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Mar 16 2010

More Imaging Issues

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Use of imaging services has become the poster child for health care spending problems, even though excessive imaging may have been rather rapidly controlled by private sector use of imaging…

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Mar 15 2010

RWJ Foundation

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RWJ Foundation: Without significant reform, uninsured Americans could grow by 10 million in just five years, and spending on government health care programs could double by 2020

Mar 15 2010

Washington Times

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Senate Republicans are threatening to put up hundreds of amendments — one of the few weapons in their limited arsenal— to force Democrats to take difficult votes on politically sensitive subjects

Mar 15 2010

New York Times

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Health Care 101: If it finally passes Congress, it’ll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies.

Mar 15 2010

Multiplan Press Release

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MultiPlan, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Viant, Inc., bringing together the considerable expertise to produce industry’s most comprehensive provider of healthcare cost management services.

Mar 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The vote counting: The administration and House leaders will spend the coming days in a push to persuade several of last year’s no votes to switch to yes, while retaining at least a dozen yes votes who are wavering

Mar 15 2010

Washington Times

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The House’s chief Democratic head-counter said Sunday he hadn’t rounded up enough votes to pass President Obama’s health care overhaul as negotiations head into a make-or-break week

Mar 15 2010

Washington Post

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The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health care bill

Mar 15 2010

Washington Post

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Rather than tackle the drivers of health inflation, the health care legislation chases the ever-increasing premiums with huge new subsidies

Mar 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Survey released today by the Polling Company on behalf of Independent Women’s Voice indicates voters in key congressional districts are clear in their opposition to health-care reform

Mar 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A Food and Drug Administration panel Friday narrowly backed the use of Medtronic Inc.’s “deep-brain stimulation” device in certain epilepsy patients.

Mar 15 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Third-party outsourcing programs have come under fire at the FDA – the agency is weighing whether to end it given questions the quality of the reviews

Mar 15 2010

New York Times

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Three aggressive treatment strategies doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes have proved to be ineffective or even harmful

Mar 15 2010

Bloomberg

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Students who regularly eat lunch provided by their schools are more likely to be overweight and have higher levels of cholesterol

Mar 15 2010

Health Care Reform Status

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We may or may not be nearing the end game of health care reform, at least as currently proposed by the Administration. Whether it passes or not, the problems of…

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