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  May 13, 2013, 5:04 pm

Medical device companies more frequently investigated under Obama

By Megan R. Wilson

Federal regulators issued the highest amount warning letters to medical device companies in 2012 than over the last seven years, according to a new study.

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  May 13, 2013, 3:41 pm

GOP Rep. Stockman: ‘Democrats worship abortion’

By Jonathan Easley

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) lashed out at Democrats over the issue of abortion on Monday just minutes after a jury returned a guilty verdict in the high-profile case of an abortion doctor accused of multiple homicides.

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  May 13, 2013, 3:29 pm

Abortion provider Gosnell convicted on three counts of murder

By Sam Baker

A jury found him guilty of delivering live babies at his Philadelphia clinic and then killing them.

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  May 13, 2013, 1:12 pm

Justice Dept. seeks to block court ruling on Plan B

By Sam Baker

The federal government on Monday sought to block a judge's order requiring the agency to remove all age restrictions from the birth control pill known as Plan B.

A lower court judge struck down age limits on the sale of Plan B, saying they were driven by politics rather than science. He gave the government until Monday to seek a delay from a higher court.

The Justice Department filed a brief Monday requesting the delay, saying the lower court "plainly overstepped its authority."

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  May 13, 2013, 11:51 am

Report: Mass. health law, similar to Obama's, didn't hurt employer benefits

By Sam Baker

If the federal healthcare overhaul rolls out like its predecessor in Massachusetts, employer-based health insurance might be safe.

Republicans argue that President Obama's healthcare law will erode employer-based coverage. Businesses will stop offering coverage to their workers and instead push employees into individual policies, critics predict.

But when Massachusetts implemented its healthcare law — highly similar to the Affordable Care Act — employer-based insurance actually increased, according to a new report from the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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  May 13, 2013, 9:00 am

Week ahead: Lawmakers zero in on ‘doc fix’

By Elise Viebeck

Congress will redouble its focus on Medicare’s flawed physician payment formula this week as the Senate Finance Committee takes up the issue.

The Finance panel will hold a hearing Tuesday on repealing and replacing Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR), which mandates reimbursement cuts that have piled up for years as lawmakers have struggled to find a long-term solution. Those cuts create the need for an annual “doc fix.”

Lawmakers have long sought to fix Medicare’s payment system, but enthusiasm for the task rose this year after the Congressional Budget Office cut the estimated cost for reforming it.

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  May 13, 2013, 8:45 am

News bites: Spotlight on veterans

By Elise Viebeck

Veteran's new battle is getting disability compensation

Agent Orange tied to aggressive prostate cancer risk

Feds approve Utah for dual-model insurance marketplace

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  May 13, 2013, 7:41 am

Gingrich: IRS targeting scandal ‘huge problem’ for ObamaCare

By Meghashyam Mali

"Why would you trust the bureaucracy with your health if you can’t trust the bureaucracy with your politics," asked Gingrich.

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  May 12, 2013, 2:06 pm

Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade provided 'target' for abortion-rights opponents

By Sam Baker

Ginsburg said she would have preferred a narrower ruling that didn't cut off the political process of defining abortion limits

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  May 12, 2013, 8:49 am

HHS: Nothing improper about Sebelius’s ObamaCare fundraising

By Sam Baker

The department defended Sebelius's efforts to raise money for Enroll America, an organization promoting the healthcare law.

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