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Obamacare 101: Why do men need to buy maternity coverage?Americans searching for new health insurance plans under Obamacare are finding they need to pay for coverage they don't want or need. That idea is fundamental to Obamacare.
Obamacare and you: Who is exempt from Obamacare?Under Obamacare, Americans will be required to purchase health insurance for 2014, but like many requirements in life, the 'individual mandate' is not absolute. Here are the exceptions.
Smoking gun? Critics cite evidence Obama knew Americans would lose coverageDid Obama simply misspeak when he said Americans could keep their existing health insurance policies, or did he know that to have been false? Critics say there's clear evidence that he lied.
GOP: Obama lied about health insurance lawA leading Republican says President Obama made 'false promises' and engaged in a 'grand deception' about the Affordable Care Act, charging that Obama's recent apologies were 'phony.'
Obama offers reprieve on insurance cancellations, but will it work?After an uproar, President Obama announced Thursday that health insurers may now extend canceled plans for a year. But the insurance industry is unhappy, and it's not clear what insurers will do.听
Obamacare numbers are finally out, and they鈥檙e low. Time to panic?Only 106,000 people signed up for Obamacare insurance through government exchanges in the first month, far below the 500,000 expected. Only a quarter came through buggy HealthCare.gov.听
Improving Americans鈥� lives: How Unmanned Aircraft Systems can helpAs the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) expands 鈥� and聽regulations address privacy concerns 鈥� Aerospace Industries Association President and CEO Marion Blakey expects聽domestic support for UAS to grow, leading to an exciting and innovative next chapter for aviation in America.
'Keep your plan': House Republicans try to tweak ObamacareHouse Republicans plan to vote this week on a bill to allow insurance companies to keep existing options in place, but doesn't require that canceled policies be reinstated.
Poll: Christie leads GOP presidential pack, but still loses to HillaryChris Christie gets one-third of Republicans' support for the 2016 nomination, versus one-third who want 'Not Christie,' an NBC poll says. But in a general election matchup against Hillary Clinton, Christie loses big.听
Obamacare woes: Hurting Obama in other areas as well?The disastrous roll-out of the Affordable Care Act is to blame for plummeting polls on Obamacare. But that voter gloominess may be impacting the President鈥檚 standing on other issues too.
After apology on Obamacare, Obama faces bipartisan squeezePresident Obama said he is 'sorry' about people who are losing insurance plans they like, but public opinion isn't his only challenge. Senate Democrats vulnerable in the 2014 midterms are turning up the heat.- Aviation's next great frontier: Integrating Unmanned Aircraft SystemsUnmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)聽will increasingly save and improve the lives of Americans. FAA Administrator Michael Huerta 鈥� at an event sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association in Washington 鈥� outlined a just-released聽roadmap聽for integrating UAS into America鈥檚 skies.
Fixing the Obamacare website: a status report in three numbersKathleen Sebelius, in Senate testimony, said a 'couple of hundred' problems remain to be fixed, just 24 days before a promised Nov. 30 deadline to get the Obamacare site working properly.
Would John F. Kennedy have pulled US out of Vietnam?His brother said in a 1964 oral history that John F. Kennedy never thought about pulling out of Vietnam, but some modern historians think otherwise. Fifty years ago this week, JFK's problem was managing the aftermath of a violent Vietnamese coup.
What close loss in Virginia governor's race tells national RepublicansThe Virginia governor's race was the Republicans' to lose. But the tea party-backed Ken Cuccinelli did just that to Democrat Terry McAuliffe, in a race that wound up closer than expected.听
Under Obamacare, if you like employer health plan, can you really 'keep it'?At least half of Americans with either employer-sponsored or self-obtained health insurance can't keep the plans they had back in 2010, because of changes wrought by Obamacare, a critic charges. Here's why it's hard to tell if that's true.
Rand Paul, battling charges of plagiarism, blames improper vettingSen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky, widely viewed as a presidential prospect in 2016, said through a spokesman that he will be more careful in the future in attributing sources for his speeches.
Obamacare and you: How much does Obamacare cost?The cost of a health insurance policy under Obamacare depends on a number of things 鈥� primarily, how big your family is, whether your coverage is basic 'bronze' or top-notch 'platinum,' and where you live. Here are some guidelines for figuring out how much Obamacare will cost you.
Six signups on Obamacare Day 1? Why it's a big problem ... not a disasterThe number six is a shocker. Yet even if HealthCare.gov had been flawless, initial Obamacare enrollment was expected to be low. Still, the pace of sign-ups needs to increase dramatically if targets are to be reached.
Obamacare and you: Do I have to have Obamacare?It's true: The Affordable Care Act requires all Americans to have health insurance. But not everyone has to get that insurance through the Obamacare online exchanges. Indeed, only a small percentage of the US populace is expected to do so. To find out if you may be one of them, read on.
