Posts Tagged ‘National Health Care’

A Texas-Sized Medicaid Deal
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Texas officials say the state's strategy will improve care and dismiss any tie-in to the health care law. "You know, whatever happens with the Affordable Care Act, happens," said Thomas Suehs, Executive Commissioner for Texas Health and Human Services. …
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Affordable Care Act Helps 900000 Young Adults Get Health Insurance
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Because of the health care law, young adults can stay on their parents' insurance plans through age 26. This policy took effect in September 2010. Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) shows that since September 2010, the percentage of …
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What the fact-checkers and others say about Romney and health care
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With shift, hospital fees pegged to quality, not length of stay
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In what advocates are calling a progressive move in line with national health care reform, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island — the state's largest health insurance provider — announced in mid-November that health care compensation will be …
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2 managers hired to help with Vt health care reform
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By WCAX News – bio | email The Shumlin administration has hired two high level managers to help with health care changes. Richard Slusky will become director of payment reform for Vermont. He is the former CEO of Mount Ascutney Hospital. …
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Ohio's Ballot Initiative Issue 3 Seeks To Repeal Individual Mandate
Filed under: healthcare reform initiatives
You see, this particular ballot initiative is designed to do something that it should not…repeal the individual mandate in the Healthcare Reform Bill. Because of this language — which is going to sound good to everyone — this issue will pass … Read more on Lez Get Real

Comment on "Primary Care Utilization and Colorectal Cancer Outcomes Among …
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Health care in the United States is confronted with a "perfect storm" of unsustainable cost growth driving our national financial crisis, inadequate system performance, and the recent passage of expansive national health care reform. … Read more on Archives of Internal Medicine

CLASS dismissal leaves White House without a plan B
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Continue Reading Text Size – + reset POLITICO 44 But whether or not the CLASS Act comes off the books, the problem it was meant to address remains: A gap in the health care system is swallowing up the savings of a growing number of seniors and … Read more on Politico

Healthcare reform law's backers hope to reclaim 'ObamaCare' label
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By Sam Baker – 10/24/11 02:33 PM ET Supporters of the healthcare reform law launched a new campaign Monday to reclaim the term “ObamaCare” and highlight the law's benefits. Two Colorado-based groups created the website “thanks Obamacare,” which … Read more on The Hill (blog)

Federal regulation expands role of DCs in healthcare reform initiative
Filed under: healthcare reform org
… to the program in an effort to increase participation in ACOs. Be sure to follow ACA publications and www.acatoday.org/hcr for further information on this and other issues related to the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act. photo_final_rule. Read more on Chiropractic Economics

Bipartisan Policy Center Study Finds Better Data Is Needed to Align Changing …
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The study, The Complexities of National Health Care Workforce Planning (http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/complexities-national-health-care-workforce-planning), highlights several key findings and future steps for making our health care … Read more on Insurance News Net (press release)

Employer Strategies for Healthcare Reform Revealed by Longfellow Benefits …
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WALTHAM, MA, Oct 17, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — How can employers best respond to the challenge of healthcare reform? Employee benefits expert Patrick J. Haraden, principal of Longfellow Benefits, laid out the range of strategies at a seminar … Read more on MarketWatch (press release)

The folly of waiting so long
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“If the American Medical Association has its way, Congress will pass a Health Insurance Assistance Act to give everyone Medicredit certificates good toward the purchase of private health insurance. “If the (Republican-sponsored) National Health Care … Read more on Sonoma Valley Sun

Ladenburg Thalmann Sends Annual Letter to Shareholders
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These developments are occurring against a backdrop of a steady migration of client assets and advisors from the wirehouse, insurance and bank channels to the independent one. Between 2007 and 2010, the percentage of retail client assets controlled by … Read more on MarketWatch (press release)

Barclays Private Equity sells FirstAssist
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/quotes/zigman/222255/quotes/nls/ci CI +2.20% for GBP71 million. FirstAssist is a travel and protection insurance company and will add a new product line to Cigna's global portfolio of health and financial services. The sale leaves BPE with just one … Read more on MarketWatch