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Web traffic, glitches slow Obamacare exchanges launch

YoopyaOct 2, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Technical glitches and heavy internet traffic slowed Tuesday’s launch of new online insurance exchanges at the heart of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform,

U.S. government shutdown begins after Congress fails to break impasse

YoopyaOct 1, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, potentially putting up to 1 million workers

Southern states are moving to tighten voting rules

YoopyaSep 28, 2013March 31, 20240

MIAMI (AP) — Emboldened by the Supreme Court decision that struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act, a growing number of Republican-led states

Obamacare’s average monthly cost across U.S.: $328

YoopyaSep 25, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Americans will pay an average premium of $328 monthly for a mid-tier health insurance plan when the Obamacare health exchanges open for enrollment next week,

Obama pledges diplomacy with Iran, but he and Rouhani don’t meet

YoopyaSep 25, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday cautiously embraced overtures from Iran’s new president as the basis for a possible nuclear deal, but a failed effort

Cherokee girl transferred to adoptive parents

YoopyaSep 24, 2013March 31, 20240

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The South Carolina couple who adopted a Cherokee girl at the center of a yearslong custody dispute came to Oklahoma last

Investors see four million signing up for Obamacare in 2014: survey

YoopyaSep 17, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Investors expect 4 million Americans to initially enroll in the state insurance marketplaces created under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, according to a survey

House Republicans delay vote on spending, ‘Obamacare’ after split

YoopyaSep 12, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – A Republican plan aimed at averting a government shutdown in less than three weeks ran into a wall of opposition on Wednesday from

White House ramps up 9/11 security measures, citing Benghazi

YoopyaSep 11, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday said it had ordered heightened security of U.S. facilities abroad on the September 11 anniversary, citing the attack

Insight: Poll shows healthy young adults may keep Obamacare afloat

YoopyaSep 10, 2013April 3, 20240

(Reuters) – Korey Kormick, 29, has not had health insurance for at least a decade. His job, as a contract employee directing chess tournaments and