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Memo outlines health-care hopes

WASHINGTON – For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign up for the new health insurance markets, according to an internal memo...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Insurers confident health-plan websites will succeed

WASHINGTON – The glitch-ridden rollout of President Barack Obama’s health-care law has opponents crowing: “Told you so!” and insisting it should be paused, if not scrapped. But ot...

DATE: Oct 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health website to get repairs

WASHINGTON – Bedeviled by technology glitches that frustrated millions of consumers, the Obama administration is taking down its health overhaul website for repairs this weekend. ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Under fire, ‘Obamacare’ going live – with glitches

WASHINGTON – Contentious from its conception, President Barack Obama’s health care law has survived the Supreme Court, a battle for the White House and rounds of budget brinkmanship. Now com...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health-care program safe from shutdown, officials say

WASHINGTON – Republicans pulling on the budget thread can’t neatly unravel President Barack Obama’s health-care law. A partial government shutdown next week would leave the major ...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. unveils insurance costs

WASHINGTON – With new health insurance markets launching next week, the Obama administration is unveiling premiums and plan choices for 36 states where the federal government is taking the l...

DATE: Sep 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some homework required

WASHINGTON – Getting covered through President Barack Obama’s health care law might feel like a combination of doing your taxes and making a big purchase that requires research. Y...

DATE: Sep 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Patient’s bill soars as health program falters

WASHINGTON – Coping with advanced cancer, Bev Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan was shutting down. Then, the substitute insurance she w...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health law coverage may track workplace cost shift

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s health care law appears to mirror a trend in job-based insurance, where employees are being nudged into cost-saving plans that require them to pay a big...

DATE: Sep 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study suggests some will struggle to pay new health care premiums

WASHINGTON – The No. 1 question about President Barack Obama’s health care law is whether consumers will be able to afford the coverage. Now the answer is coming in. The biggest s...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obamacare aid planned for buyers

Federal tax credits will be made available

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

White House floats health-care fix for Congress

WASHINGTON – It started out a political “gotcha” – an amendment to President Barack Obama’s health care law requiring members of Congress and staffers to get the same coverage offered to uni...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World