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Roundtable Discusses Health Care Alaska Impact
Channel 2 NewsSen. Lisa Murkowski held a roundtable health care reform event Wednesday at the University of Alaska Anchorage to discuss the Affordable Care Act. The event consisted of three panelists and a roomful of people who came together to discuss how the...Tags: Lisa Murkowski, General Practitioners, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Alaska Healthcare: A Breakdown of the Law and What Happens Next
Channel 2 NewsThe Supreme Court's landmark ruling on federal healthcare reform still leaves some unanswered questions about what the decision will mean for Alaska. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Republican Governor Sean Parnell said it is too soon to say...Tags: Health, Politics, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch, Judges
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Health Care Reform in Effect in Alaska
Channel 2 NewsHealth Care reform is now the law of the land in Alaska. A federal court judge in Florida ruled Thursday that states must implement reform while the case makes its way through the courts. Judge Roger Vinson's ruling responds to a request from the...Tags: Health, Laws, Local Government, Politics, Executive Branch
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House votes to repeal health care reform
The Republican-controlled House has voted to repeal the health care law President Barack Obama signed last year. The 245-189 vote marks the fulfillment of a promise many Republicans made in last fall's political campaigns. The measure has little or...Tags: Health, Politics, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Campaigns
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Alaska Democrats ask House to keep health care legislation
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. House of Representatives came back into session Tuesday, and with Republicans now in charge, they took the first steps toward trying to repeal health care reform. In Alaska, the Democratic Party made a plea to lawmakers to keep the...Tags: Health, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Medical Services
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Parnell: Enacting health care reform may violate oath
The Associated PressAlaska Gov. Sean Parnell is asking his attorney general to advise him on whether implementing the federal health care overhaul would put Parnell in violation of his oath of office. A federal judge in Florida this week struck down the law as...Tags: Health, Laws, Politics, Executive Branch, Judges
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Senators Urge Parnell to Apply for Healthcare Grant
Channel 2 NewsSeven state senators are urging Gov. Sean Parnell to act quickly in order to apply for a $1 million federal grant which would help Alaska set up a state-operated health insurance program. The deadline to apply is Feb. 18th. According to their press...Tags: Politics, Johnny Ellis, Health Insurance, Executive Branch, Bettye Davis
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Alaska joins lawsuit over health care reform bill
Staff WriterGov. Sean Parnell announced on Tuesday that the State of Alaska would join a lawsuit brought by at least 19 other states challenging the constitutionality of federal health care reform legislation. Parnell made the long-expected announcement with state...Tags: Health, Laws, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Services
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Vandal smashes window at Alaska Democratic headquarters
Channel 2 reportersA vandal smashed a window at the Alaska headquarters of the Alaska Democratic Party. Executive Director Deborah Williams said Anchorage police initially suspected someone took a crowbar to the window Saturday night. By Monday afternoon police said it...Tags: Health, Sarah Palin, Politics, Medical Services, Democratic Party
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Nancy Pelosi - 'I'm proudly liberal'
Financial TimesNancy Pelosi is beaming as she bustles into the House of Representatives dining room on Capitol Hill, which combines the busyness of a staff cafeteria with the grace of a late 19th-century reception room. A large painting of George Washington on the...Tags: Steaks, Economy, Business and Finance, Parliament, Healthy Diet, Social Issues
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GOP ticket stumps in Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH — A day after a late-running, closely-watched convention, the top three members of the state GOP ticket campaigned together for the first time. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the gubernatorial nominee, nominee for lieutenant ...
Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, U.S. Senate, Mark D. Obenshain, Democratic Party
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...Tags: Medicare, Mastectomy, Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Plastic Surgeons
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