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Jul 08 2010

Washington Post

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Medicaid will expand by at least 16 million people as eligibility is raised in 2014 to a new nationwide standard of 133 percent of the poverty level. The surge in enrollment will be highest in states in the South and West

Jul 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Research shows hospitals don’t have standard process tools that trigger discussions about palliative care and ethics consultations – family meetings occurred relatively infrequently given the vulnerable patient population

Jul 08 2010

Bloomberg

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HealthCare.gov is the U.S. government’s effort to help consumers understand how they’ll be affected by the 907-page health overhaul signed into law three months ago

Jul 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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A three-year pilot project attempts to determine whether telemedicine technology can provide effective perinatal consulting services to women who have high-risk pregnancies

Jul 08 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Restrictions on “pay-to-delay” (limiting drug manufacturers’ abilities to keep generic medicines off the market) were excluded in the final Senate bill – last week the House approved an amendment to curb such practices.

Jul 08 2010

AP News

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Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed a lawsuit Wednesday over the federal health care overhaul, accusing Congress of overstepping its authority

Jul 08 2010

Washinton Post

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Today, 70 percent of the 48 million Medicaid enrollees are in a managed plan. States typically pay insurers a per-person rate, and the insurers, or HMOs, negotiate. But managed Medicaid has also produced a steady stream of controversies.

Jul 07 2010

BusinessWeek

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CardioNet Inc. said Wednesday that UnitedHealth, one of the largest health insurers, will not cover CardioNet’s wireless heart-monitoring devices.

Jul 07 2010

Fiscal Times

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With all the provisions in the new health care law to bend the cost curve, it seems that Congress left a couple things out: the price of medical supplies and measuring cost-effectiveness in clinical research

Jul 07 2010

Washington Post

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The health-care overhaul will require new health plans to begin providing a range of preventive health services at no cost to patients. Many people want contraception to be one of the required free services