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Jun 03 2010

New York Times

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The debate about the Dartmouth work is important because a growing number of health policy researchers are finding that overhauling the nation’s health care system will be far harder and more painful than the Dartmouth work has long suggested.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Another Medicare Payment Deadline Blown: Prepare for AMA Ads

Jun 03 2010

Washington Post

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The health-care overhaul may have slipped from the headlines but the gargantuan chore of putting the statute’s more than 2,000 pages of provisions into practice is keeping Washington’s policymakers and bureaucrats busier than ever.

Jun 03 2010

Wall Street Journal

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White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod argued earlier this year that health-care reform would become more popular after it passed, boosting Democrats in the midterm elections

Jun 03 2010

The Hill

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The White House on Wednesday rushed to defend the healthcare reform law after conservatives seized on Congressional Budget Office comments warning about unsustainable health spending

Jun 03 2010

Boston Globe

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The state’s two largest health insurers again are seeking double-digit increases in the rates charged to small businesses and individuals

Jun 02 2010

BusinessWire

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One Call Medical, the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic test scheduling for Worker’s Compensation payers, today announced its acquisition of STOPS, a national leader in high quality transportation and interpretation services

Jun 02 2010

eHealthNews.eu

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A research project that shows heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved

Jun 02 2010

Politico

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Senate Republicans are vowing to challenge Berwick’s nomination to run Medicare and Medicaid — just in time to resurrect the brutal yearlong health reform battle ahead of the midterm election

Jun 02 2010

Washington Post

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“The medical loss ratio and rebate program . . . have the potential to destabilize the marketplace and significantly limit consumer choices if the definitions and calculations are too restrictive,” according to NAIC President