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Making sense of scandals
The Obama administration's first term was remarkably free of scandals. The second term is making up for lost time. Some of the President Barack Obama's harshest critics have even begun comparing him to President Richard Nixon, a byword for corruption,...
Tags: Taxation, University of Chicago, Richard Nixon, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Karl Rove
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George Michael: Obamacare - The coming train wreck
According to one national leader, Obamacare is “a huge train wreck coming down.” You might be tempted to dismiss this quote as another tea party attack on the president’s health care law. But you would be wrong. This statement was...Tags: Board of Directors, Judges, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Republican Party
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Sweeping federal rule changes could affect hundreds of Missouri day cares
St. Louis Post-DispatchSweeping new federal regulations for child care facilities announced Thursday could bring oversight to hundreds of day cares in Missouri that have been outside the reach of regulators. The proposed federal rules would for the first time mandate spot...Tags: Standards, Missouri Legislature, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, St. Louis, FBI
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Feds call for better child-care safety rules
Star TribuneFederal health officials issued broad new standards Thursday to improve safety in the nation's child-care facilities, triggered in part by news accounts of day-care deaths in Minnesota, Missouri and other states. The proposals would apply to more than...Tags: Standards, Criminals, Early Learning, Family, National Government
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Committee sends Legislature hospital debt bill with Medicaid included; GOP cries foul
Bangor Daily News, MaineA sharply divided legislative committee voted Thursday to support a Democratic proposal that ties an expansion of Medicaid to Gov. Paul LePage's top priority of the legislative session: paying back Maine's $484 million debt to its 39 hospitals. The...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party, Paul LePage, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Parties and Movements
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Billing charges that hospitals say are meaningless stir controversy
Ventura County StarHospitals in Ventura County used billing charges in 2011 that exceeded their actual costs by a range of 339 to 598 percent, according to data from the California Nurses Association. Released at a news conference on the steps the state capitol on...Tags: Insurance, Government Health Care, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Nursing
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Solano County health officials can apply for part of $22 million ObamaCare funds
Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif.The Solano County Health & Human Services Department is the county's only agency eligible to apply for part of some $22 million to help people sign up for "ObamaCare," federal Health and Human Services officials announced. The minimum award is $50,000...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Insurance, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Health Care
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In uproar over U.S. seizure of AP records, focus turns to Holder
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated...Tags: Benghazi, John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency, Thomas Drake, Entertainment Events
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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Taxation, Benghazi, Global Change, Global Warming, Lamar Alexander
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High hospital bills go public, but will it help?
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city....
Tags: Mayo Clinic, American Hospital Association, New York University, Insurance, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...
Tags: CVS Corp., Lamar Alexander, Judges, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Republican Party
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Two states say 2014 Obamacare insurance costs on low side
ReutersBy Sharon Begley and Caroline Humer May 17 (Reuters) - In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the U.S. Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the states' health...Tags: Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Family, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama
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