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Jul 19 2011

Boston.com

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Home care cutbacks put strain on elderly – Plans sacrificed to trim budgets

Jul 19 2011

Bloomberg

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published last week its long-awaited rules for the health-insurance exchanges that states are to set up under the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

Jul 19 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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If robotic surgery is the future of medicine, many in the healthcare industry would like you to know that the future is already here.

Jul 19 2011

KaiserHealth News

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As debt limit talks drag on, lawmakers are eying possible changes in Medicare supplemental plans – moves that could increase seniors’ out-of-pocket costs.

Jul 19 2011

Reuters

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Bound Tree Medical Announces Acquisition of Alliance Medical

Jul 19 2011

New York Times

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Seeing Promise and Peril in Digital Records

Jul 18 2011

The Fiscal Times

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Hot Spots for Aging: An Economic Opportunity

Jul 18 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A survey of the nation’s homeless in 30 cities has found that more than one in five visited the emergency department or was hospitalized over three times in the last year.

Jul 18 2011

New York Times

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Known as IPAB, the board may not be appointed for another couple of years, and remains in suspended animation to see if the brouhaha dies down.

Jul 18 2011

NPR.org

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A new study by the AARP estimates that for the more than 40 million Americans caring for an elderly or disabled loved one, the value of their work is $450 billion a year.

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