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Brown, Democrats wrangle over Medicaid expansion
California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's health care reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states. Turns out, saying yes was ...
Bills that failed in the 2013 Fla. Legislature
Measures that failed during the 2013 regular session of the Florida Legislature, which ended Friday, would have: ABORTION — Banned abortions that are based on the race or gender of a fetus. BUSINESS & ECONOMY — Helped the Miami Dolphins by kicking in money toward the $400 million needed for ...
Cruz urges GOP to work together for Senate control
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is urging Republicans to work together to help the party take back the Senate next year, telling South Carolina Republicans that, in his words, "change can come quickly." Cruz spoke at a South Carolina GOP dinner Friday night. He says the GOP fell on hard times ...
Solid job gains in April ease fears about economy
The U.S. economy showed last month why it remains the envy of industrialized nations: In the face of tax increases and federal spending cuts, employers added a solid 165,000 jobs in April — and far more in February and March than anyone thought. The hiring in April drove down the ...
Ark. Children's Hospital hires CEO, Bates retires
Arkansas Children's Hospital named an administrator from Texas as its new president and chief executive officer Friday who'll be charged with leading the organization through the upcoming federal health overhaul. Marcella "Marcy" L. Doderer will leave her post as vice president and administrator at Children's Hospital of San Antonio and ...
Forecast: No big increases seen in Nevada revenues
An independent panel of fiscal experts Wednesday predicted Nevada will have $5.8 billion in tax revenues to support state government in the upcoming budget cycle, about $36 million more than originally projected by the Economic Forum in late November. In a daylong hearing, forum members weighed trends in casino gambling ...
Businesses may get sticker shock on health care
Small business owners may be experiencing sticker shock now that insurers are revealing the rates they want to charge under the new health care law. So far, in Rhode Island, insurers are requesting premium increases of up to 14 percent for small business coverage when the Affordable Care Act is ...
Survey: Private employers add just 119K in April
A private survey shows U.S. companies added just 119,000 jobs in April, the fewest in seven months. The report Wednesday from payroll processor ADP suggests that government spending cuts and higher taxes could be starting to weigh on the job market. And new requirements under President Barack Obama's health care ...
With 1 week to go, Sanford subject of attacks
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford can't seem to escape attacks on the extramarital affair that derailed his political career, which he hopes to revive in a special congressional election that is now a week away. For months, his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, refused to criticize Sanford's affair — ...
Arkansas prepares to launch Medicaid IG office
As Arkansas moves forward with a plan to offer subsidized health insurance to thousands of low-income residents, it is preparing to reorganize its Medicaid program to create a new office that would investigate fraud and waste complaints. Under a measure Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law last week, 33 staffers ...
Obama: US still not sure who used chem weapons
President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he'd consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the president also defended the FBI's work in monitoring the activities in recent years ...
Laying bare your finances to apply for health care
After a storm of complaints, the Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled simplified forms to apply for insurance under the president's new health care law. You won't have to lay bare your medical history but you will have to detail your finances. An earlier version of the forms had provoked widespread ...
Obama Administration rolls out new health insurance forms
The Obama Administration unveiled new draft forms Tuesday for people to apply for insurance coverage under the Obama health law, releasing signup applications which are much shorter and less complex than an earlier version that drew criticism from backers and critics alike of the health reform law. "Consumers will have ...
Obama says his health care law mostly in place
President Barack Obama argues that his signature health care law is already benefiting most Americans even if they don't know it. The president says despite what he calls "sky is falling" predictions, the Affordable Care Act's provisions are already in place for those with health insurance. He says what's left ...
Lawmakers approve health insurance protections
State lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown a pair of consumer protection bills Monday that prevent health insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions and limit how much more insurers can charge older residents. The legislation updates California laws to match new rules under the federal Affordable Care Act ...
Hickenlooper signs next year's budget for Colo.
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed next year's budget for Colorado on Monday, a spending plan that includes more funding for public schools, pay raises for state workers, and money to expand mental health services. Improving tax receipts allowed state lawmakers to fund areas of the budget they had cut during the ...
Heller: Members of congress should not be exempt from ObamaCare
WASHINGTON, DC -- According to recent reports, House and Senate leadership from both parties are engaged in discussions to exempt lawmakers and Congressional staff from enrolling in ObamaCare health care exchanges. Today, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) responded to these developments, demanding that lawmakers be beholden to the same ...
Dems, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act
Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For years, House Republicans have adamantly refused to raise income taxes, even though U.S. ...
Health insurer WellPoint's 1Q profit rises 3 pct
WellPoint shares hit their highest level since the summer of 2011 on Wednesday after the nation's second largest health insurer trumped first-quarter earnings expectations, raised its 2013 forecast and said it could profit immediately from a key health care overhaul coverage expansion next year. The Indianapolis company's performance to start ...
Drug czar: Pot legalization won't change mission
The nation's drug czar said Wednesday the legalization of marijuana in Washington state and Colorado won't change his office's mission of fighting the country's drug problem by focusing on addiction treatment that will be available under the federal health overhaul. Gil Kerlikowske, director of the National Drug Control Policy, released ...
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