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Implementing Obamacare

On Oct. 1,  millions of Americans gained access to the new marketplaces mandated by President Obama’s health-care law. Check back regularly for the latest news on the launch of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the ongoing political fight over the law in Congress.

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Understanding the Affordable Care Act

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The Affordable Care Act won’t help these 5 million people

Millions of Americans living in poverty make too much and aren’t old enough to qualify for Medicaid.

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Reid Wilson
4:21 am
  • Reid Wilson 4:21 am

Did Congress get exempted from Obamacare?

Opponents of Obamacare are stretching the definition of “exemption” to claim that some groups get special treatment.

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Glenn Kessler
4:21 am
  • Glenn Kessler 4:21 am

Eight questions that will decide whether Obamacare is a success

Here’s how to grade Obamacare in the coming years.

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Ezra Klein
October 16, 9:21 pm
  • Ezra Klein October 16, 9:21 pm

Meet CGI, the company behind Healthcare.gov’s launch

It’s growing really fast, and may not have been ready for this level of project.

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Lydia DePillis
October 16, 9:21 pm
  • Lydia DePillis October 16, 9:21 pm
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President Obama has admitted thatthe Obamacare Web site has "more glitches than I think are acceptable."
CBS News
October 16, 10:49 am
  • CBS News October 16, 10:49 am

Airbnb fights New York crackdown

Judge rejects privacy lawsuit against Google, EFF leaves the Global Network Initiative, and the federal government is bad at IT projects.

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Timothy B. Lee
October 15, 9:28 pm
  • Timothy B. Lee October 15, 9:28 pm

The last time the government expanded health care, it was also kind of a disaster

Medicare.Gov didn’t launch for three full weeks after schedule.

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Sarah Kliff
October 15, 9:28 pm
  • Sarah Kliff October 15, 9:28 pm

Want evidence feds are trying to fix HealthCare.Gov? Here it is.

Account registration has been a bottleneck for the Obamacare site. So now, the federal government has added window shopping.

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Sarah Kliff
October 15, 9:28 pm
  • Sarah Kliff October 15, 9:28 pm

Ben Carson: Obamacare worst thing ‘since slavery’

“And it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government....“

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Sean Sullivan
October 15, 9:28 pm
  • Sean Sullivan October 15, 9:28 pm

Obesity surgery coverage balloons the cost of some health-care plans in Virginia

Premiums cost up to $1,500 a month more to cover gastric bypass in state; Maryland makes its plans include it.

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Julie Appleby
October 15, 9:28 pm
  • Julie Appleby October 15, 9:28 pm
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