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Medicare Prescription Plan Deadline Approaching
Channel 2 NewsA Medicare prescription plan has only a few days left this year for Alaskans to sign up without incurring potential penalties. This year's deadline to enroll for Medicare's Part D is Wednesday. Anyone who doesn't sign up for Part D at first...Tags: Health Insurance, Medicare, Health
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Healthcare Options Expanding for Medicare, Low-Income
Channel 2 NewsLawmakers and healthcare advocates celebrated two major projects Friday that they say will help Medicare and low-income families throughout the state. In South Anchorage, the Alaska Medicare Clinic is now accepting new patients. It's a non-profit primary...Tags: Personal Income, Hospitals and Clinics, Anchorage, Medicare, Medical Specialization
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Health Care Reform in Effect in Alaska
Channel 2 NewsHealth Care reform is now the law of the land in Alaska. A federal court judge in Florida ruled Thursday that states must implement reform while the case makes its way through the courts. Judge Roger Vinson's ruling responds to a request from the...Tags: Government, Politics, Health Care Reform (2009), Elections, Regional Authority
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Alaska joins lawsuit over health care reform bill
Staff WriterGov. Sean Parnell announced on Tuesday that the State of Alaska would join a lawsuit brought by at least 19 other states challenging the constitutionality of federal health care reform legislation. Parnell made the long-expected announcement with state...Tags: Government, Politics, Republican Party, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hospital cost report shows need for single-payer system
Compliments to Morning Call reporter Tim Darragh on his recent coverage of U.S. Health and Human Service's release of hospital charge data. It's eye-opening how charges for identical services vary widely across hospitals in our region. At first blush,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Cost, Medicare, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law
When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personal Income, Health Insurance Cost, Pharmaceuticals, Health Insurance
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Mich. cancer patients to back Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cancer patients and survivors in Michigan are expected to call on lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage for about 400,000 uninsured Michigan residents. About 75 people who have experienced cancer and their family members...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Health Insurance, Lobbying, Medicaid
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government, Politics, Republican Party, Crime, Law and Justice
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Editorial: Hospital sticker shock
Most people entering the hospital can't get a straight answer to an obvious question: How much will this procedure or treatment cost? Nor can people easily compare prices among hospitals in their area. Now that is changing. The federal Centers for...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Asthma, Medicare
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
ELLSWORTH-FURLOUGHS Military furloughs affect Ellsworth Air Force Base RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The military's plan to furlough civilian employees to save money will affect an estimated 566 workers at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Culture, U.S. Department of the Interior, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest
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Wedded: Jamie Crumpler and Chris Kalck
Wedding date: April 6, 2013 Her story: Jamie Crumpler, 33, grew up in Bel Air. She is an executive assistant for Constellation Energy in Baltimore. Her father, James, works for BGE and her mother, Teresa, is a stay-at-home mom. His story: Chris Kalck,...Tags: Frosting and Icing, Odenton, The White Stripes (music group), Entertainment, Federal Hill
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Thank you, Governor Beshear
Governor Beshear hired outside consultants, listened to health care advocates and hospital officials, did the math, and decided to expand Kentucky’s Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act. More than 300,000 additional Kentuckians will...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government, Politics, Healthcare Policies, Health Insurance
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