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U.S. group amends transplant policy for kids after lawsuits
Reuters* Group adds temporary category to allow children to qualify * Group to study transplant policy for children By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, June 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. group that sets policy for organ transplants voted to give some children access to...Tags: University of Chicago, Juvenile Delinquency, Cystic Fibrosis
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Obama administration to drop limits on morning-after pill
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration will scrap age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception pills, making the morning-after pill available to women and girls without a prescription. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a letter...Tags: Birth Control, Internal Revenue Service, Judges, Labor Legislation, Barack Obama
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Feds now back morning-after pills for all girls
NEW YORK (AP) — After setting off a storm of criticism from abortion rights groups upset that a Democratic president had sided with social conservatives, the Obama administration said it will comply with a judge's order to allow girls of any age...Tags: Birth Control, Judges, Abortion, Abortion Issue, Over-the-Counter Medicines
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State drags feet on Medicaid expansion seen as key to Obamacare
Beginning today, The Morning Call will kick off a series of occasional stories taking a comprehensive look at how the Affordable Care Act will change health care and how Pennsylvanians access it. We will provide useful information to aid you in navigating...Tags: Social Issues, Medicare, Government, Medicaid, Business
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Letters to the Editor: Ozzie & Harriet, lung transplant, tea party
Ozzie & Harriet days Recently, I overheard two women cheering the end of the "Ozzie & Harriet" days. I've since wondered what was so bad about those days. Were there too few no-fault divorces, making both spouses poorer? Too few latch-key kids? Too...Tags: Water, Bithlo, Tea Party Movement, National Government, Government
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Pennsylvania girl who got on adult donor list gets lung transplant
The critically ill 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was at the center of efforts to allow children younger than 12 to receive adult lungs was in surgery undergoing a transplant on Wednesday. Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from severe cystic fibrosis, was...
Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Lung Transplants, Cystic Fibrosis
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U.S. sale of some 'morning-after' pills to all ages allowed
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said that some emergency contraception pills now can be sold over-the-counter without age restrictions while the federal government fights a lower court judge's order allowing unrestricted sales....Tags: Birth Control, Judges, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Brooklyn (New York City)
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Pennsylvania girl given opportunity for adult lung transplant
A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been given a chance at a transplant that could save her life after a judge ordered that the desperately ill child be added to the list of those hoping to receive an adult lung. The case, involving Sarah Murnaghan,...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Lung Transplants, Tropical Storms, Lotteries, Cystic Fibrosis
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Philadelphia rulings on dying children spur debate on transplants
A second dying child has been given a chance to get a transplant of adult lungs, the latest step in a debate over a policy that has raised medical and legal questions. Javier Acosta, 11, has been placed on the official list to receive an adult lung...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Judges, Lung Transplants, Tropical Storms
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Snyder seeks help from Obama administration to allay Republican concerns over Medicaid growth
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder says he's asking a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet for help in reaching a deal with Republican state legislators to expand government health coverage for low-income Michigan residents....Tags: Parties and Movements, Rick Snyder, Politics, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Medicare financial outlook improves, but problems still loom
WASHINGTON — The federal government projected Friday that Medicare's main trust fund would not run in the red until 2026, two years later than projected last year, in part because of slower growth in healthcare costs. Prospects for the Social...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Medicare, Orrin Hatch, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SYRIA-MICHIGAN Family of mom dead in Syria had prior FBI contact BURTON, Mich. (AP) — The aunt of a 33-year-old Michigan mother killed during fighting in Syria says relatives were contacted by the FBI after she took a previous trip to the Middle...Tags: Arts, Consumers Energy Company, Mike Pence, Government, Lawyers
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