed health insurance rule Catholics plan counterattack on new contraception coverage |
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Deadline on setting up state health insurance exchange demands action
Springfield News-Leader Time's a-wastin', and the state should be moving ahead with the planning for a Missouri health insurance exchange. These state exchanges are an integral part of the national health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In this … |
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Dems forum cheers overhaul of health care
Salt Lake Tribune By pamela manson President Barack Obama's sweeping health care legislation led to lawsuits filed by organizations and states — including one by Utah and 25 other states — claiming that requiring people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. Immigration and Obamacare join as issue Hardly affordable |
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Future of health care: Comparison shopping
Minneapolis Star Tribune Jim Welna, who owns Welna Ace Hardware in the Seward neighborhood, hopes insurance exchanges help his workers get better coverage. Jim Welna is still haunted by the employee who turned down his offer to help pay for health insurance. |
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Health care ruling another hit to Scranton
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader By Terrie Morgan-Besecker tmorgan@timesleader.com SCRANTON– The state Commonwealth Court has upheld an arbitrator's ruling that requires Scranton to refund police officers and fire fighters for increases in health care insurance costs that the … |
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New county program broadens health care access
Santa Rosa Press Democrat Sindel, Robison and their respective ailments are being handled by the first publicly run component in Sonoma County of the federal health care overhaul passed in 2010. The new program, paid for by federal, state and county governments, … |
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Obama must lift health care mandate
Belleville News Democrat Later this year, all health insurance plans will be required by federal law to pay for contraceptives such as sterilization, birth control pills, and abortion-inducing drugs. The Obama administration recently ruled that churches will be exempt from … |
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Oklahoma Legislature: Health insurance exchange awaits GOP
Tulsa World By WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer Three times last year GOP leaders attempted to bring forward bills to give legal shape to a health insurance exchange – an electronic marketplace for health insurance customers to compare products and take advantage … |
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Study gauges costs of federal health care reform
Memphis Commercial Appeal By Toby Sells Health care reform will reduce the number of uninsured Tennesseans by more than half and cut uncompensated care and bad debt by $2.3 billion, but the newly insured could put a strain on the state's health care system. Health Insurance Stocks For a Republican Win Expansion of managed care brings changes Interactive: Enrollment in Texas' Growing Health Care Programs |
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Tennessee and Georgia resist health care reform
Chattanooga Times Free Press by Mariann Martin With less than a year before state legislation must be in place to implement a critical part of national health care reform, Tennessee and Georgia, along with 18 other states, have not made substantial progress toward meeting federal … |