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An Obama administration proposal to speed the flow of mental-health records into the national gun background-check database has run into opposition from medical groups and state authorities.
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U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin will step down from her position in July, a spokeswoman for HHS confirmed late Wednesday.
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President Barack Obama promoted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in California on Friday, a signal that the White House is shifting into campaign mode in the final months before the core coverage provisions go live. Amid conflicting evidence...
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President Barack Obama's speech in California on Friday that 2014 insurance premiums are coming in lower than expected was somewhat undercut by an announcement in Ohio that premiums there are likely to rise significantly due to requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Insurers who plan to participate in the new health insurance exchange are projecting their costs to cover Ohioans to be significantly higher, according to an analysis by the state.
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President Barack Obama today will promote a California effort to educate Americans about the health reform law and insurance coverage enrollment that the administration hopes will serve as a model.
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In what amounted to an all-day public relations affair on Monday, the Obama administration sought to heighten the national discourse on the understanding and awareness of mental health in America.
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A legislative compromise has been struck on low-income healthcare, but now Iowa starts the complicated process of putting the plan in place.
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It's Republican vs. Republican in the latest round of political battles over healthcare. Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack...
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If Republicans were writing a movie script for next year's congressional elections, the working title might be "2014: Apocalypse of Obamacare."
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