| Above the Fold |
July 2, 2012 |
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| Reform claims fact check |
| By Calvin Woodward and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
| In promoting the health care law, President Barack Obama is repeating his persistent and unsubstantiated assurance that Americans who like their health insurance can simply keep it. Republican rival Mitt Romney says quite the opposite, but his doomsday scenario is a stretch…Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Time to shop for a new 401(k)? |
| By Jenny Ivy |
| Sunday was the deadline for fee disclosure, and experts are telling plan sponsors to put away their pitchforks. While many sponsors may not have known what they were paying for, the improved transparent system will empower them as consumers to better examine the value they're buying. And cheaper is not necessarily better…Read more |
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| Some states want to abandon Medicaid expansion |
| By David A. Lieb |
| Republicans in at least three states want to abandon an expansion of Medicaid in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, and more than a dozen other states are considering it in the wake of the Supreme Court decision removing the threat of federal penalties…Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 Again what is not a problem or does not exist, as health plans have covered preventive care with a negative diagnosis at 100% some with and others without copayments. People just do not want to go to the doctor. Like the Liberals say "Never let a good crisis go to waste."
-- Jgs, Nearly half of adults lacked preventive health services before 2010
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