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It is possible to imagine that Bob McWilliams got talking points from Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin for his rush into error about the government shutdown. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives demanded a defunding of the Affordable Care Act as their price for funding the government and allowing federal agencies to operate.

You need to deal with it, “said Jess Ihrke, director of client enrollment and communications for SmartHR of Rochester, speaking to more than 100 people Wednesday morning at a Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Ihrke joined an expert group of presenters that included the small-business health insurance marketplace director for MNsure, the…

Mitry said the agreement should provide some peace of mind for local Highmark subscribers, at a time when there is much uncertainty surrounding the ongoing contract dispute between Highmark and UPMC. Mitry said the health system has long prided itself on contracting with all providers and caring for patients no matter what insurance card they carry– whether…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Loveisrespect Partner To Get Young People To “Start Talking” About Healthy Relationships. WHAT: Sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and provided by the experts at loveisrespect, Start Talking is an educational campaign that teaches young people how to recognize dating abuse and have healthy…

The Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation announced the election of Ronald Beckman, CPA, JD, LLM, partner at Drucker& Scaccetti and Drucker Beckman Sobel, LLP, to the Foundation Board of Directors. “The Magee Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation is honored to welcome Ron Beckman as the newest member of the Board of Directors,” said Jack Carroll, President and CEO…

Oct. 31– Recurrent problems with the federal data hub are preventing some Rhode Islanders from enrolling in health insurance. But a key aspect of the enrollment process depends on a federal entity– the federal data hub, run by Verizon Communication’s Terremark unit. One of the first steps in filling out a Rhode Island application is to verify your identity…

Evariant announced today that Indiana University Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems and the most comprehensive healthcare provider in Indiana, has selected Evariant’s Patient Solutions Platform as its enterprise-wide solution for patient experience and advanced business intelligence to meet strategic growth initiatives.

Oct. 31– Despite calls by some in Washington to repeal it, Pennsylvanians favor keeping the federal Affordable Care Act in place, a recent poll shows. The Franklin& Marshall College Poll released today shows that 50 percent of the 628 registered voters polled want to keep the act commonly known as Obamacare in place. G. Terry Madonna, director of the Center for…

All four Health First hospitals have been named Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. Health First Cape Canaveral, Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center, Health First Palm Bay Hospital and Health First Viera Hospital were recognized for exemplary…

Oct. 31– MORRISVILLE Two months before her term ends, Morrisville’s mayor finally will be getting her own office in the borough hall and a borough-issued phone. She’ll no longer have to file right-to-know requests– and pay 25 cents a page– to access government records. That’s all according to a court agreement reached this week between the mayor and council of the…

James Beach, Assembly Majority Leader Louis D. Greenwald, and Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt represent the district, which includes parts of Camden and Burlington Counties and has more than twice as many registered Democrats as Republicans. On the Republican side are Sudhir Deshmukh of Voorhees, who is running for the Senate, and George Fisher of Haddonfield…

Hutchison& Steffen, one of the largest law firms in the State of Nevada, has expanded its trust and probate litigation department to include a range of firearms trusts services. Applications for the manufacture or transfer of regulated firearms received by the ATF from non-individuals including trusts has increased from 840 in 2000 to over 40,000 in 2012. “…

Pat Vitucci, a Bay Area Independent Financial Advisor, was recently honored as the top producer at his Broker/Dealer, National Planning Corporation ® for the first three quarters of 2013. Vitucci also won this award for the year 2012.. NPC is a full-service, independent broker-dealer located in Santa Monica, CA. National Planning Corporation is part of one of…

White House tries to explain Obama’s claim that Americans can keep their health plans. White House press secretary Jay Carney said President Obama’ s claim that all Americans could keep their health insurance plans under the new health law deserved a “fuller explanation,” acknowledging millions of consumers would not keep their current coverage.

providers- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, PacificSource and the Montana Health Co-op- will offer four levels of plans at healthcare.gov to Montanans who don’t currently have insurance or who are interested in changing plans. People must purchase health insurance by Dec. 15 for it to become effective Jan. 1- a date Brooke Barnett is eagerly anticipating.