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		<title>High-risk insurance pools will limit patient costs but not cover abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Galewitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington state's insurance plan for residents with pre-existing conditions will start accepting applications in August with coverage beginning on the 1st of September.]]></description>
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		<title>Support for health law remains steady while opposition drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lexie Verdon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall support remained stable since the June survey, with about half the public expressing a favorable view of the overhaul, the poll found.
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		<title>Two important pocketbook questions for seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When am I going to be able to start collecting benefits under the law's new long-term-care program? When will the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap close?]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the innovators in health care delivery?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In healthcare, in areas where patients pay out of pocket for services entrepreneurs, driven by market forces, have been lowering cost and raising quality.]]></description>
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		<title>New rules guarantee right to appeal insurance claim denials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KaiserHealthNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The regulations guarantee consumers the right to appeal denials — directly to their insurers and then, if necessary, to external review boards.
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		<title>Despite parity law, mental health coverage may still fall short</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Steadman - KHN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Andrew Sperling, the director of federal legislative advocacy for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), about how recent health reform measures will affect coverage of mental illnesses.]]></description>
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		<title>Out-of-network ER visits won’t cost more under new health law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you go to an ER thats out of your plan's network, you can end up paying hefty out-of-network charges. Under the new health law that changes, but the new provisions don't cover all the bases.
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		<title>When bad news about health reform isn’t bad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Cohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Cohn argues that news stories about businesses dropping insurance and insurers limiting doctor choice isn't bad: they highlight health reform's benefits.]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion supporters now blast administration over health law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Rovner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abortion rights supporters blast Administration over ruling that limits abortion coverage in the new high-risk insurance pools.]]></description>
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		<title>Plans will have to provide some preventive services at no cost</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans will  be required to cover such preventive services as cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes testing, cancer screening and routine immunizations without additional charges, such as copayment.]]></description>
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