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April 28, 2011 Overcrowding in emergency rooms isn't caused by people who don't have insurance — it's caused by people who do, but still can't find a doctor to treat them. And doctors say there is not nearly enough attention paid to emergency departments in the new health care law.

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April 6, 2011 Moving Medicare beneficiaries from public to private insurance — as the House GOP has proposed — could actually end up slowing the introduction of life-saving medical technology, the Congressional Budget Office says. That's the concern that led Republicans to oppose the president's health law last year.

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February 25, 2011 KHNA Maryland program to prevent hospital complications goes further than most, including those already under way in Medicare and new ones slated to begin next year under the health care overhaul law.

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December 6, 2010 High court expert Stuart Taylor says the the lack of clear precedents could mean an overturn of the health law. He adds that precedents are on both sides and the court's conservative tilt could lead it to rule the new law unconstitutional.

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