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	<title>Medicare and More &#187; affordable care act</title>
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		<title>Obamacare is upheld by the Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/28/obamacare-is-upheald-by-the-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/28/obamacare-is-upheald-by-the-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the things I&#8217;ve been reading this morning about the Supreme Court decision that allows the Affordable Care Act to stand: From the New York Times: “It was such a great sigh of relief,” said Norman Garland, a retiree in Lincoln, Neb., whose wife Pamela is a cancer patient, in a telephone interview. “I’m just really, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are Americans against Obamacare?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/25/why-are-americans-against-obamacare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/25/why-are-americans-against-obamacare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have complained for two years that Democrats and the Obama Administration barely bothered to promote the Affordable Care Act once it was passed.  I suppose that was because in 2010, with the Tea Party rising, they thought it was probably best to not talk about it -  even while many parts of the law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform Preventive Services</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/03/28/health-care-reform-preventive-services/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/03/28/health-care-reform-preventive-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under health care refom, preventative services regulations require coverage for a broad category of preventive services, including: immunizations blood pressure and cholesterol screenings diabetes screening for hypertensive patients various cancer and sexually transmitted infection screenings depression screenings tobacco cessation programs obesity screening and counseling, as well as other services Plans can no longer charge a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Insurance and Contraception in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/03/03/health-insurance-and-contraception-in-arizona/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/03/03/health-insurance-and-contraception-in-arizona/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[contraceptives and insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance coverage contraceptives]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everybody&#8217;s been talking about contraception lately, and  I have a few questions. Is this debate about religious freedom?  Or is it about birth control being part of preventive care?  Or is the debate about some people&#8217;s desire to turn back the clock&#8230;to a time when people didn&#8217;t have sex outside of marriage? Currently 28 states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Americans healthier, or just afraid seek medical care?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/01/10/are-americans-healthier-or-just-afraid-seek-medical-care/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/01/10/are-americans-healthier-or-just-afraid-seek-medical-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act 85711]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care costs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Growth in U.S. Health Spending Remains Slow in 2010 U.S. health care spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures (NHE). The low rate of growth means Americans got less health care than in previous years. The report notes that U.S. health care spending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Medicare: Accountable Care Organizations</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/06/25/the-future-of-medicare-accountable-care-organizations/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/06/25/the-future-of-medicare-accountable-care-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) will change the way medical services are paid for by Medicare, and they could possibly deliver savings of 40% from the existing fee-for-service Medicare payment system.  One blog I read called ACOs  &#8216;unicorns&#8217; because &#8220;every one knows what they look like but no one has seen one&#8221;. Wikipedia information on accountable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare: Young vs Old</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/06/20/medicare-young-vs-old/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/06/20/medicare-young-vs-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare republicans]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a good article on the problems facing Medicare now and in the future. They are: too many baby boomers; controlling costs; and our divided health insurance system that pits Medicare beneficiaries against people under 65 in the private insurance market. One-and-a-half million baby boomers will turn 65 every year for the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan reduces premiums.</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/06/01/federal-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan-reduces-premiums/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/06/01/federal-pre-existing-condition-insurance-plan-reduces-premiums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the many pieces of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare to some), was the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) which is available to people who have been denied health insurance because of a pre-existing condition.  An additional condition for participating in the PCIP is that people must have been without health insurance coverage for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress stalls important health care improvement work.</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/05/31/congress-stalls-important-health-care-improvement-work/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/05/31/congress-stalls-important-health-care-improvement-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 15:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctor shortage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With or without health care reform and 30 million newly-insured Americans, everyone agrees we need more primary care physicians, more physician assistants, and more skilled health care workers. Everyone seems to agree there should be a coordinated effort to identify locations where there are doctor shortages and come up with ways to train and hire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>600,000 young adults get health insurance through Obamacare</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/05/26/600000-young-adults-get-health-insurance-through-obamacare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2011/05/26/600000-young-adults-get-health-insurance-through-obamacare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 15:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new insurance rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaiser Health News reports that 600,000 young adults took advantage of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows people under 26 to remain on their parents&#8217; employer health insurance. Wellpoint, the largest health insurer in the country, got 280,000 new clients as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Aetna added close to [...]]]></description>
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