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May 1, 2013, 11:16 am
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Bob Cusack and Elise Viebeck
The Hill's Bob Cusack and Elise Viebeck discuss the implementation of President Obama's landmark healthcare reform law and the concerns being raised by Democratic lawmakers. Read more from The Hill.
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May 1, 2013, 9:00 am
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Elise Viebeck
Drugmakers get reprieve from Medicare cost-cutting board
Aetna cuts predictions for ObamaCare enrollment Boston bomb amputees offered prosthetics free of cost
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May 1, 2013, 5:00 am
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Elise Viebeck
At his press conference Tuesday, Obama acknowledged “glitches and bumps” in the law’s rollout.
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May 1, 2013, 12:00 am
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Kevin Bogardus
Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has hired a new senior executive and has promoted another.
Keith Styles has joined the group as executive vice president, chief operating officer and general counsel. Before coming to the group, Styles was Catholic Charities USA’s outside legal counsel at Arent Fox.
“We are thrilled to have Keith join our internal team and expand upon his work with us. He is well-versed in our goals and vision and his deep management legal experience will be valuable assets to CCUSA and the people we serve,” said Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, in a statement.
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April 30, 2013, 6:00 pm
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Megan R. Wilson
The political arm of the product review magazine Consumer Reports on Tuesday urged lawmakers and federal regulators to take steps to eliminate antibiotic use in healthy animals.
The group, Consumers Union, says the overuse contributes to antibiotic drug-resistant “superbugs” in humans.
“The declining effectiveness of antibiotics has become a national health crisis,” said Ami Gadhia, the nonprofit organization’s senior policy counsel, said in a statement. “Approximately 80 percent of antibiotics sold in the United States are used in livestock production, often times on healthy animals. The use of antibiotics in livestock needs to be curbed so that consumers aren’t threatened by these superbugs that can’t be treated.”
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April 30, 2013, 5:34 pm
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Sam Baker
The move will likely stir controversy among social conservatives, some of whom view Plan B as a form of abortion.
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April 30, 2013, 3:48 pm
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Sam Baker
Republicans piled on President Obama over his concession Tuesday that there will be "glitches and bumps" in the rollout of his healthcare law. Republican campaign committees seized on the comments, linking them to a poll released earlier Tuesday that showed the law remains unpopular. "Though he proudly proclaimed that 90 percent of Americans are experiencing the benefits of ObamaCare, a new poll shows that only 35 percent of the country has a 'favorable' impression of the disastrous law," the National Republican Congressional Committee said.
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April 30, 2013, 11:53 am
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Sam Baker
Obama said his healthcare law is bound to hit some snags as it's fully enacted over the next six months.
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April 30, 2013, 11:00 am
By
Sam Baker
Forty percent of the public does not know that President Obama's healthcare law remains on the books and is being implemented, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The survey is a stark reminder of the daunting task ahead for the White House as it works not only to remind people that the law exists, but to encourage them to enroll in its new coverage options. Seven percent of those polled thought the law was struck down by the Supreme Court. Twelve percent thought Congress has repealed the law, and another 23 percent didn't know or refused to answer.
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April 30, 2013, 9:00 am
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Elise Viebeck
The healthcare system's secret — no one may be coordinating care
On the drug war, 'we have total and complete failure'
Next big challenge for the health law is carrying it out
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