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This week, we passed the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. The storm was a disaster in every sense of the term. Hurricane Sandy led to almost 300 indirect and direct fatalities across seven countries, and it was the second-costliest hurricane…

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was not immune to the effects of the government shutdown that is now in its 16th day. The agency had to furlough 9,000 employees, leaving just 4,000 running the CDC, according to a…

A New Hampshire commission of lawmakers, officials and members of the public has recommended that the state expand its Medicaid program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

National Medicaid enrollment and spending growth are expected to rise in fiscal year 2014, driven by improving economic conditions and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Enrollment in the Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act promises to create capacity problems in clinics nationwide, with one-third of physicians who currently see Medicaid patients no longer accepting new Medicaid patients, according to a report…

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