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Aug 10 2010

Kaiser Health News

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Medicare beneficiaries will be able to receive for free all preventive services and screenings that receive an A or B recommendation for seniors from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Aug 10 2010

NPR

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Interview with Virginia Attorney General a week after a federal court refused to dismiss Cuccinelli’s suit against the new federal health care law

Aug 09 2010

Washington Post

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A report by the corps’ advisory council estimated that 27,000 primary care physicians are needed to meet the needs of about 45 million Americans in medically underserved areas.

Aug 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Health-insurance companies including Humana Inc. and Aetna Inc. are stepping into the race to equip doctors with high-tech patient records.

Aug 09 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Look for the AHA to try an end-run around Berwick to rescind the cuts through Congress. If they’re smart, they’ll ask the same representatives that signed their letters to come through for them again via legislation.

Aug 09 2010

Kaiser Health News

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New Medicare Report: Is It Based on a Rosy Scenario? New report also confirms Medicare and Social Security headed for insolvency in the long term

Aug 09 2010

Politico

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Senators voted Thursday to give $26 billion in aid to states and schools, $16 billion of which will be directed to Medicaid programs around the nation

Aug 09 2010

Fiscal Times

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Medicare’s chief actuary said the reduced benefits would cause Advantage plans’ enrollment to fall to 7.4 million seniors.

Aug 09 2010

next.gov

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Two large medical certification boards declared on Thursday their intention to make physicians’ use of health information technology a standard for assessing and certifying the competency of doctors.

Aug 09 2010

Bloomberg

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Congress is set to grant President Barack Obama’s request for a record $1.7 billion to fight health-care fraud, in part to almost triple investigations into crime rings that steal from Medicare.