The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Mar 12, 2013
The proposals House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled Tuesday would lead to a dramatic increase the number of people who lack health insurance in the United States.
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The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Feb 27, 2013
Layoffs, hiring freezes and cutbacks are already starting at major medical research institutions as they face the impending across-the-board cuts to the federal budget known as sequestration. The advancement of medical cures and the careers of countless scientists are at stake.
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The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Feb 26, 2013
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie became the eighth Republican governor to back expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law on Tuesday.
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The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Feb 21, 2013
Time magazine this week is out with a mammoth, 24,000-word story on the state of the U.S. health care system written by Steven Brill, an author who many best be known as the creator of CourTV. According to the story, Brill spent seven months researching why health care costs so much in America.
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The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Feb 20, 2013
Before he was Florida's governor, Rick Scott sank $5 million of his own fortune into trying to kill President Barack Obama's health care reform agenda. On Wednesday, Scott, a Republican, completed a major turnaround when he announced his state would take part in a key element of Obama's plan to enroll more poor people in Medicaid.
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