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Negron: My goal is to end Medicaid as we know it
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate panel examining implementation of Obamacare Monday rejected expansion of Medicaid under the federal health care law and debated a new proposal put forth by committee Chairman Joe Negron that would try to put low-... -
CBO: Budget deficit estimated at $845B
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's tenure in office, a new report said Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office analysis said the government will run a $845...Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Politics, Healthcare Policies
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Bipartisan Pennsylvania lawmakers back medical device tax repeal
Call Washington BureauPennsylvania lawmakers from both parties are supporting the renewed push to repeal a tax on medical device sales created to help pay for the 2010 health care law. While Republicans U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey and U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent have been advocates for...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Patrick J. Toomey, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Allyson Y Schwartz, Charlie Dent
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Insurance groups say new health care law equals big price increases
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Health insurance groups Friday told lawmakers that health insurance costs are going to go up no matter what under the federal health care law. “For any individual plan, any individual person, that overall effect on premiums is... -
Tom Firey: A good reason to oppose Obamacare
Some supporters of the nation’s new health care law insist that its critics are motivated solely by politics and have no good reason for their opposition. In fact, serious critics have raised many legitimate concerns about the law, which is formally...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Senate asks for public input on health care law
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Senate has launched a website seeking public input over the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. The site will include links to information about the committee handling implementation, documents related to the act and... -
Liberty University allowed to argue claims against healthcare law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court rectified an oversight Monday and gave a Baptist university in Virginia a chance to argue in a lower court two claims that were not considered in June when the justices upheld President Obama’s healthcare law....
Tags: Laws, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Health Insurance
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A Thanksgiving Day good news list
Along with giving thanks for making it to another Thanksgiving Day, The Times' editorial board is grateful that: The 2012 elections are finally over. And that after the June presidential primary, the November general election, this coming March's...
Tags: Proposition 8 (California, 2010), U.S. Supreme Court, The Walt Disney Co., Paul Ryan, Lee Baca
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Scott ‘hopeful’ about Medicaid reforms after meeting with Sibelius
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — During what he called a “hopefully productive meeting,” Gov. Rick Scott made a pitch to federal officials on Monday for a Florida proposal to serve the state’s 3.3 million... -
Appeals court to rehear health care challenge
A federal appeals court in Richmond is set to rehear Liberty University's challenge to the Obama administration's health care law. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set a Feb. 27 deadline for the Lynchburg university's brief in the case and oral...
Tags: Health Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Lawyers
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Medicare, the beloved budget buster
While President Obama spars with congressional Republicans over whether to raise taxes, advocates for the elderly have been girding for a fight that promises to be at least as intense: what to do about the rising cost of Medicare, the federal health...
Tags: Public Finance, Barack Obama, Retirement, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Side of fast-food fries, hold the healthcare
Well, no one ever convincingly argued that a diet of fast food is good for your health. And now it could be unhealthy for some of the people who work there – without them having to eat so much as a bite of their products. In anticipation of...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Walmart, The Huffington Post, Politics, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Dec 9, 2012
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