Health Care Reform – Page 50 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 16 2010

Washington Times

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Justice Stephen G. Breyer predicted Thursday that the Supreme Court will one day be forced to pass judgment on the constitutionality of President Obama’s just-passed health care overhaul plan.

Apr 16 2010

AP News

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Opposition to President Barack Obama’s health care law jumped after he signed it – a warning to Democrats

Apr 16 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Asked how the new law will affect the growth in medical costs, 24 economists said it will accelerate growth, seven said it will slow growth somewhat and 15 said it will have little-to-no effect.

Apr 14 2010

Washington Post

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D.C. officials say the city will save millions of dollars from the recently approved federal health-care bill as it starts transferring childless adults from a city-backed insurance program to Medicaid

Apr 13 2010

Bloomberg

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A U.S. mandate forcing insurers spend 85 percent of revenue from premiums on medical care is the newest front in the battle between the Obama administration and companies over industry profits.

Apr 13 2010

Bloomberg

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Video: Chet Burrell, chief executive officer at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, talks about the potential impact of the U.S. health-care overhaul

Apr 12 2010

PBS

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In Obama’s Deal, airing Tuesday, April 13, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS, FRONTLINE takes viewers behind the headlines to reveal the political maneuvering behind Obama’s effort to remake the American health system.

Apr 12 2010

Politico

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The nation’s fiscal path is “unsustainable,” and the problem “cannot be solved through minor tinkering,” the head of the Congressional Budget Office

Apr 12 2010

Health Care, the Federal Deficit and Federal Debt

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A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine reminds us that health care has been a major contributor to the federal deficit and consequently the national debt and that…

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Apr 09 2010

Wall Street Journal

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This week it became impossible in Massachusetts for small businesses and individuals to buy health-care coverage after Governor Deval Patrick imposed price controls on premiums

Apr 09 2010

What! Massachusetts Again? Yep, With a Side of Maine and New York

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States that supposedly led the way on health care reform are finding out it was the bleeding edge that they were on. Insurers are always the easy target, but bashing…

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Apr 08 2010

mobihealthnews

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There are at least 22 specific provisions that will have an effect on the connected health and personal health industry – the following 21 provisions that are relevant to connected health.

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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A so-called Medicare innovation center and a Medicare oversight board that can set payment rates – but all these groups will face the same basic problem – Americans tend to believe that more care is better care.

Apr 07 2010

New York Times

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The governors of Arizona and Nevada say their states will join 14 others suing the federal government over health care reform.

Apr 06 2010

Bloomberg

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IRS Commissioner said the agency will rely on insurance companies to provide information that individuals are buying coverage as required by the new health-care overhaul.

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