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Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 07:36 PM PDT
Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout Company hosting Obamacare data has technical glitch: U.S. official Pastor who banned fried chicken leads Mississippi Obamacare push Key U.S. official faces grilling over Obamacare website Romanian farmers choose subsistence over shale gas

Data center glitch is latest problem in 'Obamacare' rollout  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 07:36 PM PDT By David Morgan and Sharon Begley WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A data center critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law went down on Sunday, halting online enrollment for all 50 states in the latest problem to hit the program's troubled rollout. The data center operated by Verizon's Terremark experienced a connectivity issue that caused it to shut down, affecting the federal government's already problem-plagued online marketplace Healthcare. ... Full Story	Top
Company hosting Obamacare data has technical glitch: U.S. official  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 02:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A data center that hosts the key website for the healthcare exchanges that are at the heart of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law lost connectivity on Sunday, said a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services. Verizon's Terremark, which operates a data center hosting the Healthcare.gov website and a data system for verifying information, experienced a networking component failure that impacted several government websites. ... Full Story	Top
Pastor who banned fried chicken leads Mississippi Obamacare push  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 08:34 AM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen HERNANDO, Mississippi (Reuters) - When Dr Michael Minor first became pastor at Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Hernando, Mississippi, in 1996, he discovered a population overcome by an epidemic of obesity. "It was so bad, I was having a funeral every weekend," he said. Minor took dramatic action for a Southern preacher, banning fried chicken at church potlucks and setting up a walking track around the church perimeter. He has had marked success. "You can see the difference. People are much better sized, way better. ... Full Story	Top
Key U.S. official faces grilling over Obamacare website  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 06:08 AM PDT By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months before the troubled October 1 launch of Obamacare exchanges, a key administration official overseeing the program assured a congressional oversight panel that work was on track to roll out a tested website that would make it easy for Americans to enroll in affordable health insurance coverage. ... Full Story	Top
Romanian farmers choose subsistence over shale gas  Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 02:16 AM PDT By Luiza Ilie PUNGESTI, Romania (Reuters) - The small hilly town of Pungesti in eastern Romania could be sitting on vast reserves of shale gas and U.S. energy major Chevron wants to find it. But the people of Pungesti want nothing to do with it. Though most of them live off subsistence farming, social aid and cash from relatives working abroad, they would rather stay poor than run what they say is the risk of ruining their environment. ... Full Story	Top

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