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  • Federal Lawsuit: Tennessee Is Depriving Residents of Medicaid Coverage

    Volunteer State is First in Nation to Face Litigation Due to its Medicaid Practices; Eligible Tennesseans Suffer While State Plays PoliticsNASHVILLE, Tenn.—The state of Tennessee has broken a decades-old promise to its most vulnerable residents by adopting policies that deprive thousands of people of health care coverage even though…

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  • The Tennessean: Patients in Tenncare limbo sue for benefits

    By Tom WilemonBabies who went without medical coverage, a mother of three with high blood pressure and a woman with kidney failure are among the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed today contending that TennCare illegally denied them Medicaid benefits.Three nonprofit legal firms — the Southern Poverty Law Center,…

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  • Washington Examiner: Obamacare legal decision is a setback, but not yet fatal

    By Sean LengellIn the legal chess match over health care, the Obama administration's next move is promising. An appeals court dealt the law a potentially devastating blow today when it agreed with critics who charged that subsidies should not be provided to millions of people who live in states that…

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  • New Republic: Obamacare Is Working, But Some Insurers Are Behaving Badly

    By Jonathan CohnObamacare got more good news early on Thursday morning. According to a survey from the Commonwealth Fund, the number of people without health insurance dropped by 9.5 million since late last summer. Throw in the young adults who got coverage previously, via their parents’ policies, and the…

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  • Kaiser Health News: Some Plans Skew Drug Benefits To Drive Away Patients, Advocates Warn

    By Michelle AndrewsFour Florida insurers allegedly discriminate against people with HIV/AIDS by structuring their prescription drug benefits so that patients are discouraged from enrolling, according to a recent complaint filed with federal officials.The complaint, filed with the Office for Civil Rights at the federal Department of Health and Human…

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  • The California Report: Hobby Lobby Decision Has Limited Impact in California

    By April DemboskyMost women in California won’t be affected by Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby. The Christian owners of the craft store chain challenged the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that companies provide contraception coverage to their employees. The Court ruled that closely-held, for-profit…

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