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Obamacare ruling to have limited impact at polls
The Supreme Court upheld the 2010 health care reform, but the decision may not change voters’ minds in the November elections.
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Typically uninsured youth can stay on parents’ health insurance plans for longer under Affordable Care Act
College graduates who might have lost their health insurance after graduation will continue to have the option to stay on their parents’ insurance programs until they are 26, after the nation’s highest court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last ...
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Respect brings more happiness than money, study shows
Money doesn’t buy happiness. In fact, a recent study by U. California-Berkeley researchers finds that respect actually impacts happiness more than economic circumstances.
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Editorial: A momentous decision
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Thursday to uphold key provisions of the Affordable Care Act has sent shock waves through the public psyche.
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Supreme Court upholds health care law
The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would uphold the Health Care Reform Act early Thursday morning, June 28, 2012. The court found that the individual mandate, which would require every American to purchase health insurance or pay a fine, is constitutional as a tax.
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Professors unsure about fate of Obamacare in Supreme Court
As the Supreme Court nears judgment day on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, professors at Harvard and other colleges said that the act was constitutional but were unsure what ruling the nation’s highest court would make by Thursday.
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Big Ten, Ivy League to tackle concussions
More than 17,000 student-athletes across 20 schools in the Big Ten and Ivy League conferences will be among potential candidates for concussion research.
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Column: Mandate is wrong, but health care bill should stay
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide Thursday whether the mandate which requires all Americans to purchase health insurance is constitutional. President Barack Obama has been under fire since the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, informally known as "Obamacare.
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Column: Addiction should not be redefined as disease
The term “addiction” is not unfamiliar to most people. Most commonly, the first thing that springs to mind is drug addiction: an addiction to cocaine, heroin, or alcohol. What about the obsessive streak of determination that strikes immediately after purchasing the newest video game?