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Feb 11 2011

New York Times

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Some 1.7 million patients, staff members, contractors and vendors had their medical and other personal records from city hospitals in the Bronx stolen

Feb 11 2011

NPR.org

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According to many White House watchers, Obama is likely to pull his punches when it comes to entitlements such as Medicare and Medicaid.

Feb 11 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Crooks are taking advantage of lax oversight in Medicare’s Part D prescription-drug program to obtain highly addictive pharmaceuticals, including oxycodone, Ritalin, and methadone

Feb 11 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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A Hospital Prevents Re-admissions, but Threatens Revenue

Feb 11 2011

Washington Post

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Last spring, the Medicaid program’s chief actuary forecast that 375,000 Americans would have joined new high-risk pools by the end of 2010 – only 12,500 have as of the beginning of this month.

Feb 10 2011

The Hill

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Alternatives to the individual mandate would leave millions of Americans uninsured, according to a new study produced for the liberal Center for American Progress.

Feb 10 2011

medpage today

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Monitor Cuts Hospitalizations for Heart Failure

Feb 10 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Broken Promises: How Obamacare Undercuts Existing Health Insurance

Feb 10 2011

Bloomberg

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Sebelius Says Arizona Medicaid Waiver May Not Be in Her Power to Provide

Feb 10 2011

New York Times

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The new health care law encourages collaboration by doctors and hospitals for cost savings, but a split has developed here as to just how far they can go without running afoul of antitrust laws.

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