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May 01 2010

2010 Potpourri XV

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The latest in our weekend selection of health news and research developments, including any willing provider laws, emergency room visits, the link between insurance and health outcomes, hospital rankings and…

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Apr 30 2010

Washington Post

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After being criticized as obstructionists during the long health-care debate, insurance companies now are implementing some popular provisions even sooner than the law demands

Apr 30 2010

New York Times

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Friday is the deadline for states to tell the Obama administration whether they want to run the high-risk insurance pool for uninsured people with pre-existing conditions

Apr 29 2010

Bloomberg

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Health-insurance customers won’t risk losing their coverage when they become sick under an industry wide ban beginning in May

Apr 28 2010

Mercer

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Mercer: Third of employers may be penalized for health coverage deemed “unaffordable”

Apr 28 2010

Bloomberg

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Health plans can subtract taxes and include as costs “activities that improve health care quality” to meet mandates on how much they spend on medical care

Apr 27 2010

Washington Post

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President Barack Obama is pushing to speed up insurance coverage for young adults in their twenties

Apr 26 2010

Employer Reactions to Health Reform

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The new national health law poses a number of challenges for employers in regard to the health benefits they offer to their employees. A poll published in Business of Insurance…

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Apr 24 2010

2010 Potpourri XIV

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Another thrilling collection of health care tidbits; including patient safety, malpractice claims, physician discipline, hospital costs and charges, venture financings, employer health costs and who makes good liars.

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Apr 21 2010

New York Times

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Fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot up in the next few years, Senate Democrats laid a foundation on Tuesday for federal regulation of rates, four weeks after Obama signed a law intended to rein in soaring health costs

Apr 21 2010

Wall Street Journal

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UnitedHealth Group Inc. experienced a significant jump in quarterly profit as the health insurer’s strategy of diversifying beyond traditional insurance plans shows signs of paying off

Apr 20 2010

New York Times

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The individual mandate was created was to attract as many healthy people as possible to the individual market to offset the demands of the many sick people who will be buying in – yet no one really knows which way people struggling in a tough economy will go

Apr 19 2010

New York Times

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Healthy people subsidize people who need more health care – healthier customers discover high premiums are not worth it and dropped out – the pool of insured people shrank – premiums skyrocketed

Apr 19 2010

Washington Post

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The idea was simple enough: Make sure that health insurers spend the vast majority of their revenue on patient care

Apr 16 2010

Senate Commerce Committee

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Senate Commerce Committee: Most of the big publicly traded insurance companies spend less on medical care than the new health law will require of them

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