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Small drop in number of uninsured in 2012, CDC estimates

By Jonathan Block | June 19, 2013 | Basic Web

New estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that last year more than 91 million people—including children—lacked health insurance for part or all of 2012, representing 29.7% of the U.S. population. That's compared with 30.4% the prior year.
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Enroll America kicking off its ACA push, but hospitals and insurers have their own campaigns

By Jessica Zigmond and Rachel Landen | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web

Hospitals and insurers that will benefit from the new paying customers generated by the expansion of insurance coverage under health reform have moved quietly to promote consumers' new options.
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Campaign aims to educate uninsured about ACA coverage options

By Jessica Zigmond | June 17, 2013 | Basic Web

Enroll America today will launch Get America Covered, a campaign to educate Americans about the coverage options available to them under the 2010 health reform law.
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N.H. budget battle over Medicaid affects 58,000

By Norma Love / Associated Press | June 16, 2013

An estimated 22,300 poor, uninsured New Hampshire adults are caught in a philosophical crossfire over whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's federal healthcare overhaul law.
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Shifting burdens | Hospitals increasingly concerned over effects of cost-sharing provisions in health plans to be offered through insurance exchanges

By Rich Daly | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine

Hospital executives are watching to see whether the net financial gains from next year's coverage expansion under the reform law surpass losses from the law's looming reimbursement cuts.
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Fears balloon over reform | But benefits of healthcare overhaul likely to gain momentum

By Merrill Goozner | June 15, 2013 | Print Magazine

As it gets closer to the launch of the insurance expansion under healthcare reform, the voices of doom grow louder.
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Reform Update: Week marked by another high-profile exit

By Jessica Zigmond | June 14, 2013 | Basic Web

The Obama administration lost another one of its top healthcare officials just as HHS prepares to kick implementation of the 2010 healthcare reform law into high gear.
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Reform Update: Obama says reform is working

By Jessica Zigmond | June 07, 2013 | Basic Web

President Barack Obama on Friday insisted the health reform law is working as it should and praised lower-than-expected insurance premiums in California as he touted a public-private partnership there to help Americans enroll in coverage later this year.
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Health insurance costs to rise for Ohioans, state says

By Ann Sanner / Associated Press | June 07, 2013

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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Obama to spotlight Calif. effort promoting ACA

By Jessica Zigmond | June 07, 2013 | Basic Web

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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