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State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare

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09/29/2017

State Officials: N.Y. Will Help Enroll People in Insurance through Obamacare ALBANY — The recent ... slash funding for enrollment assistance and marketing of insurance policies offered to individuals through the...

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Critics of Health Insurer Mergers Urge States to Act; Commonwealth Fund Quoted

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12/03/2015

... Cigna Corp. and Aetna Inc. with Humana Inc., urged state insurance regulators to investigate the potential mergers at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting Nov. 20. “States have ... that...

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Full Implementation of OMB Guidance on Indirect Costs in New York State and City

... that have previously negotiated a federal indirect cost rate must be paid using that rate. Nonprofits that have never had a federally approved indirect cost rate can elect either the minimum rate of 10 percent...

If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance, Millions Could Be at Risk

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09/21/2017

If Congress Doesn’t Act Fast on Children’s Health Insurance , Millions Could Be at Risk Last Tuesday, the Senate ... to extend funding for the national Children’s Health Insurance Program for five more years. The...

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Insurers Come Out Swinging Against New Republican Health Care Bill

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09/21/2017

... Against New Republican Health Care Bill The health insurance industry, after cautiously watching Republican ... care chaos in the short term and a Balkanized, uncertain insurance market. In the face of the...

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NYS Health Foundation Unveils Health Care Cost Transparency Website

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09/12/2017

NYS Health Foundation Unveils Health Care Cost Transparency Website This NYS Health-funded website by ... in mind. YouCanPlanForThis.org, an interactive health care cost transparency website, will empower New...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs

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01/06/2017

... Fund Study Finds that Repealing Obamacare Could Cost 3 Million Jobs Congress has another reason not to roll ... of Obamacare without replacing them right away could cost the nation 3 million jobs and trigger...

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OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug

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03/25/2015

OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug The drug naloxone ... at the Open Society Foundations.... OSF Weighs in on High Cost of Heroin Overdose Treatment Drug ...

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"Eye-Popping" Costs for Drugs Could Threaten Other Pressing Societal Needs

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07/28/2014

America needs to take steps to prevent "eye-popping" prices of new drugs from driving health care costs so high that other societal needs suffer, write David Blumenthal, M.D., president, and David Squires, senior researcher to the president, The...

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Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail

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10/21/2016

Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail Three thousand dollars. The ... raise the $3,000 bond... Kalief Browder's Mother Paid a Cost Far Higher Than His Bail .....

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’s own cells to fight cancer, a milestone that is expected to transform treatment in the coming years.