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Obamacare rallies from botched debut as 2 million people enroll
WASHINGTON – About 2.1 million people have medical coverage beginning Wednesday through Obamacare after a late surge in enrollment helped regain ground lost to...
Obamacare deadline extended as almost 2 million use site
WASHINGTON – Consumers waiting until the last minute to buy health coverage under Obamacare received a reprieve as a record number of users visited...
Obama to give health insurers extra month to set 2015 rates
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration plans to push back by a month the second-year start of enrollment in its health program to give insurers...
More workers got insurance in Massachusetts after health law
WASHINGTON - The share of workers opting to take company medical coverage rather than more take-home pay rose in Massachusetts after the state overhauled...
Obama insurance decision passes ‘hot potato’ to states
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration avoided a potentially brutal lobbying battle over the medical benefits insurers must cover under the U.S. health-care overhaul when...
Medicare drug benefit trims spending on hospitals, study finds
WASHINGTON - Offering prescription drug coverage to the federal Medicare program’s elderly beneficiaries reduced spending on hospitals and nursing homes, a study found.
The effort...
Medicare insurers pocket interest on taxpayer cash, study finds
WASHINGTON - Medicare failed to save as much as $450 million in 2007 because it pre-pays private insurers led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. to...
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