Health Care Reform – Page 35 – Healthy Skeptic

Oct 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The rule requiring health plans to extend dependent coverage to age 26, regardless of financial dependency, student status, employment or marital status, doesn’t apply to millions of retirees’ health benefits.

Oct 08 2010

Bloomberg

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Health-Care Law Upheld as Constitutional by Judge in First Legal Victory

Oct 08 2010

The Hill

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is urging egislation requiring the Obama administration to field public comments on all regulations related to the new healthcare reform law

Oct 07 2010

New York Times

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The waivers have been issued in the last several weeks as part of a broader strategic effort to stave off threats by some health insurers to abandon markets, drop out of the business altogether or refuse to sell certain policies.

Oct 07 2010

USA Today

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McDonald’s, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers

Oct 07 2010

Politico

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Daschle Warns Opponents Can Still Damage Health Law And Stirs Controversy On Public Option

Oct 06 2010

HHS.gov

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A total of nearly 3,000 employers and unions has been approved to participate in the Affordable Care Act’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to date; applications still being accepted

Oct 06 2010

Bloomberg

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Almost a million workers were exempted from the health law meant to cap insurance costs. The waiver program is intended to provide continuous coverage until 2014, when new government-organized marketplaces will offer insurance subsidized by tax credits

Oct 05 2010

Uwe Reinhardt on Cost Control

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Uwe Reinhardt is one of the wise old men of health care economics and policy. The New York Times has a recent blog column by him in which he reviews…

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Sep 30 2010

Bloomberg

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A push by Republicans to scuttle the U.S. health overhaul by denying funding through the House’s constitutional control over appropriations is gaining momentum.

Sep 28 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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The GAO announced the appointment of 19 members to the board of governors for the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute designed to review relevant evidence on health condition prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Sep 28 2010

New York Times

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Employees will have to pay more than 12 percent more out of their pockets, according to Hewitt Associates. The Hewitt report blames higher medical claim costs, an aging population and U.S. healthcare reform.

Sep 27 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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What is coming in terms of reimbursement, patient demand, and endless other concerns make decisions that are long term in nature, expensive to implement a calculated gamble for health care CEOs

Sep 25 2010

2010 Potpourri XXXV

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The days are shortening and the light fades, but there is still enough to read our Potpourri, which this week includes two benefit consultants' views on health care coverage costs…

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Sep 24 2010

Kaiser Health News

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A set of new consumer protections goes into effect Sept. 23, the six-month anniversary of the law. Here’s a guide to some of the changes – and some of the caveats.

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