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Shutdown won't stop FDA advisory meetings
By Jaimy Lee | October 07, 2013
The government shutdown isn't stopping Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meetings scheduled this month, according to drug and device manufacturers.
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Some Tea Party-backed lawmakers yield in Obamacare fight
By Bloomberg.com | October 07, 2013
The first cracks are appearing in the Tea Party’s push to dismantle the nation’s health law as three House lawmakers with ties to the movement said they’d back a U.S. spending bill that doesn’t center on Obamacare.
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A federal budget crisis months in the planning
By New York Times | October 07, 2013
Shortly after President Barack Obama started his second term, a loose-knit coalition of conservative activists led by former Attorney General Edwin Meese III gathered in the capital to plot strategy.
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Obama: Don't give up on healthcare sign-ups
By Associated Press | October 05, 2013
Defending the shaky rollout of his healthcare law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government.
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Obamacare meets extra resistance in Oklahoma
By Los Angeles Times | October 04, 2013
The nation's healthcare law was written with the residents of rural counties like Choctaw in Oklahoma in mind. A quarter of the Oklahomans who live in the ranch country near the southeastern corner of the state are uninsured, one of many reasons their health ranks near the bottom of Oklahoma's 77...
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Hospital shares up on signs of big demand for Obamacare insurance
By Reuters | October 04, 2013
Shares of hospital operators rose on Thursday on a strong show of interest in newly launched insurance plans, raising hopes that millions more Americans would become paying customers next year.
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Reform Update: Training lagging for counselors to help consumers use exchanges
By Steven Ross Johnson | October 03, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Providers and community groups designated as certified application counselors to help consumers enroll in health plans on the insurance exchanges are still waiting for staff to receive certification.
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Millions of poor are left uncovered by health law
By New York Times | October 03, 2013
A sweeping national effort to extend health coverage to millions of Americans will leave out two-thirds of the poor blacks and single mothers and more than half of the low-wage workers who do not have insurance, the very kinds of people that the program was intended to help.
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VA warns disability claims progress 'at risk'
By Washington Post | October 03, 2013
The Veterans Affairs Department has warned that the government shutdown will reverse its progress on lowering the backlog of disability claims.
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As demand stays high, officials try to address problems in exchanges
By New York Times | October 03, 2013
Federal and state officials moved Wednesday to strengthen the computer underpinnings of the new online health exchanges, which proved inadequate to handle a flood of consumer inquiries that began as soon as the system opened on Tuesday and continued into the next day.
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