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The Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Alliance for Health Transformation are gathering signatures to put expanding the state's Medicaid program on the 2014 ballot, according to a WOSU Public Media report.

The U.S. is the least efficient among countries with advanced economies when it comes to healthcare, spending the most on a relative cost basis and experiencing the worst outcomes, according to a Bloomberg data analysis.

The public opinion regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has maintained its negative slant this month, although a majority of Americans still opposed defunding the law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation Poll.

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Conservative activists gathered in Richmond, Va., Monday to voice their opposition to a potential Medicaid expansion, according to a report from The Washington Post.

Torrington, Conn.-based Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is reconsidering the construction of its proposed cancer center in East Litchfield, Conn., according to a report from the County Times.

HHS announced today that it has awarded $150 million to more than 1,000 health centers in all 50 states for the purpose of assisting the centers in enrolling uninsured Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new coverage…

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