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Device-tax repeal surfaces as key in budget stalemate | But White House says it's unwilling to compromise until government shutdown ends
By Jaimy Lee and Jessica Zigmond | October 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
There are growing signs that repeal of the medical-device tax, fervently sought by the politically potent device industry, may be a key element in resolving the impasse in Congress over the budget and raising the debt ceiling.
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Reform Update: Government funding deal negotiations continue, with device tax in the mix
By Jessica Zigmond | October 11, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
As the government shutdown nears its second full week, members of Congress and the White House intensified their efforts around a deal to fund the government, with at least one part of the healthcare reform law still in play in those negotiations.
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GOP offers Obama short-term plan to raise debt ceiling
By Jessica Zigmond | October 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
House Republican leaders are poised to offer President Barack Obama a plan that calls for a short-term hike in the nation's debt limit without immediately reopening the government.
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Poll finds health exchange rollout gets poor reviews
By Jennifer Agiesta and Nancy Benac / Associated Press | October 10, 2013
The government's new health insurance marketplaces are drawing lots of rotten tomatoes in early reviews, but people are at least checking them out.
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As pressure mounts, House GOP weighs short-term debt deal
By New York Times | October 10, 2013
House Republicans have begun to consider a path out of the fiscal impasse that would raise the debt ceiling for a few weeks, which could possibly set aside the fight over the new healthcare law.
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Questionable design blamed for health website woes
By Carla K. Johnson and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | October 09, 2013
A decision by the Obama administration to require that consumers create online accounts before they can browse for insurance plans appears to have led to glitches that have frustrated customers.
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Health law glitches: fatal or fleeting?
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | October 08, 2013
Insurance companies and others say there's still enough time to fix the online enrollment system before uninsured Americans start getting coverage on Jan. 1.
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More celebrities join effort to sell Obamacare
By ABC News | October 08, 2013
In the week since the launch of the law's state health insurance exchanges, a steady stream of celebrity advocates (think Lady Gaga, Connie Britton, Olivia Wilde, Taye Diggs, Kate Bosworth, Sarah Silverman and Justin Long) have taken to social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram to encourage...
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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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