Judge Rules Against Strict Texas Abortion Law
A U.S. District judge ruled that the law's provision requiring abortion facilities to meet certain surgical standards was unconstitutional.
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A U.S. District judge ruled that the law's provision requiring abortion facilities to meet certain surgical standards was unconstitutional.
Officials for the state's online health marketplace also ask lawmakers to increase the cap on general fund money they can use for marketing.
Gov. Tom Corbett reached a deal with the Obama administration to use federal funds to put about 500,000 low-income residents into managed care plans already used by the state.
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Women's advocacy groups complain that the plan doesn't have "teeth" needed to make a change, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The hospitals complain that the shift is a problem because they are getting less funding for the uninsured.
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Hundreds of thousands of people risk losing subsidized health insurance if they don't resubmit immigration information by the end of next week, but many have been unable to comply because of glitches with healthcare.gov. Other stories look at the millions spent on healthcare.gov and at exchange developments in Connecticut, Oregon and Washington.
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But the state offered few details about where the negotiations with the federal government are heading. Also in news about changes from the health law in the states, the Arizona Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of a case that could unravel that state's Medicaid expansion.
The novel effort will be spearheaded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Also, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tells an American Legion convention that Congress will continue to revamp the VA.
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