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Nevada's health insurance exchange won't have all the bells and whistles initially hoped for when it launches Oct. 1.
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More is being spent per capita in West Virginia than any other state to promote public awareness of the new healthcare reform law, but advocates are concerned that those who could benefit most still won't get enrolled.
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Shares of WellPoint Inc. hit an all-time high Wednesday, after the nation's second-largest health insurer trounced second-quarter earnings expectations and detailed how it expects to benefit from the health care overhaul and other growth opportunities over the next few years.
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Community Health Systems saw one of the largest drops among healthcare stocks Friday morning as investors digested the news of a new subpoena and admissions numbers that looked much worse than expected.
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New York insurance regulators today approved rates for health plan offerings on the state insurance exchange in 2014 that they say are on average more than 50% less than premiums for currently available individual-market plans.
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Obamacare critics have warned of a potential surge in improper federal subsidies due to the administration's recently announced delay in federal verification of income and lack of employer coverage to qualify for insurance subsidies on the state exchanges. A Wall Street Journal editorial called it...
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A CMS rule issued in early July has set off a scramble among state officials to finalize and submit an application needed to implement their Medicaid expansions allowed by the healthcare reform law. The delay in the rule may push states hard up against the Oct. 1 start of the Medicaid enrollment...
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Investors breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday as HCA, the country's largest hospital system, previewed better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter.
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Alabama should have no counties left out of a federally operated health insurance exchange because three companies have proposed insurance plans and two of the companies want to cover the entire state.
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One-year-old Ka'Lani is so fascinated by a round plastic toy that she doesn't see her mother, Ke'sha Scrivner, walk into the Martha's Table day care, chanting her name while softly clapping out a beat that Ka'Lani keeps with a few bounces on her bottom.
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