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Signed up for health coverage? Insurers encourage additional steps to make sure it really kicks in
New Year’s Day marks the start date for many people’s insurance, enrolled through new online health care marketplaces. ItR ...
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Navigating the new marketplace: could more insurance options lead to poorer choices?
Tens of thousands of people flocked to the new online marketplace this past week, in hopes of signing up for coverage that could kick in ...
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The Obamacare rollout (continued): Even the savvy need a little help
The website is working much better, but most Americans need guidance to sift through the many coverage choices. The race was on th ...
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By the numbers: HIV/AIDS stigma changing, but infection still spreads
Much headway has been made in HIV treatment, with far fewer AIDS deaths today than 20 years ago, when the film “Philadelphia” ...
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Two decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS
An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...
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The MRI is a source of anxiety — and musical inspiration
It’s claustrophobic; it’s noisy. Having an MRI causes some folks anxiety. But many have found ways to cope with the test thro ...
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Hundreds of Princeton students seek meningitis vaccine
Princeton University has started offering a meningitis vaccine, yet to be approved in the U.S., to its more than 5,000 undergraduate and ...
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ListenPa. officially seeks federal approval of Medicaid plan
After months of touting the concepts, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration ...
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Tips on how to navigate this region’s health insurance exchanges
If figuring out how to navigate the new health insurance exchanges has your head spinning, know this: You have lots of company.&nbs ...
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The Obamacare rollout: Scenes from a very bumpy ride
The Pulse’s Elana Gordon sat next to some local folks as they tried to sign up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov. It wasn ...
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ListenPa. insurer extends discount health plan in response to disruption, confusion
Pennsylvania residents currently enrolled in a discount health plan geared toward low-income residents, which had been slated for cancell ...
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As federal eligibility start date nears, fate of children’s health insurance unresolved in Pa.
Disagreements between state and federal officials over the fate of thousands of children currently enrolled in Pennsylvania’s healt ...
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