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Feb 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Health care reform bills that were passed in late 2009 would exacerbate the same inefficiencies and perverse incentives that have led to the current situation

Feb 22 2010

Individual Premium Increase Brouhaha

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Health plans are receiving a lot of negative publicity regarding individual policy price increases. This development, however, should have been entirely expected in light of the recession and typical consumer…

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Feb 20 2010

2010 Potpourri VI

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Select from this menu of topics on health improvement incentives, genetic testing for cancer treatment, health plan collaboration on use of IT for administration, value-based insurance design and comparative effectiveness…

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Feb 19 2010

EON

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Nautic Partners, LLC, a private equity firm with more than $2.5 billion of capital under management, today announced that it has completed a recapitalization of Healthcare Payment Specialists

Feb 19 2010

property-casualty.com

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Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited will acquire workers’ compensation insurer Zenith National Insurance Corp. in Woodland Hills, Calif., in a $1.4 billion cash deal

Feb 19 2010

MassHighTech

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Health care management software firm MedVentive Inc. has boosted a venture round from $4.9 million to $10 million, according to regulatory filings.

Feb 19 2010

mobihealthnews

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Survey of health care experts finds that new ‘Connected Health’ prevention could cut U.S. health care costs by up to 40 percent

Feb 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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In a fresh advance for the burgeoning field of personalized medicine, researchers have developed a blood test based on the DNA of tumors that could help tailor treatment for individual cancer patients

Feb 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The proposed new edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders could place large swaths of the population under the umbrella of pathology

Feb 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it plans to implement new “safety controls” for a class of long-acting asthma drugs, largely by adding tougher warnings

Feb 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Obama is preparing to release a proposal to restart the health-care debate before a White House meeting next week – insurance company practices will be a focus of the talks

Feb 19 2010

Wall Street Journal

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A firestorm between the Obama administration and health insurers escalated Thursday, as DHHS pointed to price increases in six states to make the case for overhauling the health-care system

Feb 19 2010

Washington Post

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The recession has fueled the greatest influx of Americans onto Medicaid since the earliest days of the public insurance program for the poor, according to new findings that show caseloads have surged in every state.

Feb 19 2010

New York Times

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Millions of seniors who signed up for popular private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year — another sign that spiraling costs are a problem

Feb 19 2010

New York Times

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Facing relentless fiscal pressure and exploding demand for government health care, virtually every state is making or considering substantial cuts in Medicaid

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