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Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive

Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive

In such divergent proposals lies an emerging truth: Mr. Obama's signature domestic achievement will almost certainly have to change to survive.The two parties agree that for too many people, health plans in the individual insurance market are still too expensive and inaccessible.Advertisement Continue reading the main story"Employer markets are fairly stable, but the individual insurance market does not feel stable at all," said Janet S. Trautwein, the chief executive of the National Association of Health Underwriters, which represents more than 100,000 agents and brokers who specialize in health insurance.


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For Transgender Youths in New York, It Would Be a Health Care Milestone

For Transgender Youths in New York, It Would Be a Health Care Milestone

ALBANY — The New York State Health Department has signaled that it intends to allow transgender youths to receive Medicaid coverage for hormones that forestall puberty, wiping away prohibitions that have been criticized by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups.The move, announced on Wednesday in a proposed rule in the State Register, would allow minors who are being treated for gender dysphoria to receive Medicaid payment for pubertal suppressants and cross-sex hormone therapy, which mimic the biological chemistry of the opposite gender.Previously, the state had covered such hormone treatments for adults, a change that took effect last year.


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Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady Featured in New Shields Health Care Group TV Ads

Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady Featured in New Shields Health Care Group TV Ads

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shields Health Care Group (Shields) today announced that New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady will appear in upcoming television advertisements that will be airing across New England.The commercial was directed by Massachusetts resident and ardent Patriots fan Bobby Farrelly of the Farrelly brothers, the writer and director of many well-known Hollywood comedies, including There's Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber.The four-time Super Bowl champion Brady and Farrelly filmed the advertisement for Shields in September.