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State Health across the US

• HHS Sets Deadline For State Health Exchange Proposals
  The Department for Health and Human Services released guidelines detailing the requirements states must meet in their proposals if they want to gain federal approval to operate these insurance markets. […]
• GOP Makes Plans To Pursue After The High Court Rules On The Health Law
  If the law is upheld, Republicans plan to take to the floor to "tear out" the law's most controversial provisions, Politico reports. Meanwhile, in related news, Reuters reports on the questionable fate of lesser known, but still controversial, aspects of the health law -- billions of dollars in new taxes. […]
• Doctors Trade Prescription Pads For Electronic Options
  The Associated Press reports on this trend. […]
• Ad Charges President Obama With Using The Health Law To Raise Taxes
  News outlets report on the details of the ad campaign, which is being paid for by Crossroads GPS, and also provide fact checking regarding some of its assertions. […]
• WellPoint: Protestors Push For More Disclosure Regarding Insurer's Political Giving Habits
  But The Associated Press reports that shareholders rejected the call for more disclosure about the insurers' contributions. […]
• State Budgets Aim At Health Programs, Medicaid To Bridge Shortfalls
  Medicaid and other health program cuts are on the minds of state lawmakers around the nation. In Maine, the governor signed Medicaid cuts into law Wednesday, and California and Kansas are weighing similar cuts as they struggle to balance their budgets. […]
• Legislatures Push Health Care Changes In Disabled, Immigrant Care, Medical Boards
  State lawmakers grapple with health care issues including establishing a new monitor for disabled care in New York, avoiding cuts for undocumented immigrant care in D.C. and a Massachusetts revamp of the state medical board. […]
• Despite Bishop's Disapproval, Sebelius Will Speak At Georgetown University
  The Health and Human Services secretary was invited in January to address graduates of the Public Policy Institute at the Jesuit institution. […]
• Decision In N.Y. Case On Access To Emergency Contraception Could Impact Politics
  Politico looks at how a court decision to make emergency contraception accessible to women younger than age 17 could put both President Barack Obama and GOP candidate Mitt Romney on the spot. […]
• D.C. Abortion Bill To Get Hearing; Mo. Considers Allowing Employers To Opt-Out Of Contraception Coverage Mandate
  The House is considering a bill that would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Elsewhere, Missouri lawmakers consider allowing businesses to opt-out of a mandate to cover contraception in their health plans, and another Catholic university -- this one in Florida -- considers dumping its health plan instead of complying with […]