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The partnerships with the Spanish-language media giant are among the most concrete ways to date that insurers have invested in the marketing of Obamacare, but they also could skirt a key principle of the Affordable Care Act: that it should foster insurer competition and consumer choice.
The administration is making a strong push to entice Hispanic Americans and legal residents to get insurance through the online insurance exchanges.
The report says that the administration "has many key activities remaining to be completed."
New York City has a very different approach to proton beam therapy, a controversial high-tech radiation treatment for cancer, than other major metropolitan areas. Hospitals were encouraged to collaborate and a medical "arms race" was avoided.
Washington, D.C., is on the verge of approving two high-tech radiation facilities at a total cost of $153 million. The treatment costs twice as much as standard radiation but hasn't been shown to work any better for most cancers.
Law enforcement agencies report an increase in phone scams by fraudsters who prey on the public's confusion over the massive changes taking place in the nation's health care system -- and the thieves often target senior citizens.
Feds announce $54 million to hire 'navigators' in 33 states, but some say that's too little to get job done.
Few consumers know what they'll need to do to sign up for the new health insurance marketplaces. Advocates worry about the outreach strategy and funding in states that defaulted to the federal government to run the exchanges.
Jose Chavez Gonzalez was working construction but had eight years of medical training in El Salvador. A UCLA program finds its candidates working in warehouses, meat packing plants and behind the counter at McDonalds.
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