Health Care Reform – Page 27 – Healthy Skeptic

Mar 11 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Although courts have disagreed about the constitutionality of the mandate and the new law as a whole, all courts have accepted the premise that the hidden tax is significant – but the research has found that there is no credible evidence of a cost shift

Mar 10 2011

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Republican drive to defund the health-care overhaul could upend short-term funding for privately run Medicare plans,

Mar 09 2011

Bloomberg

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The state of Maine received a three- year waiver to federal rules in the 2010 health law that require health insurers to spend at least 80 percent of premiums on patient care

Mar 09 2011

McLatchyde

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Under the new law, the federal government will pay the entire cost of the new enrollees for the first three years, after which it will scale down gradually to 90 percent in 2020 and thereafter. Republican governors say that’s an entitlement-program expansion they simply can’t afford

Mar 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Healthcare Reform: Why We Can’t Turn Back

Mar 08 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The American Medical Association Monday applauded a federal appeals court’s ruling that physicians who bill patients after providing services are not subject to Federal Trade Commission so-called red flag rules

Mar 04 2011

Bloomberg

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Republican member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, urged the Obama administration to clarify a centerpiece of the new health-care law that raises antitrust issues.

Mar 03 2011

Star Tribune

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Regis Salons estimates it could cost $70 million to $90 million to provide health care coverage for roughly 32,000 workers that would be eligible in 2014, if Regis dropped coverage and let workers purchase insurance on their own, the penalty could cost half that — $40 million.

Mar 01 2011

Rand on Payment Reform Methods

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A new report from the Rand Corporation reviews various proposals for changing payment methods to providers. The researchers categorize payment reforms into 11 models and review appropriate performance measures for…

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Feb 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Here are the 10 general categories of benefits that the health law considers essential, and some services within each that could trigger debate as regulators develop rules

Feb 25 2011

2011 Potpourri IX

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A positively presidential set of health care data points for your edification in today's Potpourri, including examining correlations between hospital volume, quality and costs, improving quality program adherence, creating good…

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Feb 24 2011

Health Status, Income and Use of Services in Canada

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

The leading reason advocates use for demanding universal coverage is that it will improve health and health outcomes for lower socioeconomic groups. New research from Canada indicates that this is…

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Feb 22 2011

Washington Post

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

How many bureaucrats to carry out health overhaul?

Feb 17 2011

New York Times

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The Obama administration said Wednesday that it had granted broad waivers to four states allowing health insurance companies to continue offering less generous benefits

Feb 11 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The taxes imposed to provide insurance coverage for tens of millions of additional Americans and their pre-existing conditions have received much less public attention.

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