- Oregon health exchange tells applicants to go elsewhere if not covered Jan. 1
- 17-year-old shot at Colorado high school dies
- Pa. town makes dying girl's Christmas carol wish come true
- Federal judge rules to prevent contraceptive mandate for religious groups
- ObamaCare may make finding treatment harder for mentally ill
- 48 Hours left to sign up
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Some
applicants for health insurance in Oregon have begun receiving
robocalls from that state's health exchange warning that they will be
forced to seek coverage elsewhere if they don't receive confirmation of
enrollment by Monday.
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Claire
Davis, the 17-year-old Colorado high school student who was shot in the
head by a classmate, has died according to hospital statement released
Saturday.
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Thousands
of carolers gathered outside the home of a terminally ill Pennsylvania
girl Saturday night to help make one of her final wishes come true.
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A
federal judge granted an injunction this weekend that prevents the
government from enforcing the ObamaCare mandate requiring religious
groups across the country to provide insurance that includes access to
the morning-after pill and other contraceptives.
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Last
year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
almost 91 million adults lived in areas like here where shortages of
mental-health professionals made obtaining treatment difficult. A
departmental report to Congress earlier this year said 55 percent of the
nation's 3,100 counties have no practicing psychiatrists, psychologists
or social workers, a combination of budget cuts and doctors leaving the
profession.
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For
most Americans, Monday is the deadline to sign up for health insurance
that takes effect on Jan. 1. It was supposed to be a turning point in
the troubled history of the new health care law, the moment when the
spotlight would shift from the federal government’s online marketplace
to the insurance companies providing coverage to hundreds of thousands
and eventually millions of people.
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