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The federal government has doled out more than $600 million in benefit payments to dead people over the past five years, a watchdog report says.

Oregon's Senate has confirmed Gov. John Kitzhaber's nominees to the Health Insurance Exchange Board.

Nurses in red union shirts carried signs and chanted slogans outside dozens of Northern and Central California hospitals on Thursday as part of a one-day strike over benefit cuts and other concessions sought by hospital management.

Federal health officials are pushing Florida lawmakers to include a provision in their Medicaid overhaul that would require private health plans to spend 85 percent of funds on patient care, state health officials said Wednesday.

The American Federation of Government Employees recently sent a letter to the Democratic members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction that explained the negative outcomes of agency budget reductions regarding Social Security Administration services and programs.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could cut the number of uninsured Ohio residents by 790,000 in 2017, but it also could increase premiums for the 735,000 residents who have individual coverage by more than 55%.