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February 19, 2011

Thanks to health care reform, private health insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to children due to a pre-existing condition like asthma, diabetes, cancer or other previous or ongoing illnesses. In California, these children are assured lower rates if their parents apply for private...

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Elisa Batista

February 18, 2011

After the death of her daughter, Wanda Hopkins was forced to take out a payday loan to cover some of the funeral costs and bills that were left when her daughter passed away. It took her 7 years to repay that initial $300 loan which set her on a financial spiral that has been nearly impossible to...

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Monica Trevino

Health Care Blog Carnivals

September 23, 2010

While some politicians, pundits, and prognosticators have taken to the airwaves to claim that the Affordable Care Act is too complicated, cumbersome, and doomed to failure; people who are actually affected by the new law are excited about its implementation. How do we know that? They’re telling us...

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