http://www.mail.com/people/7690-kathleen-sebelius.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/7690-kathleen-sebelius.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2095152-obama-takes-cabinet-secretaries-to-play-golf.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf — in the rain. The White House said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) and outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined the president Saturday at Andrews Air Force Base. LaHood is running the Transportation Departme... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2095152-obama-takes-cabinet-secretaries-to-play-golf.html 2013-05-18T20:13:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2094734-obama-agenda-marches-despite-controversies.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned... Sat, 18 May 2013 19:47:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2094734-obama-agenda-marches-despite-controversies.html 2013-05-18T19:47:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2089780-feds-propose-overhaul-child-care-centers.html Federal health officials proposed Thursday to overhaul 500,000 child care centers across the country, beefing up safety standards including background and fingerprint checks for employees and requiring states to better monitor the facilities. Roughly 1.6 million U.S. children attend child care centers on subsidies — paid in the form of vouchers to familie... Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2089780-feds-propose-overhaul-child-care-centers.html 2013-05-16T18:10:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085074-89-charged-medicare-fraud-busts-8-cities.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday. It was the latest in a string of similar announcements by Hea... Tue, 14 May 2013 17:38:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2085074-89-charged-medicare-fraud-busts-8-cities.html 2013-05-14T17:38:41Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081134-us-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Obama administration on Monday filed a last-minute appeal to delay the sale of the morning-after contraceptive pill to girls of any age without a prescription. The legal paperwork asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan to postpone a federal judge's ruling that eliminated age limits on the pill while the government app... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:23:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081134-us-government-files-morning-after-pill-appeal.html 2013-05-13T21:23:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078018-fundraising-hhs-secretary-draws-scrutiny.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A fundraising push by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is drawing criticism from a key Senate Republican who questions whether she has a conflict of interest. HHS spokesman Jason Young confirms that Sebelius in recent weeks has asked various charitable foundations, businesses executives, churches and doctors to donat... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:50:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2078018-fundraising-hhs-secretary-draws-scrutiny.html 2013-05-10T23:50:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2077204-utah-to-to-use-dual-model-health-exchange.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities. The plan allows Utah to continue to run its existing health insurance marketplace for small businesses, a system that lets employees pick health care ... Fri, 10 May 2013 21:55:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2077204-utah-to-to-use-dual-model-health-exchange.html 2013-05-10T21:55:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Friday refused to delay enforcement of his decision giving women of all ages broad access to morning-after birth control, calling the government's appeal frivolous, a "silly argument" and an insult to the intelligence of women. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn did agree to postpone implementation of his month-old de... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076956-judge-nyc-refuses-to-suspend-plan-ruling.html 2013-05-10T20:04:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2074344-health-centers-150-to-help-uninsured.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration announced Thursday that community health centers around the country will get $150 million to help uninsured Americans sign up for health insurance coverage under the new health care law. The money addresses concerns from Congress and advocacy groups that many consumers will have a hard time navigating the health ... Thu, 09 May 2013 18:00:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2074344-health-centers-150-to-help-uninsured.html 2013-05-09T18:00:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city. Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a myst... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:53:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2071444-high-hospital-bills-public-will-help.html 2013-05-08T23:53:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069454-judge-nyc-rips-opposition-to-plan-order.html NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge, asked by the government on Tuesday to freeze his plan giving teenage girls broader access to morning-after birth control, instead seized the chance to accuse health officials of taking steps that would end up hurting poor people and improve their chances of prevailing in a protracted legal fight with reproductive rights advocates. ... Tue, 07 May 2013 20:03:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2069454-judge-nyc-rips-opposition-to-plan-order.html 2013-05-07T20:03:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2062498-fear-losing-aid-uninsurables.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say. At risk is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, a transition program that's become a lifeline for the so-called uninsurables — people with serious medi... Sat, 04 May 2013 14:45:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2062498-fear-losing-aid-uninsurables.html 2013-05-04T14:45:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057892-obama-with-morning-after-pill-sales-age-15.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday had lowered the age at which people can buy the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill without a prescription to 15 — youn... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:47:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2057892-obama-with-morning-after-pill-sales-age-15.html 2013-05-02T22:47:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2050330-per-student-pre-k-spending-lowest-decade.html WASHINGTON (AP) — State funding for pre-kindergarten programs had its largest drop ever last year and states are now spending less per child than they did a decade ago, according to a report released Monday. The researchers also found that more than a half million of those preschool students are in programs that don't even meet standards suggested by indu... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:28:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2050330-per-student-pre-k-spending-lowest-decade.html 2013-04-29T15:28:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2040924-under-criticism-gop-puts-health-care-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An effort by House Republicans to highlight problems with President Barack Obama's health care law by bailing out a program for people with pre-existing medical conditions appeared to backfire Wednesday. GOP leaders postponed a scheduled vote after the measure met strong opposition from two directions: from conservative groups resistant ... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:50:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2040924-under-criticism-gop-puts-health-care-bill.html 2013-04-24T20:50:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039588-help-uninsurables-mired-political-battle.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems. Truce in the health care wars? Not! The GOP bill, headed for a vote Wednesday in the House, would divert billions from another program under President Barack Obama's signatu... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:45:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2039588-help-uninsurables-mired-political-battle.html 2013-04-24T00:45:32Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2027278-arkansas-approves-medicaid-expansion-alternative.html LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' plan to use federal money to buy private insurance for low-income residents won final approval from state lawmakers Wednesday, endorsing a model that several other states are eyeing as a possible alternative to expanding Medicaid. The Republican-controlled Legislature narrowly reached the three-fourths majority needed to... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:46:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2027278-arkansas-approves-medicaid-expansion-alternative.html 2013-04-18T04:46:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025996-top-dem-sees-train-wreck-health-law-rollout.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a "train wreck" because of bumbling implementation. "I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told Obama's heal... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:17:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025996-top-dem-sees-train-wreck-health-law-rollout.html 2013-04-17T20:17:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified to C... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html 2013-04-12T20:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2012556-tracking-obamas-health-law-budget-easy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Next year is the year President Barack Obama's signature health care law goes into high gear, covering millions of uninsured Americans by a mix of private plans and government programs infused with tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money. You'd think there'd be a chapter in the new 2014 budget that lays it all out. Wrong. Well, may... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:47:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2012556-tracking-obamas-health-law-budget-easy.html 2013-04-11T07:47:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002260-risk-obama-pursuing-morning-after-pill-case.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in court comes with its own set of risks. A federal judge in New York on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to lift age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception, ending the... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:44:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2002260-risk-obama-pursuing-morning-after-pill-case.html 2013-04-06T16:44:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2000432-judge-making-morning-after-pill-to.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The morning-after pill might become as easy to buy as aspirin. In a scathing rebuke accusing the Obama administration of letting election-year politics trump science, a federal judge ruled Friday that there should be no age restrictions on the sale of emergency contraception without a doctor's prescription. Today, buy... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:04:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2000432-judge-making-morning-after-pill-to.html 2013-04-05T23:04:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1998794-obamas-budget-to-spare-medicaid-deep-cuts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's budget next week will steer clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in reductions to the health care plan for the poor that the administration had proposed only last year. Big cuts in the federal-state program wouldn't go over too well at a time that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathlee... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:32:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1998794-obamas-budget-to-spare-medicaid-deep-cuts.html 2013-04-04T20:32:06Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1981624-study-health-law-to-raise-claims-cost-32-percent.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study finds that insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. What does that mean for you? It could increase premiums for at least some Americans. If you are uninsured, or you buy your policy directly from... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:44:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1981624-study-health-law-to-raise-claims-cost-32-percent.html 2013-03-27T16:44:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1980438-study-health-overhaul-to-raise-claims-cost-32-pct.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurance companies will have to pay out an average of 32 percent more for medical claims on individual health policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, the nation's leading group of financial risk analysts has estimated. That's likely to increase premiums for at least some Americans buying individual plans. The report by the Soc... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:30:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1980438-study-health-overhaul-to-raise-claims-cost-32-pct.html 2013-03-26T23:30:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976510-gops-no-medicaid-lets-deal.html JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic "no." Now they are increasingly hedging their objections. A new "no, but ..." approach is spreading among GOP states in which officials are still publicly con... Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:14:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1976510-gops-no-medicaid-lets-deal.html 2013-03-24T17:14:57Z