Topic: Health Care Reform
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty directed state agencies on Tuesday to decline all discretionary participation in federal healthcare reform, throwing up roadblocks to President Barack Obama's goal of providing health insurance to all Americans. "Obamacare is an intrusion by the ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration asked U.S. doctors Monday to get on board with health reform legislation passed in March, saying those who embrace change will prosper. Administration officials said the new law will provide doctors with information technology and ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Julia Wood, a 51-year-old mother of 12 from Chicago's East side, has some health insurance through a state program -- but is so worried she may lose it she asks not to give her real name. Wood's husband, a ...
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri voters on Tuesday rejected the new U.S. healthcare bill, approving a measure that would forbid the federal government from penalizing people who do not buy health insurance. With 78 percent of precincts reporting, 72.6 percent of ...
Federal judge refuses to dismiss Virginia lawsuit challenging national health care reform lawVirginia's lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care reform law has cleared its first legal hurdle. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson on Monday denied the Justice Department's request to dismiss ...
Some major health insurance companies have stopped issuing certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said in his state UnitedHealthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield have stopped ...
Obama administration spells out rights of consumers to appeal health care claim denialsThe Obama administration is spelling out new rights for consumers to appeal to a neutral referee if their health insurance company denies a claim. Federal regulations issued Thursday will require ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blue Cross Blue Shield's nonprofit health plans raised insurance premiums even as they set aside millions of dollars in surpluses over the past decade, according to a report published on Thursday. For example, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona ...
In California, lawmaker pushes the next frontier of health care reform _ for pet insuranceWhile states across the nation grapple with national health care reform, a new population of patients is gaining attention in California: Fido and Fluffy. Many feline and canine ...
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The state of Virginia and the government were pitched in a legal battle in a federal courtroom on Thursday that could lead to the undoing of the massive healthcare reform law passed three months ago. Judge Henry Hudson ...
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