The federal health program for seniors and the disabled is removing Social Security numbers from the ID cards of 60 million people in an effort to prevent identity theft
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Here’s What’s In Bernie Sanders’ ‘Medicare For All’ Bill
Don't understand what the independent Vermont senator's single-payer plan is? Here are the bullet points. (For starters, his new program would not look a whole lot like Medicare.)
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5 Controversial Ideas For Shoring Up Health Insurance Markets
Lawmakers looking to stabilize the health insurance exchanges may consider a number of proposals — including pushing young adults off a parent's plan, or letting people buy into Medicare and Medicaid.
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Syringe Exchange Program Aims To Slow Hepatitis C Infections In Alaska
As the nation's opioid abuse problem soars, so do health problems associated with drug use like hepatitis C, which is placing a major burden on Alaska's Medicaid program.
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Oregon, Texas Lay Down Markers On Abortion Coverage
Highlighting the country's sharp divide over abortion and mixed reactions to requirements in the Affordable Care Act, Texas restricts insurance coverage while Oregon requires that it be covered.
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Governors Preparing Bipartisan Health Care Plan For Congress To Consider
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper and Ohio Republican John Kasich are nearing completion on a plan to change the Affordable Care Act that they will present in a Senate hearing next month.
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Federal Appeals Court Says Arkansas Can Block Medicaid Payments To Planned Parenthood
It reversed earlier injunctions that forbade the state from suspending payments to the medical provider over a controversial leaked video of Planned Parenthood staff.
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Trump Administration Extends Deadline For Insurers To Decide On Obamacare Markets
The extension leaves time for President Trump to decide whether to continue crucial payments to insurers, and for insurers to figure out how they'd operate without them if they were to disappear.
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Trump, McConnell Point Fingers Over Health Care Failure
The Senate majority leader blamed the president's legislative inexperience for the failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, but Trump fired back it was McConnell who came up short.
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