The Obama administration has picked a Connecticut official to run HealthCare.gov ahead of a second open enrollment season looming as a test of competence for the feds.
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Read More »August 26, 2014 Comments Off on CEO named for HealthCare.gov
The Obama administration has picked a Connecticut official to run HealthCare.gov ahead of a second open enrollment season looming as a test of competence for the feds.
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Read More »August 25, 2014 Comments Off on Help Wanted: Lawyers needed in rural America
Lawyer shortage in rural America heads news roundup that includes controversial phrase in Obamacare, "Fatal Vision" killer's appeal and effort to reinstate photo ID in Wisconsin elections.
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Read More »August 22, 2014 Comments Off on Premiums to rise for many Marylanders
Many Marylanders with individual health insurance plans won’t be happy when their first bill for 2015 arrives, but others will be pleasantly surprised by lower premiums.
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Read More »August 20, 2014 Comments Off on Audit: ‘Obamacare’ tax not meeting revenue goal
An “Obamacare” tax on medical devices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it, according to a government audit released this week.
Read More »August 19, 2014 Comments Off on Marylanders have to re-enroll on new health exchange
Remember that time you spent hours trying to enroll for health insurance on the state-run exchange, Maryland Health Connection?Yeah, you have to do it again.
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Read More »August 19, 2014 Comments Off on Audit: ‘Obamacare’ tax not meeting revenue target
A government audit says an "Obamacare" tax on medical devices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it.
Read More »August 13, 2014 Comments Off on Large employers, ‘skinny’ plans: Survey finds 16% will stick, despite ACA
Nearly one company in six in a new survey from a major employer group plans to offer health coverage that doesn't meet the Affordable Care Act's requirements for value and affordability.
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Read More »August 10, 2014 Comments Off on Patients soliciting bids from doctors online
Francisco Velazco couldn't wait any longer. For several years, the 35-year-old Seattle handyman had searched for an orthopedic surgeon who would reconstruct the torn ligament in his knee for a price he could afford.
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Read More »August 8, 2014 Comments Off on New Maryland health exchange gets final approval
Federal regulators have approved the Maryland health insurance exchange's work to replace the website’s faulty technology with Connecticut’s successful system.
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Read More »August 7, 2014 Comments Off on Obama signs veterans’ health care overhaul
Veterans may soon have easier access to government-paid health care under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday, the government's most sweeping response to date to a public uproar over system-wide problems that have rocked the Veterans Affairs Department.
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