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Strike by pharmacists avoided…for now

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A strike by pharmacists against Kaiser Permanente was postponed this morning. Members of the Guild for Professional Pharmacists agreed to delay walking off the job until June 2 even though no agreement has been reached with the healthcare provider, said Robin Borden, the guild’s president. “We felt like we made …

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Obamacare strong in IE

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More than 122,000 Inland Empire residents have signed up for healthcare insurance under the federal Affordable Care Act. That figure exceeded expectations for the two-county region: officials had predicted that 76,000 residents would sign up for the ACA, according to Covered California, the state exchange that administers the program. Statewide, …

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Health clinic gets new facility

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East Valley Community Health Center in Pomona has a new home. On Tuesday, health care professionals and local dignitaries gathered at the center’s new facility, a former grocery store in the 1500 block of South Garey Avenue, according to a report originally published in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. The …

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ACA costs to drop slightly

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Health insurance subsidies associated with the Affordable Care Act will cost slightly less than previously expected.   The subsidies under Obamacare will total a little more than $1 trillion during the next 10 years, rather than close to $1.2 trillion, as originally estimated, according to a report released today by …

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Covered California tries to speed things up

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A last-minute surge of enrollees in the Affordable Healthcare Act forced the closure of some options on www.CoveredCa.com., the website that is handling signups for the program in California. The action was taken so that people would be able to start the enrollment process before midnight Tuesday, when open-enrollment for …

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Affordable Care Act gains local momentum

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Obamacare appears to be gaining popularity in the Inland Empire. Nearly 35,000 San Bernardino County residents had signed up for the national health insurance program as of Jan. 31, according to Covered California, the state agency that is administering the federal program. That’s 96 percent of what Covered California had …

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