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Obamacare

Welcome to Obamacare Nation

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theGRIO REPORT - After two years of intense effort to eliminate or least weaken President Obama's health care law, Republicans at least for now are accepting it's here to stay...
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President Barack Obama (R) signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act as Marcelas Owens looks on during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama's health care law advances in the states

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Threatened with repeal just weeks ago, President Barack Obama's health care law now appears on track in close to half the states, with others playing catch-up...
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President Barack Obama (R) signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act as Marcelas Owens looks on during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Obama's health care overhaul turns into a sprint

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The long slog has turned into a sprint. President Barack Obama's health care law survived the Supreme Court and the election; now the uninsured can sign up for coverage in about 11 months...
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Obamacare

Why this is the Obamacare election

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - On no issue are the candidates further apart, as Obama pledges to implement his massive health care reform while Romney plans to gut it...
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Beyonce and Blue Ivy Carter

'Beyoncé' rooms at Lenox Hill Hospital come under fire

Yesha Callahan, Frugivore Magazine
FRUGIVORE - For $1,700-a-night, you too can receive the “Beyonce” treatment at Lenox Hill Hospital’s ultra posh maternity ward for the 1%. The rest of the 99% population will have to deal with the norm at Lenox Hill, which includes overworked nurses.
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Wilna Alexander, 54, a part-time cook for a midtown Jackson, Miss., community services operation, and one of an estimated 476,000 uninsured Mississippians, cleans up after preparing the batter for a baked dessert for a pre-school center and a senior citizens meal program, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. She said she was on Medicaid, but lost the coverage more than two years ago when she began working. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Miss. says no thanks to Medicaid expansion dollars

Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance...
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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney: Uninsured don't 'die in their apartments'

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - People without health insurance don't lack access to care, and aren't at risk of 'dying in their apartments,' according to Mitt Romney...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Van Meter, Iowa. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Big gaps in Romney plan on pre-existing conditions

Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney's plan to help people with pre-existing medical conditions: Hang on to your health insurance if you want to be protected....
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University of Denver student Sam Garry sits at the moderator's desk before a presidential debate dress rehearsal at University of Denver on October 2, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. Tomorrow marks the first presidential debate with the two candidates as little more than one month remains before Americans head to the polls to elect their president for the next four years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Debate night: 5 things to watch for

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Here are five key questions ahead of tonight's much-hyped first debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney in Denver...
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Shot of the ER from the Waiting Room Movie

New doc examines woes of Oakland ER

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - A new documentary out today, “The Waiting Room,” exposes the woes of the health care system through the backdrop of an emergency department waiting room...
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