Health care overhaul provisions take effect this year
The health care reform law brings declines in patient co payments for preventive services, expanded Medicaid eligibility for low income adults, and new oversight on premiums. It funds early retiree health aid, with 80 percent coverage on claims between 15 000 and 90 000. It also authorizes FDA biosimilar approvals after 12 years of exclusivity.
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Paul Bonta
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Obama Announces Broad VA PTSD Benefit Rule Change
The government moves to simplify PTSD eligibility for veterans by allowing claims based on service context rather than proof of cause. Shinseki will implement the rule as Obama calls it a long overdue step to aid veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. The changes apply to all veterans.
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Barack Obama
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Cuba Church Adds 12 Prisoners to Be Freed
Cuban church officials released the names of 12 more political prisoners slated for freedom and exile under Raul Castro's government. The total of jailed dissidents accepting asylum in Spain rises to 17, with signs that a release may be imminent as relatives report officials instructing them to prepare to depart.
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Raul Castro
Spain
Barbara Rojo
Omar Ruiz
Associated Press
Opposition leaders jailed in 2003 crackdown kept behind bars
The 17 of 52 opposition leaders, journalists and activists remain jailed after the 2003 crackdown on dissent that yielded long treason and related sentences. Aging has given a vague view of the asteroid, the agency said. International Press Center.
Baghdad kills 58 000 stray dogs in three months
Baghdad officials say 58 000 stray dogs have been killed in and around the capital over the past three months. Twenty teams searched Baghdad and outer districts daily as part of a campaign to curb attacks by strays funded since 2008 and intensified in April.
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ESA captures Lutetia flyby images from Rosetta mission
Berlin Europe space agency says Rosetta sent the closest view yet of asteroid Lutetia as it flew by at about 1900 miles. The ESA expects weeks to transmit all 400 images and data from its high precision instruments after the encounter between Mars and Jupiter.
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