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      <title><![CDATA[Small Business Owners Try To Sruvive Affordable Care Act]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It has been a month since the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance, or pay a penalty. <br><br>Hoffman's Chocolate has been one of the lucky ones if you ask Fred Meltzer. <br><br>But the CEO also knows the challenges with owning a small business and most recently, one of those has been learning more about the Federal Health Care Law and what it means for his company. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, Aug 01 2012, 10:58 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cost of Health Care Reform For Employers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The questions just keep coming on the Health Care Reform. Frank Fraboni, from our sister station in Asheville, North Carolina, reports business owners seem to be asking a lot of them. <br><br>It was standing room only to hear David C. Smith, from the Benefits and Insurance Law Center. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, Jul 30 2012, 10:43 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Stock Market After the Supreme Court Ruling]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Few things have proven to be as politically divisive as the Affordable Care Act but there is one place that may be judging health care reform, and the Supreme Court ruling, relatively free of politics - the stock market.<br><br>Gregg Lagerquist reports on how the markets are revealing winners and losers in health care reform. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, Jul 27 2012, 10:46 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fewer Americans Will be Insured Under ObamaCare Than Originally Thought]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new Congressional 
analysis of ObamaCare says fewer Americans will be insured under the 
plan than first thought because the Supreme Court tossed out a piece of 
the "Affordable Healthcare Act." However, this change could end up 
saving states a lot of money. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, Jul 25 2012, 11:02 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Consumers May Have Easier Time Comparing Medical Prices with Affordable Care Act]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We all shop around for a lot of things, but health care is generally one area where American's don't seek bargains. Soon, health care consumers may have an easier time comparing prices for procedures and services between hospitals. Marcie Kobriger, from our sister station in Grand Rapids, Michigan, explains how the Affordable Care Act may make that possible. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, Jul 23 2012, 08:26 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Does ObamaCare Mean for Our Elder Generation?]]></title>
      <link>http://foxbaltimore.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/what-does-obamacare-mean-our-elder-generation-14.shtml?wap=0</link>
      <description><![CDATA[July 21st is Norm Henry's birthday.&nbsp; He is feeling food at 98 years old. He's hoping the Affordable Care Act will help him stay healthy.&nbsp; <br><br>Pharmacist Ryan Beauchamp says the Affordable Care Act will help people including seniors, by offering free preventative screenings. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, Jul 21 2012, 10:05 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small Businesses are Preparing to Implement the Afforable Care Act]]></title>
      <link>http://foxbaltimore.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/small-businesses-preparing-implement-afforable-care-act-13.shtml?wap=0</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Small businesses are preparing to implement the Affordable Care Act.&nbsp; <br><br>Harvest Management runs affordable housing complexes, CEO Celia Kendall<br>&nbsp;is studying up to figure out how she'll manage to implement the Affordable Care Act.&nbsp; "Obviously we want our company, like any company, to grow. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, Jul 19 2012, 10:31 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small Businesses Concerned About the Future]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Obama Administrations "Affordable Care Act," many businesses are concerned about the future. <br><br>At Rock Branch Mechanical, a heating and cooling company, the owner pays 100% of his employees health premiums. Under the Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2014, all businesses with more than 50 employees must offer some form of health insurance. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, Jul 17 2012, 11:19 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama's Home State Gives Opinion on Affordable Care Act]]></title>
      <link>http://foxbaltimore.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/president-obamas-home-state-gives-opinion-affordable-care-act-11.shtml?wap=0</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As Americans continue to digest the Supreme Court ruling allowing Obama Care, in the president's home state, many saw these ideas a decade ago while Obama was serving at the Statehouse. <br><br>What does President Obama's home state think about the Affordable Care Act? Like most places, it depends on your party. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, Jul 16 2012, 10:44 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vote to Cut Another Portion of President Obama's HealthCare Reform Law]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Republican controlled house has voted for the 33rd time to scrap all or part of President Obama's Healthcare Reform Law.&nbsp; Republicans say repealing the law would spare some Americans from unnecessary tax.&nbsp; <br><br>It's the big question many are asking, and local accountants are trying to answer - how will healthcare reform affect the public's bottom line?<br><br>Chris Overturf, CPA, said, "We've had a little bit of time to start digesting some of it and start planning for some of the things that might effect some of our clients. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, Jul 13 2012, 07:39 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Catholic Church's Reaction to the New Healthcare Plan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court may have upheld President Obama's healthcare reform plan, but leaders of the Catholic Church say their battle wages on.&nbsp; <br><br>For members of the Catholic Church it's holy war that's hitting them at their core.&nbsp; For almost a year, the church has battled a government mandate which requires all religious organizations to offer contraceptive services as part of their employee insurance plans. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, Jul 12 2012, 09:23 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Health Care Stakeholders]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Any way the health care law is sliced, it will cost some people more money. For example, couples earning more than a quarter of a million dollars a year will see their share of Medicare taxes increase in 2013. But, in addition to the millions of people who are uninsured, some people stand to gain. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, Jul 11 2012, 10:48 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Health Care Repeal]]></title>
      <link>http://foxbaltimore.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/health-care-repeal-6.shtml?wap=0</link>
      <description><![CDATA[House Republicans are planning to hold a vote tomorrow on a repeal of President's Obama's health care law. Republican leaders said the reason they are doing it is because the American people don't support the policy. Democrats accused their colleagues of re-fighting old political battles. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, Jul 10 2012, 10:49 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Health Care Penalties]]></title>
      <link>http://foxbaltimore.com/news/features/healthcare/stories/health-care-penalties-5.shtml?wap=0</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How would you like paying for health coverage for someone who chooses not to pay themselves. Under the Affordable Care Act, the IRS would collect a fee from people who do not buy health insurance but the health care law limits the ways the IRS can get the cash. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, Jul 10 2012, 07:32 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Health Care Cost]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The word "tax" is among the smallest words in the English language.&nbsp; In the lexicon of politics, it's the dirtiest among the dirty words. <br><br>President Obama has implemented a tax to ObamaCare in the hopes citizens will take responsibility for their own health care to avoid a tax. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, Jul 02 2012, 09:23 PM EDT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS: Obamacare Upheld by Supreme Court]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.<br><br>The court on Thursday handed Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, Jun 28 2012, 06:47 PM EDT</pubDate>
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