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  • NHeLP’s 24th Annual Conference A Success

    WASHINGTON—Tuesday the National Health Law Program's (NHeLP) premier event--the annual Health Advocates Conference--came to a close, ending three days of intense and forward-looking discussion about health policy for the nation's most vulnerable."Our conference comes at the end of a busy year in health policy and looking ahead to an…

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  • Associated Press: Missouri sued over limits on health reform advice

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — A coalition of medical organizations and health care advocates has sued Missouri over its requirement that only state-licensed counselors can serve as navigators in a program aimed at helping consumers sign up for coverage under the new online health insurance marketplace....The Affordable Care Act "provides…

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  • Healthcare Consumer Assisters File First Court Challenge To State Affordable Care Act Statute

    WASHINGTON—The first case challenging a state statute restricting the activities of consumer assistance organizations authorized by the Affordable Care Act---has been filed in federal district court in Jefferson City, Missouri. The case, entitled St. Louis Effort for AIDS v. Huff, was filed last week by consumer organizations that are…

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  • Inside Health Policy: Advocates Watch CMS’ Steps On Medicaid Pregnancy Coverage

    WASHINGTON — Beneficiary advocates are closely watching to see how CMS reacts as some states seek to limit the scope of Medicaid pregnancy coverage to services directly related to pregnancy, according to one women's health advocate. Other advocates say CMS' actions so far limiting what services Medicaid programs can…

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  • Supreme Court Takes For-Profit Companies’ Challenge to Birth Control Benefit

    WASHINGTON—Coming in the midst of the first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius, consolidating both cases brought by for-profit businesses."Birth control is accepted medical practice,…

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  • Newsweek: The Supremes Take On Religion and Health Care

    What if your boss treated gay employees differently because his church preaches that homosexuality is wrong? What if he could refuse to cover your kid’s measles vaccination because he believes the shots cause autism, or AIDS treatments because he thinks the disease is God’s revenge for sinful behavior?... But 46…

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