Health Care Reform and Obamacare (ACA)

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  Nevada the latest to scrap exchange

  POLITICO - By Kyle Cheney

  Nevada has become the latest state to scrap its crippled Obamacare exchange and join the federal HealthCare.gov for at least a year. The Silver State, which had seemed to start strong last October before smashing into a wall of technical problems, is the only state with a Republican governor that …

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  Treating Congestive Heart Failure and the Role of Payment Reform

  brookings.edu - Darshak Sanghavi

  Table of Contents: Living with Congestive Heart Failure Profiles in Care Delivery Innovation & Payment Reform Lessons Learned and Policy …

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  GOP Strategy To Run Against Health Law Hits Snags

  NPR - Julie Rovner

  Last year, the Republican playbook for keeping control of the House of Representatives in 2014 and winning the Senate consisted of a fairly simple strategy: Run against Obamacare. But now that the 2014 races are starting to take shape, that strategy isn't looking quite so simple. Democrats are …

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  Experimental Malaria Vaccine Blocks The Bad Guy's Exit

  NPR - Richard Harris

  For the first time in decades, researchers trying to develop a vaccine for malaria have discovered a new target they can use to attack this deadly and common parasite. Finding a target for attack is a far cry from having a vaccine. And the history of malaria vaccines is littered with hopeful ideas …

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  Insurance Fee For Big Businesses Helps Fund Obamacare

  NPR - Sarah Jane Tribble

  The world of health care, like any, is full of haves and have-nots. It's not hard to the haves at Sherwin-Williams' corporate headquarters in downtown Cleveland where some 2,500 employees have access to an in-house health and wellness center. The huge paint company offers comprehensive health …

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  Mental Illness Can Shorten Lives More Than Chain-Smoking

  NPR - Maanvi Singh

  Mental disorders can reduce life expectancy by 10 to 20 years, as much as or even more than smoking over 20 cigarettes a day, a study finds. We know that smoking boosts the risk of cancer and heart disease, says Dr. Seena Fazel, a psychiatrist at Oxford University who led the study. But aside from …