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A list of the most recent stories about Health Care Reform.
Baucus exit could be free-for-all for Mont. Senate
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus' surprise announcement that he won't run for a seventh term could mean a free-for-all for a Senate seat that has not been open since 1978, with a popular Democratic ex-governor and a freshman Republican congressman already showing interest. Republicans said the open Montana seat helps their ...
Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle
Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems. Truce in the health care wars? Not! The GOP bill, headed for a vote Wednesday in the House, would divert billions from another program under ...
US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home
Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants from Mexico. The men had health insurance from jobs at one of the nation's largest ...
Bill clears way for Medicaid debate in Texas House
Another — and perhaps final — fight over Medicaid expansion may be on the horizon in the Texas Legislature. Despite notable reluctance and the House instructing budget negotiators this week to not even consider voting on Medicaid proposals, a House panel on Tuesday cleared the way for the full chamber ...
Senators introduce immigration reform bill
After months of negotiation, a bipartisan group of eight Senators has formally introduced immigration reform legislation in the Senate, titled the "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act." It weighs in at 844 pages. The full text of the bill was posted early this morning by the office of Sen. ...
County votes to approve UMC expansion
County officials voted to expand the University Medical Center in order to help serve one of the counties with the poorest access to health care. El Paso County commissioners voted 3-1 for the issuance of a $152 million bond after more than seven hours of discussion for UMC's expansion. UMC ...
Some states balk at enforcing health law’s insurance protections
Florida regulators won’t penalize insurance companies that violate new health law consumer protections that take effect in January but will report them to the federal government, according to an agreement between the state and federal officials. Citing lack of money and legal authority, Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator hasn’t decided whether his agency can ...
$2 billion Medicaid program helps mostly illegal immigrants
During the debate over the 2010 federal health care overhaul, Democrats promised that illegal immigrants wouldn't be among the 27 million people who'd gain coverage. President Barack Obama repeated that pledge last month when he outlined his immigration plan. But while federal law generally bars illegal immigrants from being covered ...
President Obama's State of the Union
Here is the prepared text of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address. This text was sent by reporters by the White House Press Office just before the speech began. = February 12, 2013 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the ...
County's plan to expand Medicaid could face uphill battle from state
Better health care for the Borderland is just the reason local health care providers want to expand Medicaid. But they are up against Governor Rick Perry, who said that won't be happening in Texas. As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, colloquially referred to as Obamacare, one provision ...
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