Tag: Affordable Care Act
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Loyal Obama supporters, canceled by Obamacare
By Charles Ornstein ProPublica San Francisco architect Lee Hammack says he and his wife, JoEllen Brothers, are “cradle Democrats.” They have donated to the liberal group Organizing for America and worked the phone banks a year ago for President Obama’s re-election. Now, their insurance company has told them their plan is being canceled due to…
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Broward commission looks to defy Gov. Scott on access for Obamacare ‘navigators’
By Wiliam Hladky BrowardBulldog.org Heavily Democratic Broward County is expected to join Pinellas County in resisting Republican Governor Rick Scott’s decision to bar Obamacare enrollment advisors from state health department facilities.
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ObamaCare oversight: Budget squeeze forces HHS watchdog to trim investigative targets
By Fred Schulte Center for Public Integrity Facing major budget and staff cuts, federal officials are scaling back several high-profile health care fraud and abuse investigations, including an audit of the state insurance exchanges that are set to open later this year as a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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Medicaid cuts top Broward Health’s concerns for the 2013 legislative session
By Karla Bowsher BrowardBulldog.org Broward Health could lose at least $6.5 million a year if Tallahassee lawmakers ignore their pleas not to reduce Medicaid health insurance payments. That’s on top of $179 million the north Broward public hospital system expects to lose to federal cutbacks over the next decade.