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Oct 31 2012

Fiscal Times

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Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves

Oct 30 2012

KaiserHealth News

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Video: How The Individual Mandate Penalty Will Be Calculated

Oct 30 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Researchers are discovering more ways that obesity can damage the body. These include altering a person’s ability to smell, disrupting sleep and sexual function, and accelerating cancerous tumor growth.

Oct 30 2012

Health Spending Trends Prior to Health Reform

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The Urban Institute issued a report examining health care spending trends in the United States prior to the passage of the federal health care reform using MEPS data from 2001…

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Oct 29 2012

New York Times

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The Obama administration will soon take on a new role as the sponsor of at least two nationwide health insurance plans to be operated under contract with the federal government and offered to consumers in every state.

Oct 29 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer that lets states opt out of Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could saddle the nation’s safety net hospitals with $53.3 billion in uncompensated care costs

Oct 29 2012

The Street

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Deloitte Acquires Fast-Growing Health-Care Data Warehousing And Analytics Firm, Recombinant

Oct 29 2012

Fiscal Times

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Back in August, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that if lawmakers failed to reach a deal that would avert massive spending cuts and tax hikes set to take place early next year, the economy would tumble into a shallow recession.

Oct 29 2012

Reuters

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Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves as companies roll out healthcare plans with higher deductibles, benefits consultants say. The result: sticker shock.

Oct 29 2012

CHCF Report on Spending

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This week will be health care spending week, as we have collected several reports relating to spending trends, starting with a California HealthCare Foundation report examining components of health care…

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Oct 26 2012

BusinessWeek

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McKesson Corp., the largest U.S. drug distributor, agreed to acquire PSS World Medical Inc. for about $1.62 billion to expand in medical supplies and services.

Oct 26 2012

Bloomberg

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Spending on Medicaid, the U.S. health insurance program for the poor, grew at its slowest rate since 2006 in a signal the economy is improving, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Oct 26 2012

Bloomberg

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Health-care companies sitting on piles of cash may start doing more deals next year as they seek products that can bolster sales, said four top U.S. dealmakers.

Oct 26 2012

2012 Potpourri XXXII

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The light fades but not our evanescent Potpourri, this week featuring stories on computerized point of entry ordering, the presence of large treatment effects in research, characteristics of patients with…

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Oct 25 2012

InformationWeek

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Feds Take Critical Look At Meaningful Use Payments – Office of Inspector General investigating whether providers’ EHR use has resulted in Medicare overcharges.