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Feb 02 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Virginia’s Democratic-controlled state Senate passed measures Monday that would make it illegal to require individuals to purchase health insurance

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/01/AR2010020103674_pf.html
Feb 02 2010

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The $915 billion health spending plan for 2011 would hire more fraud detectives to root out waste and outright thievery in Medicare and Medicaid

Feb 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The Obama administration still foresees a major health-care overhaul in its 2011 budget, estimating that the cost of the legislation will reach $743 billion over 10 years.

Feb 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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President Barack Obama’s federal budget proposal assumes that the embattled health bill will pass – but contains some back-up plans if it doesn’t

Feb 02 2010

New York Times

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The budget request for the DHHS was $81.3 billion, up from $79.6 billion a year ago. And the NIH saw its budget request rise by $1 billion, to $32 billion

Feb 02 2010

New York Times

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When Medicare plans raise co-payments for outpatient care, older people cut back on doctors’ visits, then wind up needing more expensive hospital care

Feb 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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New risk calculators from the American College of Surgeons aim to help evaluate individual patients’ risks of complications and death from surgical procedures

Feb 02 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Risk calculators, used by heart surgeons for several years, are now being developed for other surgical specialties

Feb 02 2010

Bloomberg

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The nation’s largest publicly traded hospital chains are stalking medical centers that have been hurt by the cost of charity care and unpaid bills in a recession

Feb 01 2010

iHealthBeat

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Revolution Health sent e-mails alerting users that it would discontinue its personal health record service at the end of February

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