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Teen contraception decision: Doctors say science trumps politics
Science trumped politics, but politics may still present problems for teens trying to purchase emergency contraception. “A lot of stuff is going to happen over the next 30 days,” said Dr. Cora Breuner, a pediatric medicine specialist at...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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Health care follow-up
One of our readers contacted our editor to let him know that Gov. Corbett sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services indicating that PA would be opting out of the Medicaid Extension portion of the...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Branch, Health Insurance, Government, Government Health Care
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Obama faces choice on morning-after pill limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks. A federal judge in New York on Friday...
Tags: Family Planning, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, White House
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The Plan B morning-after pill and the new war on abortion
North Dakota is trying to ban all abortions. Arkansas is trying to ban them after 12 weeks. Mississippi is down to its last abortion clinic. If you think the abortion question in this country was settled after the Supreme Court made its historic Roe vs....
Tags: Judges, Food and Drug Administration, Birth Control, Over-the-Counter Medicines, Abortion
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Plan B must be available to all without a prescription, judge rules
A federal court judge has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lift controversial restrictions on the so-called morning-after pill, saying females of all ages should have unimpeded access to emergency birth control. In a ruling released...
Tags: Family Planning, Judges, Health Treatments, Plan B (drug), Planned Parenthood
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Corbett unswayed on Medicaid expansion after Sebelius meeting
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's face-to-face meeting Tuesday evening with U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius did not convince the governor to accept the federal government's Medicaid expansion offer. Corbett, in a statement...Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Executive Branch, Tom Corbett, Government, Health Insurance
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Was Obamacare a mistake?
A study released this week by the nonpartisan Society of Actuaries estimates that insurance costs on the individual market will rise 32 percent on average nationwide within three years as a result of changes mandated under the 2010 law known as Obamacare....Tags: Barack Obama, Judges, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Justice System
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Obamacare deadlier than predicted
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speculates that the 2010 healthcare law may lead to higher costs for select services ("Some healthcare costs may rise when Obamacare implemented," News, March 26). Her realization follows a March...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Instrument Engineering, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost
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In budget fight, sky is falling again
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it's a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype....
Tags: Lobbying, Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Arne Duncan, Washington Monument
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GOP governors embrace Obamacare
WASHINGTON -- "It is not a white flag of surrender," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said. This was technically true: Scott did not wave a banner of any color when he announced Wednesday that he wants Florida to expand Medicaid, a key piece of Obamacare....
Tags: Lawyers, Tea Party Movement, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Health Insurance
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Government sequestration could affect Hagerstown Regional Airport
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comWith less than a week remaining before federal budget cuts could go into effect, federal agencies and parks, the military, hospitals, doctors, and Hagerstown Regional Airport, prepare for the ramifications if Congress fails to pass legislation to avoid it...Tags: Michael J. Astrue , U.S. Department of Transportation, Unemployment, Barbara A. Mikulski, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Study: Health overhaul to raise claims cost 32 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts has estimated....
Tags: Lawyers, Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, White House, Health Insurance
Apr 6, 2013
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Apr 6, 2013
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Apr 5, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 25, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Mar 26, 2013
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