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  2. District of Columbia Home Rule Act - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act; Other short titles: District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Long title: To reorganize the governmental structure of the District of Columbia, to provide a charter for local government in the District of Columbia subject to acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia, to delegate ...

  3. Veterans Health Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...

  4. Direct primary care - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, in cases where the DPC provider has chosen to participate in the healthcare marketplace, [clarification needed] the patient would be required to carry and pay for an additional insurance coverage plan for catastrophic and hospital services in addition to the DPC arrangement for primary health care access if he/she purchases this plan ...

  5. Transgender rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of January 2024, seven states limit access to gender-affirming care for adults in some way without banning it, such as allowing private health plans, Medicaid, and correctional facilities to exclude all coverage for gender-affirming care, prohibiting the use of federal funds for gender-affirming care or requiring informed consent practices ...

  6. The Palisades (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia

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    The Palisades, or simply Palisades, [1] is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River, running roughly from the edge of the Georgetown University campus (at Foxhall Road) to the D.C.-Maryland boundary (near Dalecarlia Treatment Plant).

  7. Medicaid coverage gap - Wikipedia

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    As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.

  8. List of colleges and universities in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    University of Phoenix–Washington DC Campus: Private for-profit Special-focus institution: 203 1976 [27] HLC: University of the District of Columbia: Public Research university: 4,500 1851 [28] ACEN, ABFSE, AND, ASHA, JRCERT, MSA, NCATE, ASHA, ABA: University of the Potomac–Washington DC Campus: Private for-profit Special-focus institution ...

  9. Burning of Washington - Wikipedia

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    The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn during Admiral Sir John Warren's Chesapeake campaign. It was the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a foreign power had captured and occupied a United States capital.