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GOP House votes to repeal 'Obamacare' (again)

David Espo, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressing an election-year point, Republicans pushed yet another bill through the House on Wednesday to repeal the nation's two-year-old health care law....
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Big gaps in Affordable Care Act for blacks linger

Kimberly N. Alleyne
theGRIO REPORT - While the Affordable Care Act will allow 3.8 million previously uninsured African-Americans to have health insurance by 2016, blacks still lack coverage in larger numbers than other racial and ethnic groups...
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The Supreme Court's health care hearings are critical

Perry Bacon Jr.
OPINION - Health care reform is perhaps the signature legislative achievement of the president's tenure. The court gutting the law would damage Obama's legacy as president...
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Skin bleaching can be hazardous to your health

Ashley Michelle Williams
theGRIO REPORT - Health officials warn that they should not skin lightening creams from other countries as they may cause mercury poisoning...
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Obama health care law headed to Supreme Court

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it will hear arguments over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, setting up an election-year showdown over the White House's main domestic achievement...
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Genetic research changes view of disease in blacks

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - For the first time, researchers are looking into the genetic makeup of African-Americans and changing the way we view minority illnesses...
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Health Care ReformIn one of the landmark achievements of his first 2 years in office, President Barack Obama helped usher robust health care reform legislation through Congress.  The bill, now under attack in the courts, helps make health care more affordable, eliminates pre-existing condition discrimination and expands coverage to all Americans.  The law also ensures that children with pre-existing conditions can no longer be denied coverage and prevents insurance companies from eliminating coverage to people when they get sick.

Coverage with no copay extended to birth control

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change in women's health care potentially as transformative...
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Cerebral palsy worker accused of taunting blind victim

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NEW YORK - Gary Richard, Jr. has been accused of taunting a blind, wheelchair bound man by tilting and twisting his chair.
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