The extension is given after at least 850,000 visits on the final day, the highest number the website has seen.
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Junk insurance can still dupe customers
The renewed option to keep a health insurance policy if you like it leaves many with inadequate coverage.
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Judge orders continued life support for girl declared brain dead
A California hospital is ordered to sustain a girl on a ventilator while an additional medical opinion is sought.
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Religious groups win injunction on health care contraception rule
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge granted an injunction Friday that prohibits the government from enforcing the federal health care law’s requirement that insurance coverage include access to the morning-after pill and similar contraceptives on almost 200 religious organizations that have filed a class-action lawsuit to block the mandate. The preliminary injunction issued by U.S. […]
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White House relaxes health insurance requirements
The Obama administration says consumers whose policies were canceled can buy bare-bones policies or entirely avoid the requirement to buy coverage.
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New Maine co-op draws most health care enrollments
The nonprofit reports it’s been selected by about 75 percent of Mainers so far, but the reasons are unclear.
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High blood pressure treatment in older adults could change
A panel recommends treating the condition less aggressively.
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Insurers extend health premium deadline by 10 days
The move reduces the risk that coverage could be interrupted for consumers switching plans under the federal overhaul.
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Former Microsoft exec takes over effort to fix Obamacare website
Kurt DelBene, who most recently served as president of the Microsoft Office Division, will take over from Jeffrey Zeints.
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Routine multivitamin use disappoints, studies show
Two new studies conclude that popping multivitamins neither protects aging men’s brains nor helps heart attack survivors.