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Mar 03 2011

StarTribune

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. has been dealt a blow in a bid to secure a multibillion-dollar military benefits contract after a lengthy fight with Humana.

Mar 03 2011

theinsurancenation.com

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Advocated of the exchanges say if insures like Blue Cross Blue Shield oversee those exchanges, it would be like the fox guarding the hen house.

Mar 03 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Two senators, a Republican and a Democrat, are pushing legislation to overturn a 1979 court injunction that bars the public from seeing what individual physicians earn from Medicare.

Mar 03 2011

Star Tribune

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Regis Salons estimates it could cost $70 million to $90 million to provide health care coverage for roughly 32,000 workers that would be eligible in 2014, if Regis dropped coverage and let workers purchase insurance on their own, the penalty could cost half that — $40 million.

Mar 03 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Arizona Medicaid Cuts Spur Debate Over Impact On Providers

Mar 02 2011

The Hill

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The Obama administration expressed strong support for repealing the 1099 reporting provision included in the healthcare law but is concerned about how the cost of the measure is offset

Mar 02 2011

New York Times

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41,467 Pennsylvanians who had been covered by adultBasic, a state-subsidized insurance program for the working poor, woke up Tuesday without insurance – the governor shut it down on Monday in one of the largest dis-enrollments in recent memory.

Mar 02 2011

Wall Street Journal

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ADP Acquires AdvancedMD, A Leading Provider of Cloud-based Solutions for Practice Management, Electronic Health Records, and Revenue Cycle Management

Mar 02 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A relaxation of the MOE (maintenance-of-effort) provisions will push many low-income Americans off Medicaid rolls, thereby increasing the number of uninsured

Mar 02 2011

LA Times

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Families USA points out that ACA law would cap how much people with insurance must spend out of their pockets for healthcare services, starting in 2014 – $5,950 for an individual and $11,900 for a family of any size.

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