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Mar 22 2012

Bloomberg

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The U.K. is about to pass into law a National Health Service overhaul.  The country’s state-run health service, long derided for its inefficiencies, will require general practitioners to watch costs and show results under a bill awaiting Queen Elizabeth II’s signature to become law.

Mar 22 2012

Wall Street Journal

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If the law survives the Supreme Court and Republican repeal efforts, its impact turns on “four big bets”

Mar 22 2012

Fiscal Times

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Not a single one of the 16 health-care companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index that issued guidance on their first-quarter results took an optimistic perspective.

Mar 21 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Thomson Reuters Corp.is in talks to sell its health-care business in coming days, reactivating an effort it suspended late last year citing volatile market conditions

Mar 21 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Could your new electronic medical record system be missing vital information the old paper-based system captured?

Mar 21 2012

Bloomberg

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The first day’s arguments will center on a question as to whether judges can rule on challenges to federal taxes until the levies are assessed. The following day, the justices turn to the main issue: the insurance mandate. On the third day, the court first will hear arguments on what happens to the rest of the law if the insurance requirement is found unconstitutional.

Mar 21 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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The repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board will get a full House hearing on Wednesday

Mar 21 2012

NPR.org

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Behind the scenes, administration officials are gaming out different scenarios and thinking about what to do and say if the court strikes down the whole law or just the individual mandate

Mar 20 2012

Wall Street Journal

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Cutting Costs with Better Care for Advanced Illness

Mar 20 2012

Kaiser Health News

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At 25 percent, Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people in the nation. Massachusetts, where a 2006 law made coverage mandatory, has the lowest rate — less than 2 percent of people are uninsured. Here’s a look at the reality of that difference.

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