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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — In the hallway outside meeting rooms at the North Carolina Public Health Association, exhibitors gave away pens, chocolate and brochures. The types of organizations that usually attend public health conferences were in attendance: companies selling electronic health records, vaccinemanufacturers and advocacy groups such as the Alzheimer’s Association....All this…

SEATTLE—Tina Fricke is one of 10 children who filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Washington; the suit represented thousands of young people in the state who use Medicaid insurance and need intensive mental health services. In a settlement, the state agreed to provide more in-home and community-oriented…

Several Republican-led states at the forefront of the campaign to undermine President Obama’s health-care law have come up with new ways to try to thwart it, refusing to enforce consumer protections, for example, and restricting federally funded workers hired to help people enroll in coverage... “There is a very palpable…

Law360, Los Angeles (August 13, 2013, 5:42 PM ET) — The National Health Law Program and other nonprofit organizations on Tuesday urged the Sixth Circuit to reverse a ruling exempting the founder of Domino's Pizza from implementing the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate at an office complex he owns, saying access…