The Affordable Care Act is facing a huge test.
According to an article appearing in Business Insider today, this Tuesday marks the start of Open Enrollment for the 2017 plan year of the ACA's public exchanges. That's the part of the law, better kn ...
Posted Tuesday, November 1st 2016 at 11:54AM
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Remarks by the President on the Affordable Care Act
Miami Dade College
Miami, Florida
1:51 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Miami! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Well, everybody have a seat. Have a seat. It is good to see all of you! It' ...
Posted Monday, October 31st 2016 at 8:27AM
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In this week’s Weekly Address, Vice-President Joe Biden discussed the progress of the White House Cancer Moonshot, an initiative with the goal to make a decade’s worth of advances in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, in five years. Recentl ...
Posted Monday, October 31st 2016 at 8:11AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!: Job Announcement
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Application deadline: November 17, 2016
The Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council - a statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedica ...
Posted Monday, October 31st 2016 at 7:48AM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Please enjoy this week's LOPnewsmag with Pres. Obama's remarks on the airline industry, the Affordable Care Act (#GETCOVERED), HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthew Burwell on a Report on Mental Health & Substance Use Disparity and D ...
Posted Friday, October 28th 2016 at 2:26PM
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U.S. Department of Education Announces Final Regulations to Protect Students and Taxpayers from Predatory Institutions
The U.S. Department of Education today announced final regulations to protect student borrowers against misleading and predatory ...
Posted Friday, October 28th 2016 at 10:05AM
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GET READY, GET SET, #GETCOVERED
Ready to go save on healthcare premiums again?!
There are 17 companies on board to help independent workers and entrepreneurs #GetCovered.
You can enroll easily at healthcare.gov or when you visit any local ...
Posted Thursday, October 27th 2016 at 6:32PM
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U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance Encouraging Well-Rounded Education
The U.S. Department of Education today released non-regulatory guidance to help states, districts and schools provide students with a more well-rounded education ...
Posted Thursday, October 27th 2016 at 12:32PM
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Despite what you read in some history books — such as the Biographical Dictionary of Congressional Women — Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was not in 1972 the first African-American candidate to run for president of the United States.
In 1904, George ...
Posted Wednesday, October 26th 2016 at 7:33PM
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Khoudia Diop is a 19-year-old Senegalese model who was once bullied about her color. But now the self-proclaimed “Melanin Goddess” is taking the internet by storm with her beautifully rich skin tone.
“I was teased a lot growing up, because of my s ...
Posted Wednesday, October 26th 2016 at 7:25PM
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A high school football player in Mississippi allegedly had a noose placed around his neck and pulled back by one or more fellow students during a break in practice earlier this month.
The president of the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP is callin ...
Posted Wednesday, October 26th 2016 at 7:21PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (BALTIMORE)
Employment First: New Opportunities, Dispelling Myths & Misconceptions
You asked, we are delivering...a 2016 series of free webinars about the Developmental Disabilities Administration.
Register now by ...
Posted Wednesday, October 26th 2016 at 2:30PM
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