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Judge strikes down ObamaCare’s free HIV drugs, cancer screenings

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Vallas, Johnson face off in last forum before Chicago mayoral election

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Texas judge strikes down ObamaCare’s free preventive services requirement

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North Carolina state legislature passes Medicaid expansion

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The North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill Thursday to expand Medicaid eligibility to include nearly all adults who make less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level, moving the state closer to becoming the 40th state to adopt Medicaid expansions provided through the Affordable Care Act.

The North Carolina House of Representative passed the bill on Thursday in a 87-24 vote. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has already stated he will sign the bill once it reaches h...

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These 10 states have not expanded Medicaid

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State lawmakers in North Carolina reached a deal Thursday on Medicaid expansion, ending a decadelong fight in the state over whether to accept federal funding to expand the program that will provide health coverage to low-income adults.

The agreement in North Carolina on the 13th anniversary of the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, which offered the Medicaid expansion to states, knocks one more state off the list of Medicaid expansion holdouts, as an overwhelming majority of stat...

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What we’ve gained from the Affordable Care Act, 13 years later

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Do you remember when some senior citizens had to ration their medicines because their prescription drug costs would triple every year after they entered the Medicare coverage gap known as the “donut hole”? I do.

Do you remember when turning 19 meant getting kicked off your parents’ health insurance plan, regardless of your living situation? I do.

Do you remember when insurance companies could refuse to pay for preventive treatments — vaccinations, mammograms, colonos...

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