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	<title>Medicare and More &#187; obamacare</title>
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		<title>Preventive Screening Bills: Colonoscopy</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/15/preventive-screening-bills-colonoscopy/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/05/15/preventive-screening-bills-colonoscopy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preventives screenings are covered by Medicare and they are covered by all health insurance plans as a result of Obamacare.  This means a person should have no co-pay and no deductible cost when getting a preventive screening test.  So what should you do if you get a bill? Last week I wrote about how a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Social Security disability conditions get priority treatment</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/01/14/some-social-security-disability-conditions-get-priority-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2013/01/14/some-social-security-disability-conditions-get-priority-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Security identifies 200 serious health conditions that receive Compassionate Allowances when people apply for Social Security disability benefits.    The Compassionate Allowances program fast-tracks disability decisions to ensure that Americans with the most serious disabilities receive their benefit decisions within days instead of months &#8211; or years.  These conditions primarily include certain cancers, adult brain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The War Against Obamacare</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/26/the-war-against-obamacare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/26/the-war-against-obamacare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I asked &#8220;Why are Americans against Obamacare?&#8221;, and today I learned another reason. Health insurance companies, which said they were for the Affordable Care Act, were actually (and secretly) giving money to groups that were fighting against it. Rick Unger at Forbes.com writes : At the very same time the American Health Insurance Plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care ruling will be announced on Thursday</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/25/health-care-ruling-will-be-announced-on-thursday/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/25/health-care-ruling-will-be-announced-on-thursday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable health care act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court will meet again on Thursday, so that is when they will announce their decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. If you want to be the first to know how the Supreme Court rules on this case, you can go to scotusblog.com and get live minute-by-minute breaking news provided by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare saves Arizona consumers $27.9 million</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/22/obamacare-saves-arizona-consumers-27-9-million/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/22/obamacare-saves-arizona-consumers-27-9-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act and arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance rebates]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While we await the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act, provisions of the law already in place are showing positive effects for insurance consumers. The Department of Health and Human Services provided this press release on June 21, 2012: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that 414,000 Arizona residents will benefit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obamacare: Does your child have a right to health insurance?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/16/obamacare-does-your-child-have-a-right-to-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/16/obamacare-does-your-child-have-a-right-to-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your child has a health condition like diabetes, severe asthma, or autism, you&#8217;d better be working for a large employer.  Until Obamacare, if you worked for yourself or a small business, your child could be denied health insurance.  Because of the Affordable Care Act, children with pre-existing conditions have a right to health insurance. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obamacare:  Will it help people like you?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/14/the-future-of-health-care-stories-from-the-past/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/06/14/the-future-of-health-care-stories-from-the-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heartofobamacare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a story of a hardworking family that has been hurt by the crazy, confusing, and discriminatory heath insurance system we have today. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad that future moms won&#8217;t have to go through what I did.&#8221; -Jenifer W. from Portage, Indiana As freelance live event producers, my husband and I have always had to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where does Ron Barber stand on Obamacare?</title>
		<link>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/05/21/where-does-ron-barber-stand-on-obamacare/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/2012/05/21/where-does-ron-barber-stand-on-obamacare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Early</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsoncitizen.com/medicare/?p=737</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first Arizona CD8 debate, Ron Barber  was vague about his support for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), so  I&#8217;ve prepared a list of provisions in the law that most Americans support (and one or two they don&#8217;t). In the next debate, I&#8217;d like Ron Barber to ask Jesse Kelly why he would repeal [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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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>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>
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		<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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