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December 3, 2013
Associated Press: Missouri sued over limits on health reform advice
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A coalition of medical organizations and health care advocates has sued Missouri over its requirement…
December 2, 2013
Healthcare Consumer Assisters File First Court Challenge To State Affordable Care Act Statute
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WASHINGTON—The first case challenging a state statute restricting the activities of consumer assistance organizations authorized by the Affordable Care…
November 27, 2013
Inside Health Policy: Advocates Watch CMS’ Steps On Medicaid Pregnancy Coverage
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WASHINGTON — Beneficiary advocates are closely watching to see how CMS reacts as some states seek to limit the…
November 26, 2013
Supreme Court Takes For-Profit Companies’ Challenge to Birth Control Benefit
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WASHINGTON—Coming in the midst of the first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme Court…
November 26, 2013
Newsweek: The Supremes Take On Religion and Health Care
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What if your boss treated gay employees differently because his church preaches that homosexuality is wrong? What if he…
November 15, 2013
Maine Nursing Home Residents with Disabilities Celebrate Long Awaited Move to the Community
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BANGOR, Maine - The first Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Maine Department of Health and Human Services…
October 8, 2013
North Carolina Health News: Medicaid isn’t privatized (yet) in North Carolina, but potential candidates are lobbying now
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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…
September 24, 2013
Florida Medicaid Must Cover Medically Necessary Behavioral Treatment for Children with Autism Disorders
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MIAMI—On September 20, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a March 2012 ruling by…
August 30, 2013
Q13 Fox News: State settles lawsuit, agrees to provide more services to mentally ill
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SEATTLE—Tina Fricke is one of 10 children who filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Washington; the suit…