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Kentucky to expand Medicaid program
By Associated Press | May 09, 2013
Kentucky's Medicaid program will expand to cover hundreds of thousands of additional people, Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday.
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Alabama passes managed care Medicaid revision
By Kathy Wingard / Associated Press | May 07, 2013
The Alabama Legislature passed a sweeping revision to Medicaid that replaces the way the program delivers and pays for care with regional managed care operators.
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W. Va.'s Medicaid expansion aided by key Obama administration adviser
By Lawrence Messina / Associated Press | May 05, 2013
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's decision to open Medicaid to more low-income West Virginians was reached neither quickly nor easily, administration officials say.
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Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice
By Mark Rubinkam / Associated Press | May 05, 2013
Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed by school administrators and forced to halt his studies.
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Calif. Democrats at odds over Medicaid expansion
By Judy Lin / Associated Press | May 05, 2013
California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states.
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Calif. hospital bans elective abortions
By Associated Press | May 05, 2013
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, Calif., told its Orange County doctors this week that they'll no longer be allowed to perform elective abortions after finalizing its partnership with a Catholic hospital group.
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Debate rages after FDA ruling on morning-after pill
By Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
Allison Guarino understands the controversy over new rules allowing 15-year-olds to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. But as someone who teaches pregnancy prevention to ninth-graders in Boston, she thinks lowering the age will "help the girls who need the help the most."
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Florida legislature ends session without Medicaid expansion
By Brendan Farrington / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
Florida lawmakers ended their 60-day session Friday, waiting until the final hour to pass a $74.5 billion budget and then leaving town without passing a bill to extend healthcare coverage to 1.1 million Floridians.
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States fear loss of aid for high-risk pools
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say.
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FDA: Morning-after pill to move over the counter
By Associated Press | April 30, 2013
The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it.
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