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  May 4, 2013, 12:00 pm

Left boils as Obama floats major change to Medicare Parts A and B

By Elise Viebeck

"This could just be a way to ask people to pay more for their premiums," Rep. Henry Waxman said.

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  May 3, 2013, 2:55 pm

FDA official calls caffeinated food 'very disturbing to us'

By Julian Hattem

Regulators are troubled by processes that add caffeine to food, a growing trend over which they currently have little oversight.

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  May 3, 2013, 1:05 pm

Cantor promises House vote to repeal ObamaCare soon

By Pete Kasperowicz

"I expect that the House will vote on full repeal of ObamaCare in the near future," he told members.

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  May 3, 2013, 12:18 pm

Schumer: ObamaCare could raise premiums

By Elise Viebeck

The Senate's third-ranking Democrat said the law will contribute to rising premiums unless insurers are closely watched.

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  May 3, 2013, 9:30 am

News bites: Angry Friday

By Elise Viebeck

Advocates angered by President Obama's morning-after pill policies

Big insurers wary of entering new ObamaCare markets

Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill

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  May 3, 2013, 5:00 am

A boon for Tea Party candidates

By Bob Cusack and Elise Viebeck

The Hill's Elise Viebeck writes in an article on Friday that the Tea Party movement is preparing to use ObamaCare's roll out to catapult itself back into political power.

The Hill's Bob Cusack and Elise Viebeck sit down to talk about Tea Party leaders' plans to argue that the law will hurt patients, the economy and the deficit.

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  May 2, 2013, 6:35 pm

Obama 'comfortable' with Plan B age

By Justin Sink

The FDA this week issued a rule that would allow women ages 15 and older to buy the emergency contraceptive.

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  May 2, 2013, 6:14 pm

Tea Party looks to ObamaCare for new life in 2014 election cycle

By Elise Viebeck

The Tea Party movement is preparing to use ObamaCare's rollout to catapult itself back into political power.

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  May 2, 2013, 4:55 pm

Rep. Bera 'concerned' about ObamaCare implementation

By Sam Baker

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) is the latest potentially vulnerable Democrat to say he's "concerned" about how the Obama administration is implementing its signature healthcare law.

One senior Democrat told The Hill this week that a botched ObamaCare rollout would be a threat to the party in 2014. And Bera, already a top target for Republicans, is clearly worried about the effects of a messy implementation process.

"I'm moderately to very concerned," Bera told the Sacramento Bee editorial board. "I have been consistently concerned about the cost of care going up."

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  May 2, 2013, 1:33 pm

Adult suicide on the rise, CDC finds

By Elise Viebeck

Federal health officials are calling for new attention on suicide in middle age after finding that more U.S. adults are taking their own lives.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported Thursday that the rate of middle-aged suicide has risen "substantially" in the last decade and now surpasses the rate of car crash deaths.

The agency speculated that the recent economic downturn and the wider availability of opioid prescription drugs may be responsible for the trend.

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