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Thursday, September 19, 2013 |
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Obamacare Anti-Conscience Mandate Loses in Another Court
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:04 PM :: 4478 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care
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This week, yet another district court halted the Obama Administration from forcing its anti-conscience mandate to provide coverage for abortifacients....
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013 |
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It’s Time to Defund Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:21 PM :: 3800 Views :: Health Care
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Let’s face it: Obamacare was a mistake. It’s time for Washington to acknowledge the problem and defund Obamacare....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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Monday, September 16, 2013 |
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Monday, September 16, 2013 |
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Will Unions Want to Repeal Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:23 PM :: 4683 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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In a typical Friday afternoon “news dump,” the Treasury Department announced it could not grant unions’ request for another special Obamacare break....
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Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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A Real Vote to Defund Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:49 PM :: 3648 Views :: Health Care
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Congress can vote on something and that vote won’t mean a thing....
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Friday, September 13, 2013 |
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AFL-CIO: Obamacare Fundamentally Unfair to Union Workers
By News Release @ 12:45 AM :: 8840 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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...without changes to the way the ACA is implemented, there are likely to be "unintended consequences" that will hurt workers' health care coverage....
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Thursday, September 12, 2013 |
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HMSA 'Dumping' Thousands of Policies, Blames Obamacare
By Andrew Walden @ 8:07 PM :: 10094 Views :: Health Care
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"The Affordable Care Act...is bringing many changes.... Your plan is among those that won’t meet ACA requirements."
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Thursday, September 12, 2013 |
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Why This Doctor Fears Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:59 AM :: 3538 Views :: Health Care
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Unfortunately, everything Dr. Shepherd loves about his job is now at risk....
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Thursday, September 12, 2013 |
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Oversight of Home-Community Based Services Working Group to Meet
By News Release @ 12:30 AM :: 4142 Views :: Health Care
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DATE: Monday, September 30, 2013
TIME: 1:30 pm
PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol
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Monday, September 9, 2013 |
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When Obamacare 'Navigators' Ask If You're Qualified, You Should Ask Them About Identity Theft
By Selected News Articles @ 7:40 PM :: 4171 Views :: Health Care
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Starting October 1, armies of “Navigators” will begin asking Americans very personal questions....
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Monday, September 9, 2013 |
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10 Ways Obamacare Isn’t Working
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:12 AM :: 3696 Views :: Health Care
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...the Administration keeps trying to “fix” it—to no avail. It has delayed parts of the law, ignored others, and carved out exemptions for its political allies....
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Friday, September 6, 2013 |
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HHSC: We Can Only Guess at the Cost of Procedures
By Selected News Articles @ 4:30 AM :: 4726 Views :: Health Care
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...they face both dwindling reimbursements and payments increasingly tied to outcomes....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 |
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Planned Parenthood Uses Tax Dollars From Obamacare to Push Sex Ed on Hawaii Kids
By Selected News Articles @ 8:59 PM :: 8822 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Health Care, Higher Education
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The Hawaii Youth Services Network and the University of Hawaii received almost two million dollars from ... Obamacare—to develop, replicate, and implement “comprehensive sex education” in Hawaii schools....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013 |
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IRS Finalizes Penalty for ObamaCare Mandate
By NCPA @ 12:57 PM :: 3661 Views :: Health Care
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The regulation from the IRS formally codifies the fine charged to people without insurance....
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013 |
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State Paying Xerox $54M to Check Obamacare EHR Fraud
By News Release @ 2:46 PM :: 4228 Views :: Health Care
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Providers apply for the incentives using a secure, web-based tool from Xerox to show that they have implemented and used EHRs under federal guidelines....
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013 |
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Countdown to Obamacare Exchanges
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:35 PM :: 3357 Views :: Health Care
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In just 27 days, the Obamacare exchanges are scheduled to open....
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Monday, September 2, 2013 |
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FULL TEXT: ILWU Quits AFL-CIO Over Obamacare, Union Raids
By News Release @ 12:40 PM :: 6596 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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IRONY: The ILWU is quitting AFL-CIO in part due to the signature achievement of a President whose teenage political lessons were learned from Frank Marshall Davis, formerly a columnist at the ILWU-owned Honolulu Record, which was printed back in the days when the ILWU was "too red" to be in the AFL-CIO....
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Thursday, August 29, 2013 |
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Need a Job? State Will Hire You to Sell Obamacare
By News Release @ 9:17 PM :: 4168 Views :: Health Care
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If hired, feel free to send Hawai'i Free Press stories about your adventures as a state-funded insurance salesperson....
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013 |
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Obamacare Quiz for Employers
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:51 AM :: 5376 Views :: Economy, Health Care
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“Obamacare will impose new health coverage costs, the employer mandate, compliance regulations, and new taxes on all businesses.”
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Monday, August 26, 2013 |
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Should We Delay or Defund Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:34 PM :: 3170 Views :: Health Care
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Obamacare is devastating policy for America....
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Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
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When You Can’t Actually Keep Your Health Care Plan
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:27 PM :: 4118 Views :: Health Care
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UPS yesterday announced it is dropping coverage for spouses of employees....
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Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
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Study: Obesity Soaring in State, but Hawaii Ranks 47th
By News Release @ 1:41 AM :: 5052 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...adult obesity in Hawaii has increased nearly three times from that it was a little over 20 years ago. In the past year alone, obesity has risen more than seven percent....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
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Publicly Funded Ads Promote Purchase of HMSA, Kaiser Policies
By News Release @ 3:06 PM :: 3919 Views :: Health Care
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Open enrollment for Hawai‘i residents is October of this year....
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013 |
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An Awesome Superhero Video About… Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:50 PM :: 3668 Views :: Health Care
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Would “an awesome superhero or action-movie style video” change your mind about Obamacare?
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Monday, August 19, 2013 |
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Top 2 Myths About Defunding Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:07 PM :: 3347 Views :: Health Care
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Congress defunds mandatory spending on appropriations bills every year....
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Saturday, August 17, 2013 |
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Friday, August 16, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation, Staff Illegally Exempted from Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:26 PM :: 4835 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Health Care
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“If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans?”
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Thursday, August 15, 2013 |
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New Poll Shows Support for Defunding Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:57 PM :: 3423 Views :: Health Care
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57 percent—support defunding this unfair, unaffordable, unworkable law....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Is ObamaCare Paving the Way for a Single-Payer System?
By NCPA @ 1:34 PM :: 3391 Views :: Health Care
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ObamaCare's new insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid represent the building blocks....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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Defiance
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:31 PM :: 3459 Views :: Health Care
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...the case for defunding Obamacare....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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9.2% Preschoolers Obese: Hawaii Lowest in Nation
By News Release @ 5:27 PM :: 5532 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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the prevalence of preschool obesity ranged from 9.2% to 17.9%....
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Saturday, August 10, 2013 |
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Not Just Hawaii: Insurance Companies Reject Obamacare Exchanges--Reid Predicts Single-Payer Coming
By Andrew Walden @ 2:03 PM :: 4345 Views :: Health Care
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Just as in Hawaii, the Obamacare Exchanges in other states are not attracting insurance competitors....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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Kauai Adolescent Drug Treatment Study Published, Site Selection Next
By News Release @ 10:03 PM :: 7306 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, OHA
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...results of a feasibility study on the proposed adolescent residential drug treatment and healing facility are now available online....
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Friday, August 9, 2013 |
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The Next Threat to Your Privacy
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:06 PM :: 3646 Views :: Health Care
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When Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges open, your data could be exposed to shysters and hackers, thanks to serious vulnerabilities in the system....
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Thursday, August 8, 2013 |
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What Everybody Ought to Know About Obamacare
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:00 AM :: 3677 Views :: Health Care
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Congress is well on its way to solving its Obamacare problem—for Members of Congress and their staffs, that is....
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013 |
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Obamacare Menu Labeling Law: The Food Police Are Coming
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:05 PM :: 5608 Views :: Health Care, Small Business
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The FDA estimates that first-year compliance costs could be as high as $537 million for all regulated businesses covered under the rule....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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HMSA, Kaiser Front Group Pays off 'Community Partners'
By News Release @ 2:51 PM :: 4276 Views :: Health Care
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Hawai‘i Health Connector today announced that it is partnering with 34 community organizations throughout the state....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Does the Doctor Need a Boss?
By NCPA @ 12:57 PM :: 3129 Views :: Health Care
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...this IOM report has been pretty thoroughly debunked....
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Saturday, August 3, 2013 |
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Congress in the Obamacare Trap: No Easy Escape
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:32 AM :: 4058 Views :: Health Care
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High anxiety is gripping Capitol Hill. The reason: On January 1, 2014, Members of Congress and their staff will lose their current employment-based health insurance and will instead be offered coverage in the health insurance exchanges established under the new health care law....
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Friday, August 2, 2013 |
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Is Congress Too Good for Obamacare?
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:17 PM :: 3510 Views :: Health Care
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President Obama assured lawmakers that they and their staffs wouldn't be foisted onto the same health exchange as millions of Americans....
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Friday, August 2, 2013 |
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More Disincentives to Work under ObamaCare
By NCPA @ 12:05 PM :: 3139 Views :: Health Care
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...a couple would be eligible for subsidies worth $3,452 to purchase a so-called silver insurance plan if they made up to $62,040 per year. But if they made just $1 more than that, they would lose the subsidy....
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Thursday, August 1, 2013 |
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Defund Obamacare: Make Your Voice Heard This August
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:58 AM :: 3197 Views :: Health Care
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Members of Congress head home tomorrow for a month-long recess....
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013 |
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Why Is Washington Talking About a Government Shutdown?
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:07 PM :: 4162 Views :: Health Care
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It’s not even August, and Members of Congress are starting to buzz about the upcoming budget and debt ceiling fight....
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013 |
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How to Use Obamacare to Scam Taxpayers
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:47 PM :: 4152 Views :: Health Care
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Looking for a little extra cash?
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Monday, July 29, 2013 |
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Defunding Obamacare Explained in One Infographic
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:20 PM :: 4019 Views :: Health Care
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The movement to defund Obamacare is gaining traction in Washington....
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Sunday, July 28, 2013 |
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Forum to Outline Changes to State Mental Health Care System
By News Release @ 4:02 PM :: 5531 Views :: Health Care
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...community forum on Monday, July 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the Queen’s Conference Center Auditorium....
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Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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Can Obamacare Get the Young Blood It Needs to Live?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 3649 Views :: Health Care
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of the projected 7 million exchange enrollees next year, 2.7 million need to be young adults to make the premiums work....
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Friday, July 26, 2013 |
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ObamaCare Glitch Number One: Verifying Eligibility
By NCPA @ 2:37 PM :: 3523 Views :: Health Care
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...a delayed and untested verification process is an open-invitation to cheat....
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