federal health care law

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  Colorado Medicaid expansion signed into law

  By Ivan Moreno  |  May 14, 2013

  An expansion of Medicaid eligibility that's expected to add 160,000 adults to public health care assistance in Colorado has been signed into law.

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  PPACA and French health care one and the same? Far from it

  By Erin Conroy  |  May 6, 2013

  PPACA is often compared to European health care: Both are built on a large, highly regulated private sector and rely mainly on third-party, employment-based insurers.

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  States fear loss of health care aid

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  May 3, 2013

  Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say.

• World of good

  By Erin Conroy  |  May 1, 2013

  As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act takes shape, it’s often compared to European health care and, in particular, to the system in France. It’s an easy comparison to make: Both are built on a large, highly regulated private sector and rely mainly on third-party, employment-based insurers.

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  Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  April 22, 2013

  Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare."

• Arkansas approves Medicaid expansion alternative

  By Michael Stratford  |  April 18, 2013

  Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a model that several other states are eyeing as a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid.

• Maryland House passes health reform measure

  By Brian Witte  |  March 26, 2013

  A measure to further implement federal health care reform in Maryland passed the House of Delegates on a 93-43 vote Monday with little debate.

• Pelosi faults Senate on medical tax repeal

  By Associated Press  |  March 25, 2013

  House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is faulting the U.S. Senate for voting to strip away a portion of President Obama's landmark health care law.

• Major insurance overhaul passes at Minnesota Capitol

  By Patrick Condon  |  March 19, 2013

  More than 300,000 uninsured Minnesotans will have a route toward health coverage under a bill the state Senate passed Monday, the final legislative step toward implementing one of the major features of the new federal health care law.

• New Hampshire House voting on Medicaid expansion

  By The Associated Press  |  March 18, 2013

  New Hampshire's House is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would prohibit the state from expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law.