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Gov't shutdown enters 2nd week, no end in sight
The government shutdown entered its second week with no end in sight and ominous signs that the United States was closer to the first default in the nation's history as Speaker John Boehner ruled out any measure to boost borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama. Washington will be ...
PolitiFact: Chambliss’ ‘Obamacare’ comparison flawed
Part of the argument made by critics of President Barack Obama’s health care law is that the law imposes big financial commitments in perpetuity, particularly for subsidizing health insurance for Americans who otherwise couldn’t afford it.On CNN’s “Crossfire,” Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., argued that the nation simply can’t afford this ...
‘Seinfeld Shutdown’ is all about nothing
If the nation is lucky, this October will mark the beginning of the end of the tea party. It is suffering from extreme miscalculation and a foolish misreading of its opponents’ intentions. This, in turn, has created a moment of enlightenment, an opening to see things that were once missed. ...
Boehner to Obama: No debt hike without concessions
The United States moved closer to the possibility of the first-ever default on the government's debt Sunday as Speaker John Boehner adamantly ruled out a House vote on a straightforward bill to boost the borrowing authority without concessions from President Barack Obama. With no resolution in sight, Treasury Secretary Jack ...
Centra implements mandatory flu vaccination policy
Centra is requiring all of its employees and volunteers to have flu vaccinations. The new mandatory policy also applies to medical company representatives, and physicians and other health care providers who have privileges within Centra. The News & Advance (http://bit.ly/19oqwtL ) reports that everyone covered by the policy must be ...
Insurers: Plenty of time to enroll in new exchange
Before Tuesday's launch, Montana insurers and state officials weren't exactly sure what would happen when a key component of the nation's new health care law kicked in and people could sign up for insurance plans through a new online marketplace. Would there be a rush to enroll in the insurance ...
Cruz: Tie debt-ceiling rise to 'Obamacare' changes
Sen. Ted Cruz says legislation raising the debt ceiling is among the best leverage that Congress has to rein in the White House and should include changes to the nation's new health insurance system. The Texas Republican said Sunday in addition to what he calls "Obamacare," Republicans should also look ...
Health reform measures pushing Conn. to innovate
While Connecticut embraced setting up a health insurance exchange and expanding Medicaid eligibility faster than many other places, the state has lagged behind when it comes to modernizing how health care is delivered to patients. But with the new health care overhaul law and a growing push in the state ...
Impact of dental coverage changes in NH unclear
Deborah Lielasus has an extra reason to smile about the insurance she bought through the online markets created by the federal health overhaul law — new dental coverage. It took Lielasus three days to sign up for coverage after enrollment opened Tuesday — one day to register, one day to ...
'Obamacare' enrollee didn't actually purchase health plan
A college student who who became an overnight Obamacare sensation after he claimed to have been among the first to successfully enroll in the health care plan … now is backpedaling. It all started Tuesday when 21-year-old Chattanooga State University student and part-time day care worker Chad Henderson tweeted: “enrolled in ...
Readers write
PUBLIC HEALTH Lamest reasons given for insurance refusal Thank you for the series on the effect of Obamacare on consumers, physicians and business owners. Physicians and business owners will do some critical thinking and figure it out on their own, but I was troubled by the comments reported in “The ...
DOD recall, back-pay bill mark Day 5 of shutdown
For days lawmakers have debated which federal workers should be put back to work. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ended the argument Saturday for most Pentagon civilian employees, ordering nearly all 350,000 back on the job. That's a large chunk of the estimated 800,000 federal workers on furlough because of the ...
PolitiFact: Roundup of shutdown claims
The U.S. government is partially shut down, but that hasn’t stopped the political rhetoric coming out of Washington about the shuttering of our federal government, or its causes. PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia have closely monitored the comments coming from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. We thought it would ...
Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups
Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government. Obama said public interest far exceeded the government's expectations, causing technology glitches that ...
Even amid furloughs, some Texans cheer Cruz
Thanks to Texas' new senator, Dale Huls is out of a job — at least for now. Yet Huls has never been prouder that he voted for him. "Without Ted Cruz this doesn't happen," said Huls, a NASA systems engineer who was among roughly 3,000 federal employees furloughed from Houston's ...
Health care website gets down time for repairs
It's not the sign that the Obama administration wants people to see on its health overhaul website: down for repairs. Using overnight hours this weekend to debug the system, the Health and Human Service Department hoped to fix the technological problems that overwhelmed the launch of new health insurance markets. ...
PolitiFact: Obama figure doesn’t truly capture health plan options
A central goal of the national health care law is to promote competition among insurance companies. This produced the online health insurance exchanges, now called marketplaces. In theory, these marketplaces will make it easier for people to shop for the best deal. During a speech in Maryland, President Barack Obama ...
Feds set repairs on glitchy health care website
Bedeviled by technology glitches that frustrated millions of consumers, the Obama administration is taking down its health overhaul website for repairs this weekend. Enrollment functions of the healthcare.gov site will be unavailable during off-peak hours, the Health and Human Services Department said Friday. The department did not release a schedule ...
Nearly 11,000 complete application for coverage
More than 16,000 applications for health insurance have been started in Kentucky since enrollment began this week under the state's new online marketplace, prompting Gov. Steve Beshear to declare that the state has become the "gold standard" for implementing the federal health care overhaul. The governor's office said nearly 11,000 ...
Prospect for quick end to shutdown is remote
Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a threatened first-ever default. "This isn't some damn game," said House Speaker John Boehner, as the White House ...
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