Obamacare, aka Healthcare for America aka Affordable Care Act are one and the same. It was upheld legally by the US Supreme Court on 28 June 2012. Some facts of Obamacare can be found here.
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- Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPsA private company that took over the running of a GP out-of-hours service in north London has been severely criticised by the NHS regulator for failing to provide enough doctors to keep patients safe.
- Casualty in crisis: A&E - a service in meltdown Doctors were placed under “unprecedented pressure” to go live with the new NHS 111 helpline before some were ready, contributing to the A&E crisis in Britain's hospitals, documents seen by The Independent on Sunday reveal.
- Obsessive compulsive hoarding: A serious health risk in storeRichard Wallace is making great strides. "I have no problem with discarding things that are of no further use and I recognise that you can't keep everything," he says. "It's just not possible."
- A cure for HIV is now a a realistic possibilityThis week in Paris, the world's leading Aids scientists will gather to mark the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV. At least one of them, who won the Nobel Prize for her work, is quietly confident that very soon something approaching a cure for HIV will be possible.
- The myth of the modern dad exposed: New book claims men still won't sacrifice their careers for fatherhoodThe popular image of the modern, hands-on father might have to be scrapped. The idea that men are cutting back on work to help their partners with childcare is a myth, according to a provocative new book that presents stark evidence illustrating the British male's reluctance to step back from his job.
- Leeds NHS hospital trust to replace chief executive Maggie Boyle following children's heart surgery rowAn NHS trust at the centre of a row over children's heart surgery is to replace its chief executive, it said on Saturday.
- Doctors in dispute: What exactly is normal human behaviour?It is over 1,000 pages long, has undergone more than three years of revisions and has set doctors at each other's throats. But the latest version of the psychiatrists' bible is finally out - to a chorus of criticism that it is pathologising everyday life.
- 'Most exciting breakthrough in IVF treatment in 30 years' could triple number of birthsThousands of infertile couples could benefit from a new IVF procedure that can dramatically improve the success rate of having a baby through artificial reproduction.
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- Well: Many Fronts in Fighting ObesitySimply focusing on sugar will do little to quell the rising epidemic in the United States.
- Navajo Confront Increase in New H.I.V. InfectionsA report found 47 new diagnoses in the tribe in 2012, a 20 percent increase from 2011 and very worrisome in a community where AIDS still carries a stigma.
- Potential Donors to Enroll America Grow SkittishAs Congress investigates solicitations, some corporations and philanthropies are reluctant to contribute to an outreach program to help with the president’s health care law.
- The Texas Tribune: With Consensus and Money, State Takes on Mental Health CareAs Republicans and Democrats in Texas House and Senate hash out the details of the state’s 2014-15 budget, one issue they are not arguing about is support for mental health.
- Marijuana Bill Advances in IllinoisThe Illinois Senate has voted to approve the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which if signed into law would make it the second-most-populous state after California to do so.
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