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Nov 15 2010

Times

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Major Cuts in Provider Pay Recommended by White House Commission

Nov 15 2010

New York Times

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Large banks, hedge funds and private investors are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malpractice claims, divorce battles and class actions against corporations.

Nov 15 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The cost of healthcare for people with employer-sponsored health insurance climbed 6.3% for the fiscal year ending June 30, with hospital costs outpacing other healthcare-related cost,

Nov 12 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Three reports are just a few examples of why there’s a critical need for comparative effectiveness research

Nov 12 2010

Bloomberg

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MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, will halt the sale of new long-term care coverage after citing “financial challenges” in the business.

Nov 12 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Hospital leaders are objecting to draft recommendations issued Wednesday that would impose earlier and more draconian pay cuts to hospitals and doctors, and slice many programs that support hospital programs that serve the poor.

Nov 12 2010

New York Times

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Republicans in the Texas Legislature floated a radical cost-saving proposal — opting out of the federal Medicaid program — health care experts, economists and think tanks are trying to determine just how serious they are

Nov 12 2010

NPR.org

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While it appears that you won’t be able to use your FSA to buy aspirin or Tylenol — that’s not quite the case. What the law actually says is that you need a doctor from writing a prescription even for an over-the-counter drug

Nov 12 2010

Marketwatch

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Sixty-six percent of Americans say they support using “comparative effectiveness research” – but 75% are convinced the government and insurance companies will use treatment guidelines derived from such studies to control costs and ration care

Nov 11 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Medium and large companies project that, for the most part, they will hold onto their health plans. Just six percent of survey respondents with 500 or more employees said they are likely to drop their plans.