The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) will hold the 2014 Iowa Pork Congress on Jan. 22 and 23 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The nation's largest winter swine tradeshow and conference will be held in Hy-Vee Hall with show ...
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More young adults have health insurance now than three years ago. And many of them are getting that coverage under a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows them to stay on their parents' health policies until they turn 26, U.S. ...
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Although many blame the health law for all recent health care cost increases, trends that bump up the cost of care were in place before the law was enacted and are being driven up even more by routine costs, some say. Kaiser Health News: ...
As the final phase of the Affordable Care Act, sometimes called "Obamacare," begins, a new report shows that more than 45 million Americans still don't have health insurance. As troubling as that number may seem, it represents only 14.6 ...
Consumers whose individual health insurance policies have been cancelled for failing to meet the minimum requirements of the Affordable Care Act may now apply for a "hardship exemption," Obama administration officials announced late ...
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As 2013 nears to a close, the year's top health news story -- the fumbled debut of the Affordable Care Act, often dubbed Obamacare -- continues to grab headlines. The Obama administration had high hopes for its health-care reform package, ...
Antibiotics for children that are covered by private insurance cost five times more in the United States than in the United Kingdom, where costs are covered by a government universal health plan. That's the finding of researchers who ...
The health insurance industry announced Wednesday that the payment deadline for those who buy health insurance through state and federal exchanges under the final provision of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been ...
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The more people weigh, the higher their health care costs, a new study finds. The findings may give people another reason to pledge to shed excess pounds next year, the Duke University researchers said. The investigators analyzed the ...
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Nine of 10 women do not need and should not receive genetic testing to see if they are at risk for breast or ovarian cancer, an influential panel of health experts announced Monday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
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The delay on the part of the uninsured to buy health insurance may be because 60 percent struggle with insurance concepts,a U.S.survey indicates. The Urban Institute's Health Reform Monitoring Survey,a new initiative that tracks three ...
California's marketplace director reports enrollment for health insurance increased to 15,000 per day,a non-profit group specializing in healthcare says. Sara Collins and Tracy Garber of the Commonwealth Fund in New York said following ...
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Some in politics and media say the Affordable Care Act will fail, but top U.S. healthcare executives say healthcare will improve, a survey says. Study authors Ralph W. Muller, chief executive officer of the University of Pennsylvania ...
News outlets highlighted health care aspects of President Barack Obama's news conference. Politico: Obama: More Than A Million New Insured In December More than one million Americans signed up for health insurance under the Affordable ...
The early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine today's deadline for enrolling for health insurance that would begin Jan. 1, as well as a variety of other health law stories and several articles on mental health ...