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Friday, November 8, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
Politico | Uninsured not surfing health sites
Less than a quarter of uninsured Americans who plan to get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act exchanges have been to an exchange website, a new poll shows.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Politico | States respond to fears of Jan. 1 health coverage lapses
The Obama administration’s high-wire act to repair HealthCare.gov now includes a safety net: the states.
CNN Money | What's next for retiree health care
Companies have been cutting back on retiree health benefits for years. Indeed, the latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found that among large firms with employee health coverage, just 28% offer some form of retiree benefits, down from 66% in 1988. Among smaller firms, help is even scarcer.