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Jan 27 2011

Bloomberg

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Arizona May Touch Off Flood of States Asking Obama to Allow Medicaid Cuts

Jan 26 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Republicans introduced a bill reviving an idea long popular with conservatives: allowing consumers to buy health insurance across state lines so that residents of a state with expensive health plans could find cheaper options.

Jan 26 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Wall Street Journal filed suit Tuesday to overturn a decades-long court order barring public access to a confidential Medicare database it says is essential to rooting out fraud and abuse in the government health-care program

Jan 26 2011

Reuters

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Electronic health records — touted by the White House as a key way to improve healthcare in the United States — may actually do little to improve quality, Stanford researchers said on Monday.

Jan 26 2011

NPR.org

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Here is a quick look at five “branches” of the health law “tree” Republicans are eying.

Jan 26 2011

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As hospitals switch to electronic medical records, doctors worry about spending more time in front of computers rather than patients. To solve the problem, physicians are turning to an age-old profession — scribes.

Jan 26 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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As Republicans in Congress prepare to dissect the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration is stepping up its public relations campaign to point out the program’s benefits for Medicare beneficiaries.

Jan 26 2011

NPR.org

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Negative View Of Health Overhaul Rises, But Opposition To Repeal Remains

Jan 26 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Lobbyists for doctors, hospitals and drug companies are urging lawmakers to derail a planned government panel that health industry officials fear will sharply curb Medicare spending

Jan 25 2011

Kaiser Health News

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To just about everyone who has looked at the question, reining in entitlement spending means reigning in health care spending, and that means slowing the growth of Medicare

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