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Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog. Inside, ...
Fundraising from HHS secretary draws scrutiny
A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest. HHS spokesman Jason Young confirms that Sebelius in recent weeks has asked various charitable foundations, businesses executives, churches and doctors to donate ...
Utah to be first to use dual-model health exchange
The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities. The plan allows Utah to continue to run its existing health insurance marketplace for small businesses, a system that lets employees pick ...
Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect. With his legacy and the law's success at stake, Obama said: "The law is here to ...
Hundreds of House bills dead _ at least for now
The final gun for passing legislation proposed by lawmakers in the Texas House sounded Friday, killing hundreds of bills, most of which never even made it to the floor for debate. While bills still have a few more days to win approval in the Senate or be revived as a ...
Funds to help W.Va. centers with insurance signups
More than $2.4 million in federal funds is being made available to help West Virginia health centers enroll uninsured individuals into health insurance coverage. The federal health officials said funding of about $150 million nationwide will expand efforts of community health centers to provide in-person help to enroll in Affordable ...
Funds to help Va centers with insurance enrollment
More than $2.5 million in federal funds is being made available to help Virginia health centers enroll uninsured individuals into health insurance coverage. The federal health officials said funding of about $150 million nationwide will expand efforts of community health centers to provide in-person help to enroll in Affordable Care ...
Md. Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown to run for governor
No Maryland lieutenant governor has ever been elected governor of the state, but Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, who will formally announce his gubernatorial bid Friday, is hoping to make history by becoming the first. Brown, a Democrat, said he is running to build on the current administration's successes in reducing ...
Expanding Medicaid could help 13,000 Illinois vets
More than 40,000 uninsured military veterans in Illinois could have new access to health insurance under the national health overhaul law, according to a new interactive tool based on U.S. census data. About 13,000 veterans — one-third of those without insurance — have incomes so low that they'll be newly ...
Beshear expands Medicaid to 300,000 Kentuckians
Kentucky's Medicaid program will expand to cover an additional 300,000 people, most of them the working poor who don't now have insurance coverage, Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday. A smiling Beshear announced his decision to applause from proponents gathered in the ornate State Reception Room on the second floor of ...
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