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10-year-old becomes health care reform lobbyist
3:44 PM on 03/09/2010
VIDEO - Marcelas Owens has been campaigning for changes in the health care system since his mother died after she fell ill and lost her job and her insurance...
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Obama: repeal health insurers antitrust exemption
2:25 PM on 02/23/2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to strip health insurers of their decades-old exemption from federal antitrust laws...
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As health care talk continues, some spring to action
12:16 PM on 11/22/2009
OPINION - The lack of care that people experience has a price that we all must share beyond the price that they pay with their lives..
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Car insurance could provide a roadmap for health care reform
8:35 AM on 10/08/2009
OPINION - One health care reform argument is that a government requirement for individuals to have health care coverage is comparable to the state requirement that drivers have car insurance...
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1500 uninsured find free health care at makeshift hospital
1:41 PM on 08/12/2009
VIDEO - A group of doctors who started out providing free services in third-world countries has also been working in this country, and they're seeing record numbers of Americans needing their help.
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More couples are getting wedding insurance (video)
10:48 AM on 05/27/2009
Summer marks the start of the busy wedding season. Having the invitations, the cake, and of course the dress are all a part of the perfect wedding essentials, but what if everything doesn't work out perfectly? There is always a chance one of your wedding vendors might go out of...
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Virtual colonoscopy effective but expensive (video)
3:58 PM on 05/13/2009
Virtual colonoscopy is a non-invasive method for screening the colon that can be very expensive if not covered by insurance. Now Medicare has announced it has decided not to cover the exam. A statement provided by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services said the evidence is inadequate to conclude...
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Lesbian sgt. discharged after police outed her to Air Force
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) - Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian...
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