Thursday 20th of June 2013
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Judges Weigh Limits of Health Law’s Powers |
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Thursday, 09 June 2011 15:27 |
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By Kevin Sack, The New York Times
ATLANTA — In perhaps the weightiest of the dozens of challenges to the Obama health care law, a panel of appellate judges grappled Wednesday with the essential quandary of the case: if the federal government can require Americans to buy medical insurance, what constitutional limit would prevent it from mandating all manner of purchases and activities?
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California Insurer Says It Will Cap Earnings |
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Wednesday, 08 June 2011 12:55 |
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By Reed Abelson, The New York Times
Blue Shield of California, a large nonprofit health insurer that has come under sharp criticism in recent months for its double-digit rate increases, said on Tuesday that it planned to cap its earning and refund the bulk of any excess income to its policyholders.
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Medical Bills Force Cancer Patients to Skimp on Care and Necessities |
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Tuesday, 07 June 2011 15:59 |
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By Duke Medicine News and Communications
Even when covered by health insurance, cancer patients face mounting out-of-pocket expenses that force some to avoid filling prescriptions, skip doctor appointments, and scale back on food and other necessities.
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Health Care Costs New Threat To U.S. Military |
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Tuesday, 07 June 2011 15:58 |
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By Tamara Keith, NPR
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says pension and health care costs are eating the U.S. military alive. And the Pentagon predicts that the cost of taking care of its troops and retirees will keep growing.
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States slow to adopt health-care transition |
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Monday, 06 June 2011 13:08 |
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By Amy Goldstein and N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post
As many legislatures around the country have finished their work for the year, fewer than one-fourth of states have taken concrete steps to create health insurance marketplaces, a central feature of the federal law to overhaul the U.S. health-care system.
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