Health Care Reform – Page 57 – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 22 2010

ModernHealthcare

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The Obama administration this morning released a roughly $950 billion health reform proposal – it increases coverage subsidies, requires greater accountability for health insurance companies and picks up most of the tab for a deep expansion of Medicaid

Feb 22 2010

Washington Post

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According to a new analysis, the conventional wisdom about the Cadillac tax is wrong: The tax would actually fall equally on nonunion plans.

Feb 22 2010

Wall Street Journal

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Some governors, frustrated by halted federal efforts to overhaul the U.S. health-care system, are introducing their own changes at the state level.

Feb 22 2010

Reuters

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The president will propose giving the U.S. government new power to block health insurers from attempting excessive premium hikes in the plan to be posted on the WH website at 10 a.m. EST

Feb 22 2010

New York Times

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Coming soon to daytime television: America’s long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank

Feb 22 2010

Bloomberg

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Obama’s health-care proposal will include new rules for insurance companies and greater oversight on the industry, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in an interview.

Feb 19 2010

Bloomberg

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Obama is preparing to release a proposal to restart the health-care debate before a White House meeting next week – insurance company practices will be a focus of the talks

Feb 18 2010

Bloomberg

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U.S. House Democrats said their party may not be able to offer a single health-care proposal at the Feb. 25 meeting

Feb 17 2010

Wahington Times

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A Zogby International poll shows that 57 percent of Americans do not like either of the competing health care bills and say Congress should start over

Feb 17 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The White House says the health bills passed with Democratic support will be the basis for talks. Republicans should just say no to a summit based on these bills

Feb 16 2010

New York Times

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An agreement to tax high-cost, employer-sponsored health insurance plans, announced with fanfare by the White House and labor unions last month, is losing support

Feb 16 2010

What Reforms Should Be Considered If Comprehensive Changes Fail?

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If there is no systemic federal health reform legislation, what are the most important individual bills that could be considered to limit cost increases, improve access and improve quality? In…

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Feb 12 2010

New York Times

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Mr. Tauzin, president of the pharmaceutical industry’s trade group, resigned in the latest unexpected fallout of the Republican upset in the Massachusetts Senate race

Feb 09 2010

New York Times

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If the health care legislation cannot be revived the nation’s hospitals incur billions each year in medical bills that go unpaid by patients with little or no insurance

Feb 09 2010

Washington Post

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Leading House Republicans raised the prospect Monday night that they may decline to participate in President Obama’s proposed health-care summit

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