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  States may push workers to exchanges

  By Mike Baker  |  April 24, 2013

  In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama's health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their health care expenses along to Washington, D.C. — and analysts say...

• 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.

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  Romney health care vision short on detail

  By Steve Peoples  |  June 12, 2012

  Anticipating the death of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Mitt Romney outlined his plans Tuesday to expand coverage to the nation's uninsured, while protecting at least one popular safeguard that would be eliminated should the Supreme Court strike down the law.

• House approves bill repealing medical tax

  By Alan Fram  |  June 7, 2012

  Scoffing at a White House veto threat, the House voted Thursday to repeal a tax on medical device makers that Republicans cast as a job-killing levy that would stifle an innovative industry.

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  House kills FSA 'use-or-lose' rule

  By Jenny Ivy  |  June 7, 2012

  Despite a White House veto threat, the House on Thursday approved legislation that would amend a 28-year-old rule requiring flexible spending account users to forfeit their unused balances. The bill also lifts restrictions on using FSAs and health savings accounts for over-the-counter drugs.

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  Candidates grapple with reform truths

  By Calvin Woodward and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  November 3, 2011

  The myths of Obamacare in GOP campaign

• Congress votes Thursday on budget, Medicare cuts

  By Andrew Taylor  |  April 14, 2011

  The House and Senate are ready to vote on legislation cutting almost $40 billion from the budget for the current year, but President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals are both eager to move on to multi-year fiscal plans that cut trillions instead of billions.