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Deadline Approaching To Sign Up & Make Changes To Coverage Under Affordable...
The deadline is fast approaching to sign up for or make changes to your healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Americans have until Sunday to change their coverage. The Health and Human...
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800,000 HealthCare.gov Customers Given Wrong Tax Info
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s another glitch for the Affordable Care Act. This one affects some people who signed up for health insurance and paid reduced premiums. Now, the government’s telling them to...
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Supreme Court Upholds Nationwide Health Care Law Subsidies
WASHINGTON (AP) – Gov. Tom Wolf will withdraw his application to take over the insurance marketplace created under the 2010 federal health care law now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the law’s...
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Bishop Zubik Heads To Washington, D.C. To Challenge Part Of Affordable Care Act
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Bishop David Zubik is taking the United States government to court on Wednesday. Bishop Zubik is challenging part of the Affordable Care Act, also known...
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Supreme Court Justices Divided Over Health Law Birth Control Plan
WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) – In a new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care law, the Supreme Court appeared deeply and evenly divided Wednesday over the arrangement devised by the administration...
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Highmark Health Suing U.S. Government
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — One of the area’s largest health insurance companies is suing the United States government alleging it failed to pay its share of Affordable Care Act claims. Highmark Health says...
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Gov. Wolf Calls Special Legislative Session To Deal With Opioid Crisis
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — At the Gateway Rehab Center in Moon, Gov. Tom Wolf said he and legislative leaders have agreed to a special session to address the growing problem of Pennsylvanians addicted to...
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Regulators: Pennsylvania Health Insurance Premiums To Rise
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – State regulators say the cost of health insurance premiums will be going up sharply next year for residents who buy individual plans. The state Department of Insurance said...
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Fourth Open Enrollment Period Opens Under Affordable Health Care Act
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The fourth open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act began Tuesday. While the administration makes a big push, it could be a tough sell for people in certain states where...
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Women Encouraged To Take Care Of IUDs Before Trump Presidency
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — While some voters are still coming to terms with the reality of a Donald Trump presidency, some women are now thinking ahead to their yearly OB-GYN visit. Why? Because it may be...
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Consumer Reports Issues Obamacare Tax Scam Warning
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Scammers are at it again, this time claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. They’re taking aim at people who are covered under Obamacare and are exploiting confusion about...
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Local GOP Congressmen Weigh In On Repealing, Replacing Obamacare
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — President Obama was on Capitol Hill to meet with Democrats on Wednesday while Vice President-elect Mike Pence did the same with Republicans. The topic — the Affordable Care Act....
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Republican-Led Senate Takes First Step To Repeal ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) – The Senate has passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law. The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding...
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Rep. Murphy: Obamacare Has Been A Financial Disaster
WASHINGTON (AP/NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Donald Trump is promising that his plan to replace the nation’s health care law will have universal coverage. He told the Washington Post, “We’re going to have...
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Trump Signs Executive Order Telling Agencies To Ease Burden Of Affordable...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed his first executive order as president, ordering federal agencies to ease the burden of President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care law....
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Officials: Repeal Of Medicaid Expansion ‘Disastrous’ For PA
HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – State officials are preparing for “disastrous” consequences in Pennsylvania should President Donald Trump repeal the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid Expansion Program. Key...
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Senate OKs President Trump’s Nominee For Health Secretary
WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) – Republicans have driven President Donald Trump’s choice for health secretary through a testy Senate in a party-line vote. The 52-47 roll call early Friday means Georgia GOP Rep....
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House GOP Releases Bill To Unravel Obama Health Care Law
WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) — House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, a package that would scale back the government’s role...
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Early Reaction To House GOP Health Care Plan Signifies Start Of Intense...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The long-awaited 123-page Republican proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has been released. The bill would no longer penalize Americans for not having health...
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2 Local Congressmen Face Off On Republican Health Plan
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Congressman Mike Doyle, a Democrat, says there’s a reason why House Republicans are striking the word “affordable” from the title of their health care bill to replace the Affordable...
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