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AP Photo/Don Ryan Some States Look to Avoid Federal Obamacare Payments
By banding together, some states could minimize payments to the Obama administration for using HealthCare.gov technology.
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AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley How to Dismantle an Obamacare Exchange
Kentucky is following a difficult trail already carved by a handful of other states.
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AP Photo/Cliff Owen Medicare Will Now Pay Doctors to Talk to Their Patients About Death
The “death panels” controversy has ended with a (productive) whimper.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The GOP’s Obamacare Repeal Work Is Done—For Now
With a repeal bill headed for Obama’s veto pen, Republicans are now crafting a replacement plan and looking ahead to 2017.
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AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Can the Information Age Deliver Medical Marvels? Congress Just Bet $200 Million It Can.
Doctors can get more information than ever about their patients. Now they’re hoping to put it to work.
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AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite What’s Obamacare’s Tipping Point?
Republicans are set to make more cuts to the law this week, but they’re not going to bring down the law. What would?
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AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke The Biggest Health Care Winners in the Tax and Omnibus Deal
The package includes funding for NIH and 9/11 responders, and it delays the "Cadillac tax" on pricey health plans.
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AP Photo/John Locher Rick Santorum's Stat About Violence Against Jews and Muslims? It's True—With One Major Caveat
The FBI's hate-crime records largely corroborate the presidential candidate's claim.
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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Calls and Web Traffic Surge Ahead of Obamacare Enrollment Deadline
Americans have to enroll in a federal health exchange by Tuesday in order for insurance to kick in Jan. 1.
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AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The "Gamer" With the "Infamous Fashion Sense" Won't Face House Ethics Charges
The Ethics Committee finds that Jared Polis didn't break rules with his promotional efforts for a video game and a clothing company.
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AP Photo/Mark Lennihan For 9/11-Responder Advocates, Drama in Spending Deal's Final Days
Advocates of the Zadroga Act hope the spending package will include support for responders.
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AP Photo/David Goldman This Is What Carson-Care Would Look Like
The GOP candidate laid out his vision for repealing Obamacare and starting a new national health care policy.
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AP Photo/Jon Elswick Why Some Would Rather Pay the Obamacare Penalty Than Buy Insurance
A new analysis shows that for roughly 7 million Americans, the fine for being uninsured costs less than the cheapest health plans.
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AP Photo/Steve Dykes If Prescription Drug Addiction Is a Disease, Why Does the Law Make It So Hard to Get Treatment?
Many opioid addicts want to try to quit with the help of medication, but tight federal rules can make those difficult to get.
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AP Photo/M. Spencer Green Senate Approves Bill to Weaken Obamacare, Defund Planned Parenthood
The chamber passed a reconciliation measure after some controversial amendment votes, but President Obama is sure to veto it.
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AP Photo/Paul Sakuma Senators Hammer Pharma Firm Over $84,000 Hep. C Drug
The price increase was based on maximizing revenue, the report found.
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AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Senate GOP Coming Around on Reconciliation Bill
Conservatives sound encouraged after hearing details of a measure to attack Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood.
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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik House Ethics Committee Takes Robert Pittenger Up on His Offer to be Investigated.
The panel formed a subcommittee to look into allegations against the congressman. But first, Justice will investigate.
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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik The Price of Bucking Obamacare Is About to Increase—Will People Still Pay It?
7.5 million people paid the fine for ignoring the Affordable Care Act’s 2014 individual mandate. If they do it in 2016, they’ll pay much more.
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National Journal Top Obama Official Lays Out the Promise (and Problem) With Apprenticeships
They are a ladder to prosperity, but they’re suffering from problems of perception.
