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Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Who Helped Pass Obamacare, Dies at 82 Obamacare

Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Who Helped Pass Obamacare, Dies at 82

Then newly-elected Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks during a news conference at the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C., in 2004. (Shaun Heasley/Reuters) Harry Reid, a 30-year veteran of the upper chamber of Congress and former boxer who led the Senate Democrats from 2005 to 2017, passed away at…
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December 29, 2021
A call center helps Americans access Obamacare. They struggle to afford their own insurance. Obamacare

A call center helps Americans access Obamacare. They struggle to afford their own insurance.

It has been, in the words of one unhappy Mississippi call center worker, “a hard pill to swallow.” Every day Lanycha Hall, who works for the federal contractor Maximus at its facility in Hattiesburg, helps people enroll in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. But Hall said she can’t afford…
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November 6, 2021
GOP burned by BIF Obamacare

GOP burned by BIF

As Democrats haggle over the final details of their nearly $2 trillion social spending bill, Republicans are venting frustration — with key moderates still wavering over whether to back the companion $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Why it matters: If progressives don't actually drop their demand to have the social…
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October 28, 2021
Cómo hacer desaparecer una deuda médica: 5 consejos para usar la asistencia caritativa del hospital Obamacare

Cómo hacer desaparecer una deuda médica: 5 consejos para usar la asistencia caritativa del hospital

¿Qué pasa si se aprueba una ley pero nadie la hace cumplir? Eso es básicamente lo que ha ocurrido con una pequeña pero útil normativa sobre los hospitales y la asistencia financiera para cubrir facturas médicas. La Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA), también conocida como Obamacare,…
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October 15, 2021