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Nov 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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More employers are scrutinizing employees’ health-insurance dependents in order to weed out ineligible beneficiaries.

Nov 22 2010

Star Tribune

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The first state-mandated report on quality of medical care in Minnesota shows that clinics and hospitals vary dramatically in how well they treat patients — even on something as basic as children’s colds.

Nov 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Huge budget shortfalls are prompting a handful of states to begin discussing a once-unthinkable scenario: dropping out of the Medicaid insurance program for the poor.

Nov 20 2010

2010 Potpourri XLII

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Thanksgiving approaches and we are thankful for the continuing stream of news to fill our Potpourri, including the effect of malpractice liability on Illinois' ability to retain physicians; the role…

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Nov 20 2010

More on Hospital Pricing Power

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Another study, this time from the Center for Studying Health System Change, suggests that hospital market power plays a substantial role in health care cost increases and discusses some possible…

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Nov 19 2010

npr.org

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Adding more fuel to the argument over who’s to blame for rising health care costs, a study finds some big differences in hospital rates, with San Francisco the most expensive of eight areas that were examined.

Nov 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Seniors enrolling in private Medicare policies starting this week are finding fewer options, as health insurers close down certain types of plans due to legislative changes and looming cuts to federal funding.

Nov 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Food and Drug Administration is a bottleneck delaying the launch of medical devices in the U.S., says a new study supported by the National Venture Capital Association and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association

Nov 19 2010

Health Affairs

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Health Affairs: How Health Insurance Design Affects Access To Care and Costs, By Income, In Eleven Countries

Nov 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Americans are more likely to go without health care because of cost and report the most disputes with insurance companies compared with consumers surveyed in 11 industrialized nations

Nov 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Cardinal Health to Buy Kinray for $1.3 Billion to Gain Retail Pharmacies

Nov 19 2010

Joint Commission

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A follow-up report on preventing suicide: Focus on medical/surgical units and the emergency department

Nov 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The average, per capita cost of providing healthcare services in the United States rose by 7.08% for the past 12 months ending in September, a rate of growth that has slowed slightly, but which is still well above the 1.1% overall inflation for the same period

Nov 19 2010

Kaiser Health News

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A new international survey finds that U.S. consumers report greater access to specialty health care but also have a tougher time seeing a doctor on the day they need help and in paying their medical bills than consumers in many other developed nations.

Nov 19 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The controversial sustainable growth rate formula that is slated to ultimately cut physician payments by 25% beginning Dec. 1 may be done away with by a new deficit-trimming proposal.