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An Obamacare rule cuts Medicare payments to home health care providers by 3.5 percent each year beginning in 2014. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Obamacare forcing 14 percent cut in Medicare’s home health care program

Richard Pollock · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

The California Medical Association says it neither discourages nor endorses participation in Obamacare for the doctors it represents. (Thinkstock)

Professional groups aren’t spearheading California’s doctor rebellion against Obamacare

Richard Pollock · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington in front of 18 people who the White House has not named. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Advocacy group behind White House Obamacare event is funded by Blue Shield firm that will profit on program

Richard Pollock · December 8, 2013 5:00 am

"[It's delayed] because you're seeing quite of a few chances that are taking place that require the insurance carriers and the employers to take on certain responsibilities," said Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.

Doctors boycotting California’s Obamacare exchange

Richard Pollock · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Exography: Survey finds doctors rebelling against Obamacare, famous hospitals declining to join

Exography: Survey finds doctors rebelling against Obamacare, famous hospitals declining to join

Richard Pollock · November 27, 2013 5:00 am

Consumers can't go to healthcare.gov to learn if their doctors participate in an Obamacare-approved health care plan because the web site doesn't include such information.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Healthcare.gov can’t tell consumers whether they can keep their doctors

Richard Pollock · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Health Republic is the largest of 24 state-level co-ops funded by a $2 billion Obamacare provision designed to provide competition to private insurers.ÃÂ

‘Luxurious’ funding lets Obamacare co-op undercut commercial rivals

Richard Pollock · November 19, 2013 5:00 am

From left, Campbell, Andrew Slavitt, group executive vice president for Optum/QSSI, and Lynn Spellecy, corporate counsel for Equifax Workforce Solutions. (AP/ Evan Vucci)

Top healthcare.gov contractor may add to users’ security, privacy worries

Richard Pollock · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Not good enough. That's the verdict from jittery House and Senate Democrats on the administrative fix President Obama proposed for his new health care law.

Administration rebuffs Democrats’ calls to close Obamacare website

Richard Pollock · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Obama loyalists head up ‘tech surge’ for Obamacare website

Richard Pollock · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

Federal officials plucked participants in the Presidential Innovation Fellows program and assigned them to CGI Federal, the U.S. subsidiary of CGI Group, the Canadian firm that was awarded the $94 million main design contract for Healthcare.gov. (AP File)

Obamacare ‘tech surge’ experts are White House fellows

Richard Pollock · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

The Federal Reserve System's IG found that the consumer bureau had such poor controls over its employees' use of travel credit cards that its own employees charged a total of $1,880 of unauthorized transactions on CFPB credit cards. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Federal consumer bureau that regulates credit cards can’t regulate its own employee card use

Richard Pollock · October 25, 2013 4:00 am