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The Indypendent
"Right-To-Work" And Labor's Wrongs
The Indypendent
Health insurance, paid vacations, paid sick leave, and paid family leave, not to mention “welfare-state institutions” and “labor laws that provide significant rights and protections to all workers”: these are things labor unions historically have won ...

The Real Reason Blacks Won't Abandon President Obama Over Marriage Equality
Care2.com (blog)
Gay and transgender families and ultimately all families of color can be denied access to health care and safety net programs under these laws. According to a CAP report, safety net programs, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the ...

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Repeal and Replace
Fox News (blog)
Twenty-six million is the number of people who will still find themselves without health insurance under the ACA. In other words, despite all of the commotion from House Republicans that they would annul President Obama's health care law, they've been ...
More Hypocrisy From GOP's Crack Team of Health Care Con ArtistsHuffington Post

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Mo. Lawmakers back bill blocking health exchanges
KRCG
(AP) -- Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation that will ask voters to block state government from implementing part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. House members gave the measure final approval on Friday.

ABC News
A bogus tax attack on Obama
Traverse City Record Eagle
And while it's true that some tax increases contained in the new health care law would fall on individuals, they have mostly not taken effect yet and are small compared with the cuts the president already enacted. And this ad exaggerates them greatly.
Obama: Broken promises on taxes and health care?Washington Post (blog)
New ad says Mitt Romney would approve Keystone Pipeline on "day one"MassLive.com
Fact Check: Crossroads Ad Hits Obama for 'Broken Promises'ABC News (blog)
The Seattle Times
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Sunshine State News
Lautenberg, Rubio Introduce Bill to Protect Military Retirees from Unfair ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
Frank R. Lautenberg , D- NJ , issued the following news release: Today, US Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced legislation that would place reasonable and affordable caps on health insurance enrollment fees, ...
Senators join forces to contain TRICARE hikesGovExec.com

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2012 MISSOURI GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Columbia Daily Tribune
Refers to the statewide ballot a measure that would bar the implementation of a health insurance exchange unless authorized by a state law or a subsequent vote of the people. JUDGES: Asks voters to decide later this year whether to give governors ...

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Petitions to be submitted on health insurance rates in California
Sacramento Bee
Consumer Watchdog launched the initiative qualification campaign after heath insurance rate regulation legislation stalled in the state Legislature last year. The measure also targets provisions of a rate-related initiative sponsored by auto insurance ...

2012 Missouri legislative session ends
St. Louis Public Radio News
The Senate and House also passed a measure that, if approved by voters, would bar the governor from creating a health insurance exchange via executive order – and they passed legislation that would allow employers to opt out of providing birth control ...

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Lawmakers Back Bill Blocking Health Exchanges In Missouri
KTTS
By Greg Brock (AP) - Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation that will ask voters to block state government from implementing part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. House members gave the measure final approval 108-38 on Friday.

KDLT News
HHS sets deadline for health insurance exchanges
FierceHealthPayer
16 how states in which they operate will choose to run their health insurance exchanges--either establish their own exchange, defer to the federal exchange or choose to only perform some services. That's the deadline that the Department of Health ...
Red States Unswayed By Federal Health Exchange PlanGoverning (blog)
Implementing Health Reform: State-Based, Partnership, And Federally ...Health Affairs (blog)

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KC school bill dies as Missouri lawmakers adjourn
Kansas City Star
“I just wonder at what point the people in this building who say they care about education will actually take a stand and do what's right.” The bill that derailed the Kansas City legislation would have allowed schools to lay off tenured teachers while ...

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Stronger risk management sought in 2012 farm law
Insurance News Net (press release)
... serve the long-term financial health of merchandizers, processors, related businesses and rural economies.” Coley urged the Committee to include – beginning with the '13 crop – the NCC's Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) in new farm law.

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Bills that passed or failed in the Mo. Legislature
WJTV
Refers to the statewide ballot a measure that would bar the implementation of a health insurance exchange unless authorized by a state law or a subsequent vote of the people. SB464 Asks voters to decide later this year whether to give governors greater ...

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First Things
Missouri voters to decide on health exchanges
Blue Springs Examiner
By AP AP Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation that will ask voters to block state government from implementing part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. House members gave the measure final approval 108-38 on Friday.
Obamacare: The States Continue to RevoltFirst Things (blog)

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First Things (blog)
Obamacare: The States Continue to Revolt
First Things (blog)
The contraception legislation now goes to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. A separate measure also passed Friday will ask Missouri voters later this year whether to restrict the creation of a health insurance exchange. It targets a provision in Obama's ...

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Bills that passed or failed in the Mo. Legislature
WSLS
Refers to the statewide ballot a measure that would bar the implementation of a health insurance exchange unless authorized by a state law or a subsequent vote of the people. SB464 Asks voters to decide later this year whether to give governors greater ...

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KCTV 5Bills that passed or failed in the Mo. Legislature
KCTV Kansas City
Refers to the statewide ballot a measure that would bar the implementation of a health insurance exchange unless authorized by a state law or a subsequent vote of the people. SB464 Asks voters to decide later this year whether to give governors greater ...

Mayoral candidates address neighborhood issues
U-T San Diego
The four candidates tended to agree on most subjects with each advocating to make health care more affordable and help the homeless get back on their feet. However, they each view the issues — and how to tackle them — from decidedly different prisms.

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Politico
More Hypocrisy From GOP's Crack Team of Health Care Con Artists
Huffington Post
As Politico reports: "If the law is partially or fully overturned they'll draw up bills to keep the popular, consumer-friendly portions [of Obamacare] in place -- like allowing adult children to remain on parents' health care plans until age 26, ...
Are House Republicans Caving in on Repealing Obamacare?Forbes

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