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Mar 16 2012

The Hill

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Advisory panel recommends Medicare payment cuts

Mar 15 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Under essential health benefits, each state can select a health plan to benchmark coverage for the 10 broad categories of coverage. But here’s the catch: HHS will require states to defray the costs of any state-mandated benefits not covered by the selected benchmark plan.

Mar 15 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Why America’s Doctors Are Struggling to Make Ends Meet

Mar 15 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Robots have already staked out a place in the health-care world—from surgical droids that can suture a wound better than the human hand to “nanobots” that can swim in the bloodstream.

Mar 15 2012

eHealthNews.eu

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IBM’s Biomedical Analytics Platform Helps Doctors Personalize Treatment

Mar 15 2012

NationalJournal.com

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Health care reform may be coming to the whole country, but our health care system is still very local.

Mar 14 2012

Reuters

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Insight: Behind the healthcare-law case: The challengers’ tale

Mar 14 2012

Bloomberg

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UnitedHealth Expands in Middle East With Al Sagr Insurance

Mar 14 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The number of hospital beds needed is falling.  In 2009, the average number of hospital beds was 2.6 per 1,000 people. In 1999 the national average was 3.0—a 13.3% drop. Length of stay stats are dropping, too.

Mar 14 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

U.S. Budget Deficit Revised Upward to $1.2 Trillion for 2012

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