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On Tuesday, January 24, BenefitMall’s CEO Bernard DiFiore participated in a panel discussion during a general session...
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In terms of federal health care reform, many social, economic and political forces are shaping how the Patient...
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Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced through a press release that state exchanges...
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Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), each state has been given the option to either create a...
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With probably little to no surprise to any of us, Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the Medical Loss Ratio (...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has passed a resolution (26-20-5) to change health care...
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled the final rules to establish and govern...
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BenefitMall’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Bernard DiFiore, met with the Department of Health and Human...
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As the Presidential primaries continue to heat up, Congressional lawmakers face an extensive list of legislative...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released a new proposed Rule, Notice 2011-73, which establishes a safe harbor...
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On September 15, 2011, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health heard testimony regarding the treatment of...
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On August 12, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) jointly...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released an interim final rule (Rule) for public...
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On July 11, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published an interim rule designed to promote the...
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Significant changes can be expected for many Americans in terms of the “Essential Health Benefits” plans that will be...
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As a valued broker, you have a tremendous opportunity to enhance your relationship with small group employers by...
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Today, health plans and insurers issuing new policies and offering “non-grandfathered” coverage must provide...
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Vision and dental coverage is often an integral part of your client’s group health benefits package for employees and...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate took the floor to debate the Republican sponsored bill to repeal the Patient Protection...
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This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which was passed...
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Section 2716 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) contains a provision that applies the “non-...
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The 112th session of the U.S. House of Representatives convened on January 5, 2011. On this first day of the session,...
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BenefitMall would like to inform you that U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida ruled...
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A Florida district court ruling on Monday generated nationwide headlines by deeming the 2010 Patient Protection and...
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As BenefitMall continues to work closely at both the local and national Congressional level we wanted to inform you...
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Last week, BenefitMall representatives met with regulators and policymakers from several key agencies and associations...
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On June 22, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a...
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On May 31, 2011, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (HHS-OCR)...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Professional Health Insurance Advisors Task Force released...
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Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), each and every state has been given the option to create...
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March 18, 2011 - Last week, BenefitMall representatives met with regulators and policymakers from several key agencies...
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December 29, 2010 - As a byproduct of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), one of the chief issues...
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December 10, 2010 - On November 18, the Office for Consumer Information and Insurance and Oversight (OCIIO) of the U.S...
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November 23, 2010- BenefitMall sent out an alert regarding the new “medical loss ratio” (MLR) requirements for health...
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November 22, 2010 -The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued today an “interim final rule”...
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November 17, 2010- As an update to yesterday’s legislative alert regarding the amendment to Grandfathering Plans,...
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November 16, 2010 -The federal government published an amendment to the original “grandfather” regulations that were...
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November 12, 2010 -The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) amended the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to...
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October 29, 2010- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) adopted last spring includes two new...
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September 16, 2010 -Effective January 1, 2011, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) establishes a...
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September 10, 2010- Earlier this week, BenefitMall released a Legislative Alert highlighting legislative reform changes...
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September 8, 2010- As health insurance professionals, it is our job to ensure that our customers and employer groups...
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August 31, 2010- View a summary of wellness and prevention initiatives as a result of the Patient Protection and...
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August 25, 2010 -The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has passed a resolution which defines and...
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July 30, 2010- The Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) guidelines contained in the Health Care Reform bill may be the most...
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July 14, 2010- BenefitMall would like to discuss the provision that dependent children can now be covered on their...
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April 1, 2011 - Small employers who provide health insurance coverage to their employees may not realize they can claim...
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June 30, 2010 -One of the major goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is to insure millions...
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June 15, 2010 -BenefitMall continues to actively participate and communicate with key health care groups and lobbyists...
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June 7, 2010 -BenefitMall would like to inform you of the changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as a result...
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May 25, 2010 -The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP), which takes effect June 1, 2010 was created in order to...
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May 17, 2010 - This week, we bring to you information regarding the Grandfathered Plans of the Health Plan...
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May 10, 2010 - In this week’s Legislative Alert, we will cover the requirements all health plans must comply with...
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May 5, 2010 - Under the health care bill passed in March, tax credits will be granted to some small employers for a...
Healthcare News
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WASHINGTON | Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:59pm EST (Reuters) - The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday that...
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When it comes to America's spiraling health care costs, the country's problems begin with the 5%. In 2008 and 2009, 5%...
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As of December, 13 states have functioning health insurance exchanges, two more have pending legislation to establish...
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A watchdog is urging the IRS to make sure it is prepared for an anticipated blitz of taxpayer appeals involving dozens...
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Starting in 2012, the government will charge a new fee to your health insurance plan for research to find out which...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. healthcare spending barely rose in 2010 from record-low recession levels, as high unemployment...
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Screenings, such as colonoscopies, can get labeled with a diagnostic code .
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According to a recent CNN article, approximately 2.5 million more young adults in the United States are now receiving...
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As the NAIC pushes forward on a vote to exempt agents from the federal medical loss ratio standard, a greater question...
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The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that nearly $220 million in new grants would be awarded to 13 states...
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As soon as the school day ended, the rush at the health clinic began.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, more...
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The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday made available $1 billion for innovative healthcare projects that...
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Arguments in March. A decision by June. Those are the first two things you need to know about the decision Monday by...
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WASHINGTON — A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack...
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(Reuters) - Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the...
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(Reuters) - Americans' opinion of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform in October reached its lowest point since...
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Behold the American health care system. It produces most of the world's prescription drugs, medical technologies and...
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Researchers at the Urban Institute argue health reform was designed to build on, not replace, employer-sponsored health...
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Sarah Baker drives 130 miles round-trip every weekday from her home in Bismarck, N.D., to her job as the sole provider...
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A liberal United States Senator, let's call him Edward M. Kennedy, dies. When he gets to heaven, he asks God, "Will...
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The problems just keep piling up on hospitals – not just here in the United States, but worldwide.
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Washington (CNN) -- One of the little-known prerogatives of the U.S. Supreme Court is the justices' discretion to...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Thank you, boss?: While the annual cost for employee family health insurance jumped 9% this year...
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Washington (CNN) -- A 26-state coalition has asked the Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of the massive...
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Healthcare expenses for U.S. employers are expected to slow next year to their lowest level in more than a decade, but...
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Washington (CNN) -- A television ad released Thursday by a progressive health care advocacy group slammed the tea party...
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The government released its annual report on income, poverty and insurance coverage last week. The median income in the...
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The Senate Appropriations Committee's consideration of the spending measure will likely be largely symbolic and the...
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Though drug companies, hospitals, nursing homes and state health programs would take the biggest hit in the president's...
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A new poll finds that there has been a significant drop in the number of uninsured young Americans, thanks to...
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WASHINGTON - September 20 - Despite the implementation of the Massachusetts health care reform designed to bolster...
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WASHINGTON -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Tuesday that it has released another round of...
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Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s deficit- trimming proposal would cut $320 billion from U.S. health...
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We hear from the President he wants to save money for America and that paying our "fair share" and taxes are America,...
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(WASHINGTON) — Health care savings in President Barack Obama's deficit-reduction plan would squeeze future Medicare...
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Thanks to the new health-care reform, young adults now have more options when it comes to finding health insurance.
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LONG BEACH, Calif., Sept. 16, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Health industry experts and corporate executives will lead a...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The number of people who lacked health insurance last year climbed to 49.9 million, up from 49...
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Developing: In a ruling today, the Richmond, Va.-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to strike down a...
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court in Virginia has dismissed two lawsuits that had claimed President Barack...
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When Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced rules for the new state health insurance exchanges...
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Gov. Nikki Haley said she will let federal deadlines slip by and not accept millions in federal funds to help South...
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WASHINGTON — The 2010 federal health care law will have little effect on the nation's rising health spending in the...
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As Republicans try to make President Obama's landmark health care law a key issue in the 2012 election, a leading...
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The federal health care overhaul signed into law last year will drastically cut the number of uninsured Wisconsin...
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Documents obtained by a government watchdog group show that the Obama administration has set aside millions since last...
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Very recently, the pages of The Huffington Post -- as was true within every media outlet and what rolled off of the...
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The constitutionality of President Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment — the Patient Protection and Affordable...
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“Accountable care organizations” is the health wonk phrase du jour. Obamacare’s advocates point to its support for ACOs...
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The LA Times reports on some of the challenges ahead for the "super committee" and explores the panel's chances for...
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Working groups continue planning efforts for the creation of state-run versions of these health insurance marketplaces.
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In his first public comment on last week's federal court ruling that declared the centerpiece of the health care law...
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A new survey of more than 200 U.S. health care professionals reveals costs will rise significantly with health care...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday highlighted the national healthcare plans that will...
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Mixed reactions greeted the news that Joel Ario, director of the health insurance exchanges in the Obama administration...
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How much does health insurance cost? It’s a deceptively simple question to ask, but a notoriously difficult one to...
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The Obama administration on Monday rolled out nearly $4 billion in loans for a program established by the healthcare...
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Only 2 percent of employers are "very likely" to stop offering coverage in 2014 and drop their workers into the...
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NEW YORK CITY – The United States continues to lead industrialized nations in healthcare spending, according to a new...
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As a small private practitioner in speech-language pathology, I find that most people are very confused about their...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rural Americans are more likely to suffer from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart...
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Most industries today are faced with a variety of obstacles in achieving or remaining profitable.
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FORT MYERS – Being Lee County’s largest employer and a major property owner, Lee Memorial Health System is a key factor...
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The Congressional Budget Office has predicted that fixing a small loophole in President Obama's healthcare reform law...
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NEW YORK, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of Americans will soon gain what they have long waited for in...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 15, 2011) — To enhance its ongoing effort to provide clarity on the Patient Protection and...
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Two separate bills have been introduced to address this health law issue, which inadvertently would make 3 million...
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WASHINGTON -- Removing a potential political distraction ahead of next year's elections, the Obama administration...
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Can doctors and other health care providers be the driving force in achieving cost-effective health care? In their...
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Jackie Judd and KHN's Mary Agnes Carey discuss the rising tension on Capitol Hill over increasing the debt limit, which...
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Next month, two insurance companies, Minneapolis-based Medica and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, will give some...
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Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a framework to assist states in building...
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The Obama administration on Monday released rules giving states flexibility on how they create their insurance...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is pushing back the compliance deadlines for Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
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The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council recently surveyed 304 small business owners about how satisfied they...
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WASHINGTON BUREAU -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says Internal Revenue Service (IRS) top managers...
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The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it is scaling back some of its earlier rules under the 2010 health...
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ATLANTA — Lawyers for President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought to stave off the biggest legal challenge yet to his...
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BOSTON (Reuters Health) - Sick children covered by Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) must wait...
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CHICAGO — Medicare crises, looming doctor shortages, more patients without health insurance. And that doesn't even...
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The new federal healthcare law may significantly reduce the number of Americans who get their health insurance through...
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PRINCETON, N.J., June 1 (UPI) -- Twenty million U.S. children who live in complex family arrangements may fall through...
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The Obama administration is not threatening to veto a Republican bill that would replace spending in the healthcare...
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When asked their opinion about the authority of states and the federal government over healthcare reform, roughly eight...
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Healthcare leaders currently face a host of challenges as they integrate care, implement electronic medical records and...
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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a $750 million investment in...
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The news of Osama bin Laden’s death may have consumed Capitol Hill Monday, but it didn’t alter House Republicans’ plans...
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A GOP bill to cut off funding for part of the healthcare reform law could ultimately shift decision-making power from...
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved legislation to cut off federal funds for state-based health insurance...
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Front-End Medicine: New Health-Care Model Focuses On Prevention, Communication
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April 10--For the fourth time in as many years, California Democratic lawmakers are pushing a plan to control health...
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Massachusetts may have hurt efforts to sell small group health coverage through its exchange system by infuriating...
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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's plan to curb health care costs that drive the deficit will mean less taxpayer...
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(CNN) -- The Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a part of the health care reform law that would require businesses to file...
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FORTUNE -- Late last month, the Patient Protection and Affordability Act, better known as "health care reform," quietly...
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This week last year the monumental Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and even as the legislation's more moderate...
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A healthcare reform study in Massachusetts reported more people covered under insurance did not improve medical debts...
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Unable to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, Republicans are trying to oust the official who is...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama extended an olive branch on Monday to states struggling to implement his...
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WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has endorsed giving states more flexibility under healthcare-...
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(CNN) -- Legislatures from New Jersey to California are struggling to tackle yawning deficits, longstanding pension...
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WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit claiming that President Barack Obama's requirement that...
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Health-care companies said they were pressing forward with plans to implement the federal health-overhaul law, despite...
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WASHINGTON — A leading U.S. Senate Democrat said on Tuesday that President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will...
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WASHINGTON — It's a striking statistic. Without President Barack Obama's health care law, as many as 129 million...
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Washington (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama defended Friday his administration's signature health care law that...
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On a night when the new, and still tenuous, mood of bipartisanship in Washington was on full display, President Barack...
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From NBC's Norah O'Donnell, Adam Verdugo, and Ariel Edwards-Levy We decided to go back and check what President Obama...
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Public opposition to the health care reform law spiked to a record high in a new poll out today — but Americans don’t...
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Congressional Republicans are attempting to live up to one of their key 2010 campaign promises with the introduction of...
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A reader asks: Are there other health insurance options besides high-risk pools for people who can't get coverage in...
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(Reuters) - Ohio is joining a multistate lawsuit over the federal healthcare reform plan passed less than a year ago...
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The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce struck an optimistic tone Tuesday about the direction of the economy and the...
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(CNN) -- Republicans on Sunday demonstrated a united front against health care reform passed by the Obama...
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Choosing a health insurance policy should be easier if consumers use the simple chart and other information that state...
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This week, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson struck down a key provision of the national health care reform bill,...
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At least 1.5 million people will soon receive notices from employers or insurers that their health plans fall short of...
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It looks like we’re one step closer to sidestepping — for a year, that is — the Medicare payment cuts due to kick in...
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The successful implementation of the new healthcare reform law will hinge on physicians and hospitals working out trust...
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Americans are still deeply divided over the nation's new health-care reform package, with 28 percent of adults wanting...
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Americans should be prepared for two more years of verbal combat over health care reform when the new Congress is...
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An online gateway from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation for the latest data and information on the U.S. role in...
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Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research. The peer-reviewed journal was founded in...
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Stateline.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news site that practices journalism in the public interest by...
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Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit private operating...
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Healthcare Finance News is published by MedTech Publishing Company, a fully integrated media company located in New...
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WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today released final guidance for small employers eligible to claim the new...
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Responses to Re: "Cornyn won't back public-option plan -- Senator says GOP will offer proposal with state-based...
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FierceHealthFinance is a weekly healthcare finance update for health executives and financial managers.
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The Health Care Blog (THCB) has acquired a reputation as one of the most respected independent voices in the healthcare...
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Healthcare Products
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Washington (CNN) – They know better than to propose legislation in the current political atmosphere, but two political...
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WASHINGTON – Doctors who serve Medicare patients are facing a 27.4 percent cut in payments beginning Jan. 1 unless...
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(Reuters) - The Congressional Super Committee negotiations are coming down to the wire, and Republicans are demanding...
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After one of my articles this summer on the festering problems with CLASS—Obamacare’s unsustainable new entitlement for...
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(MONEY Magazine) -- Thanks to Medicare, there's at least one thing you don't have to worry about in retirement: whether...
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NEW YORK — If you're a senior on Medicare - or if you help out aging parents with their money matters - it's time to...
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WASHINGTON — Prescription drug abuse by elderly and disabled beneficiaries of Medicare cost the U.S. program nearly $...
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A report that the office administering the CLASS Act, the long-term care insurance component of the health care reform...
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Only 46% of seniors and baby boomers have a solid understanding of how Medicare works, and half of people over the age...
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Medicare Advantage premiums will be 4 percent lower in 2012, and enrollment is expected to rise 10 percent, according...
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Some states could hire health insurers to offer a new type of health plan – the Section 1331 Basic Health Program plan...
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Last month, ObamaCare was dealt another huge blow. On August 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in...
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For those of you waiting for another COBRA subsidy to come along, the chances don’t look great. A bill introduced by U....
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American seniors recently received some good news — they won’t be seeing higher premiums in 2012 for their Medicare...
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The rising cost of health care will soon be reflected even more substantially in employee cost-sharing.
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What gets lost in the debate about Medicare is that both Democrats and Republicans know that Medicare is broke, and...
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Medicare costs grew at their slowest pace in six years, according to Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Indices.
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Consumers shopping for health insurance will soon get a peek at a new standard form—akin to the nutrition label on food...
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Patients who will be added to Medicaid as part of health care reform are less healthy and therefor more expensive than...
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Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) took steps to encourage the creation of Consumer Operated...
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The costs of the government's big health care programs are soaring again, expenses not tackled in the agreement...
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Due to the economic recession and the potential for increased health insurance costs brought about by health care...
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July 26, 2011 -- Non-drug-related health care costs have been reduced for elderly patients who gained better...
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This bill simplifies and enhances Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and Health Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) by...
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The poor and disabled people who rely on Medicaid to pay their medical bills could be in grave jeopardy in this sour I’...
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Years ago when I worked at the Nebraska Department of Insurance and we had a choice about whether to try to make a new...
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LOS ANGELES, June 17 (Reuters) - Providers of bare-bones health insurance plans have until September to seek exemption...
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free...
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WASHINGTON — The government is cutting premiums by up to 40 percent in nearly two dozen states and implementing other...
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CHICAGO — Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with...
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Medicaid will stop paying for about two dozen "never events" in hospitals, such as operations on the wrong body part...
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A Highmark Inc. study published in the March/April edition of the American Journal of Health Promotion found that...
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(Reuters) - Republicans in Congress on Thursday appeared to back away from a contentious plan to overhaul Medicare,...
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CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health care plans are recreating themselves, anticipating a consumer-driven world once...
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“A Real Choice on Medicare” (editorial, April 24) states that the Republican plan to privatize Medicare is premised “...
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WASHINGTON – Partisan divisions hardened Wednesday around the new House GOP budget, hailed by backers as a sobering...
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WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- House Republicans propose to trim more than $1 trillion from the deficit over the next decade...
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Washington, DC – Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) today convened the Committee on Ways and Means for a hearing to examine the...
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The list of non-qualified withdrawals now includes over-the-counter (OTC), non-prescription drugs such as cold...
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Roughly 37,000 seniors would be left without someone to provide physical therapy for them after a stroke, administer...
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If companies want to reduce their health-care costs, they should reduce the co-pays employees are charged for drugs,...
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(Reuters) - Public healthcare programs for those with low incomes and for children stayed steady or expanded in almost...
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Legislation to avert a 25 percent pay cut for doctors treating patients covered by the federal Medicare health...
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At least 1.5 million people will soon receive notices from employers or insurers that their health plans fall short of...
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The AARP’s health insurance costs are going up next year due to rapidly rising medical costs that are partly fueled by...
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How do I get additional information about Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plan choices for 2011? You have...
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Major changes to health-insurance coverage and costs, new rules for flexible spending accounts, and some interesting...
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What differences can I expect to see in my health insurance for 2011 during my employer’s open-enrollment season this...
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Does the new health-reform law affect any of my flexible spending account decisions during this year’s open-enrollment...
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Spending more on drugs does not always translate into healthier patients, U.S. researchers reported.
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The health-care overhaul has taken some of the flex out of flexible spending accounts, which let workers pay medical...
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The president of the nation's largest doctors' group says upcoming cuts in Medicare physician payments will be...
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If you're on Medicare Part D, this month marks the beginning of the annual enrollment time when beneficiaries can try...
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Health care reform means major changes to flexible spending accounts. Those changes start soon. You'll no longer be...
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The new health care law wasn't supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with...
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148, PPACA, as amended by the Health Care and Education Act, P...
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Remember the old phrase 'be careful what you ask for, you just might get it?' Well, Anthem Blue Cross put out an email...
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Health reform will offer major changes in the arena of dental care; the bill that has been offered by the United States...
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The Obama administration unveiled new rules requiring health insurers to provide several kinds of preventive services...
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America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is the national association representing nearly 1,300 member companies...
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America’s health plans are floundering. If their job has been to provide the nation’s mainstream families with access...
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Some insurance companies are ratcheting their “consumerism” campaigns a notch higher by launching retail insurance...
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Why isn’t anyone actually considering the health care plan that Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican Senator...
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There is an unhealthy tendency on the part of politicians and journalists to see discussions about economic recovery...
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No sooner had the provisions concerning health care in the House’s economic stimulus bill seen the light of day than...
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In what many are calling the second stage of managed care, health plans are trying to prove that their interests extend...
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The latest trend in health care? Patients are managing their own care. New technologies make it possible. Legislative...
Healthcare Reform
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By Kathryn Mayer - Though it’s defined his presidency, Barack Obama made little mention of his massive health...
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In March 2010, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Affordable Care Act, which puts in place...
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Part of the issues relative to controlling costs in medical expenses is the lack of transparency in health care...
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Health reform had a big year in 2010, when it passed Congress and a slew of consumer-friendly provisions came online....
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The rising cost of health insurance coverage has imposed a heavy burden on our nation. Over the past decade,insurance...
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The Obama administration is headed into a Supreme Court case over healthcare reform without a clear answer to...
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The Affordable Care Act helps create a competitive private health insurance market through the creation of Affordable...
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Atlanta (CNN) -- About 2.5 million young people have received health insurance coverage as a result of health care...
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On the surface, it looks like a simple and straightforward health reform requirement: Employers must offer their...
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By Denis Storey - Say what you want about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – and we all have – but the...
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Industry experts and executives share, discuss and help each other navigate through healthcare changes
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Washington (CNN) -- The dinner was billed as a "Celebration of Service." The honorees: Justices Antonin Scalia and...
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(CNN) -- I had been wrestling with eye redness for weeks. After trying nearly every brand of over-the-counter eyedrops...
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(CNN) - The public is divided over the idea of requiring all Americans to have health insurance, according to a new...
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The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide whether President Obama’s far-reaching healthcare reform law is constitutional...
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The Obama administration, in the latest in a string of executive moves to sidestep a divided Congress, on Monday...
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By Marty Trussell - Seth Godin, the American entrepreneur, author and, public speaker who coined the term “permission...
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After hovering around split support since its passage, Obama’s health care overhaul has taken a sizable popularity hit...
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While we fight over health care reform, more blameless Americans grow sick and die.
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Last week, I discussed what various tax proposals could mean for you. But tax reform isn’t the only big policy area...
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By Kathryn Mayer - Here’s some breaking news for you: Employees still really care about health benefits—apparently now...
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By Mark Roberts - This year, the HHS has issued a truckload full of directives, at the “discretion of the Secretary,”...
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(CNN) -- For the second straight Republican presidential debate, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann on Tuesday said that the...
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As far as building blocks of the health reform law go, the insurance exchanges are pretty crucial. They’re the health...
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By Chris Carosa - Reports out of Washington point to a disturbing fascination with altering the nation’s successful...
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(WASHINGTON) — The nine justices of the Supreme Court, who serve without seeking election, soon will have to decide...
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By Mark Roberts - Over the last few years, the social media epidemic has created a plethora of websites devoted to...
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President Barack Obama's administration asked the US Supreme Court to uphold his historic health care law, likely...
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The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is taking its case against the Affordable Care Act to the...
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The health reform passed last year included tax credits to help ease the burden of surging...
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Federal officials have praised Maryland for leading national efforts to implement health care reform, but critics...
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About the only good news in last week’s poverty report from the Census Bureau was the news that the proportion of young...
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By Denis Storey - For years, we’ve been begging, pleading and practically screaming for employees to stop acting like...
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The signing of 2010's health care reform law by President Obama represented a huge step forward in the fight for racial...
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For the nation’s smallest businesses, parts of the health care law already are in effect, and more provisions will kick...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it wants to let states perform the health insurance...
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Big changes are coming in the way Americans get and pay for their health care. By 2014, the federal Affordable Care Act...
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Reporting from Washington -- For more than a year, as conservative states have battled President Obama's sweeping...
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By Jenny Ivy - Another retirement rescue ensues in Washington this week. This time, Congress hopes not only to help the...
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Relatively few states have made progress in establishing the health insurance exchanges that represent a central piece...
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By Jody Dietel - There’s been a lot of attention in the media recently related to legislative action to address the...
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There has been no shortage of court cases regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Before today,...
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little more than a year ago, the 2,700-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) became law, changing...
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Here’s your counterintuitive thought for the day: Perhaps slow implementation might actually save the Affordable Care...
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By Mark Roberts - As a broker or agent, you are constantly aware that commissions are being cut by insurance companies...
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Almost 1 of every 10 midsized or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers after insurance...
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Nearly three-quarters (71%) of mid-sized to large companies intend to keep their health insurance plans in place for...
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The Obama administration now faces a key legal and political dilemma -- what to do about the recent decision from a...
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Thirteen states and the District of Columbia have received funds from the Health and Human Services Department totaling...
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The Affordable Care Act relies on two main programs to expand health insurance coverage.
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The definition of “affordable” in the Affordable Care Act has become a sort of regulatory saga as of late.
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By Chris Carosa - Several years ago, after I had just finished giving my talk to 401(k) fiduciaries at a national...
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Money Magazine -- It's been more than a year since President Obama signed health care reform into law. The act's...
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There has been a substantial amount of focus on the recently released draft regulations governing state-based health...
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By Rich White - Medicare has been a hot topic since April 15, the day that the U.S. House of Representatives voted 235-...
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In our lifetime, arguably no trend is as clear or important as the growth of government. In good times government...
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WASHINGTON—Governors discussed options for the implementation and establishment of health insurance exchanges today...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The official charged with overseeing the creation of U.S. state-based health insurance exchanges...
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By Rich White - The long-term care insurance (LTCI) market is in disarray as large carriers keep raising premiums and...
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WASHINGTON Wed Jul 27 21:41:06 UTC 2011 (Reuters) — A U.S. health official overseeing the new insurance exchanges...
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By Jody Dietel - For Americans with high medical expenses, flexible spending accounts (FSAs) have consistently proven...
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DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- Like many Americans, I had hopes that President Barack Obama would live up to the high rhetoric of...
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States that didn't create an insurance exchange this year say they're now facing a time crunch that requires them to...
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Paul Keckley noted that things may get worse before they get better in the healthcare and lifescience industry in the...
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Twelve percent of small businesses have had or expect to have their health insurance plans cut since the passage of...
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Small businesses don’t trust the health care law’s power to control costs, but most who offer health benefits to their...
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By Denis Storey — It feels a little surreal to be writing about benefits from the capital of one of the most fiscally...
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Looking for a Quick Straightforward Explanation of What Health Care Reform Is All About?
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The role of health insurance agents and brokers over the next few years will be even more important as middle-market...
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Susan Collins have proposed a new voluntary mechanism to give small employers and their employees...
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On June 29, a three judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals located in Cincinnati, Ohio published an...
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Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday to remove restrictions on tax-exempt...
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The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) was created under the Affordable Care Act to ensure more Americans...
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As of the publication of this policy brief, cases challenging the law were pending in about half of the country’s 13...
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This notice provides interim guidance on informational reporting to employees of the cost of their employer-sponsored...
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US health care reform sets in motion the largest change in employer-provided health benefits in the post–World War II...
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America’s broken health-care system suffers from what appear to be two separate problems.
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The Republicans in Congress recently released their ten-year budget proposal. The federal budget debate is essentially...
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The House of Representatives voted last month to repeal funding for the state health-insurance exchanges, which are...
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A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta will hear a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare...
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It is no secret that health care has become increasingly unaffordable as the cost of medical treatments and insurance...
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If physicians treated symptoms, they would never cure. Prescribing a cough suppressant to a patient with an intractable...
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Some sectors, such as retail, could face a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't dilemma when coming to terms with...
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The purpose of this document is to assist state policymakers with the implementation of health insurance exchanges and...
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 states that "the Secretary [of Health and Human Services] shall...
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This brief highlights key issues to consider in the creation of a successful, consumer-friendly exchange governance...
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Section-by-section analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as passed.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in...
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The draft rules for the establishment and operation of ACOs, authorized under Section 3022 of the Patient Protection...
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In recent testimony before the House Budget Committee, Medicare's chief actuary, Richard Foster, was asked whether...
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(Arlington, VA) – The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) applauds Representatives Mike Rogers (R-MI)...
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On behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), we are pleased to transmit the attached...
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Why public and private health exchanges must co-exist. BenefitMall's issued brief regarding health care exchanges.
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Plaintiffs Margaret Peggy Lee Mead, Charles Edward Lee, SusanSeven-Sky, Kenneth Ruffo, and Gina Rodriguez bring this...
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The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more...
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"President Obama sought to defuse criticism of the new health-care overhaul Monday by saying he is willing to give...
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February 10, 2011 - U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the...
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Washington (CNN) -- A federal judge in Florida has tossed out the sweeping health care reform law championed by...
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President Obama said he's open to efforts to "tweak" the new health care law, but said he was "not willing to just...
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Washington (CNN) -- President Obama makes his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, which will be his fourth...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new analysis showing that, without the...
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NAIFA-Florida Sits Down with Two Industry Leaders to Discuss Insurance Exchanges
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WASHINGTON — Swiftly honoring a campaign pledge, newly empowered Republicans pushed legislation to repeal the nation's...
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In a motion filed today in the lawsuit pending in the Northern District of Florida, Attorney General Samuel S. Olens...
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Baltimore (CNN) -- After a weeklong pause in legislative business to honor the victims of the Arizona massacre, House...
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(Reuters) - Corporate America's biggest lobbying group on Tuesday praised a more business-friendly tone from the White...
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This notice addresses the timing of the application of the Affordable Care Act provisions prohibiting insured group...
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HONOLULU — Ending a two-week vacation, President Barack Obama is appealing to newly-empowered Republicans to resist...
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Washington (CNN) -- Top Democrats are dismissing Republicans' plans to ram a repeal of President Barack Obama's health...
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Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- When U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson ruled that the mandate to purchase health...
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Conservatives have been quick to declare that "ObamaCare is on life support" in the wake of Monday’s decision by...
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Prior to this ruling, federal district courts in Michigan and another district in Virginia held that the law was...
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On Monday, the headlines and airways were filled with the news that a key provision in the sweeping healthcare overhaul...
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The IRS released final guidance Dec. 2 for small employers eligible to claim the new small business health care tax...
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Click on the events in the timeline to view additional information.
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On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed comprehensive health reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...
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Legislators in 38 states have introduced legislation opposing the new health care reform law signed by President Obama...
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On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) into law. One week...
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To avoid the threat of a filibuster by Senate Republicans, Democratic leaders are planning to pass health care overhaul...
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For almost a century, presidents and members of Congress have tried and failed to provide universal health benefits to...
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Confused about PPACA and HCERA? See H.R.3590 And H.R.4872: A National Underwriter Guide To A New Health Reform World.
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Information on grandfathered health plans.
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A major goal of the Affordable Care Act – the health insurance reform legislation President Obama signed into law on...
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BenefitMall recently hosted a round table discussion to address the newly signed healthcare reform bill and it's...
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The Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) is a non-profit, non-partisan public policy "think tank" based in Lewisville...
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Aetna Citizen's Action Network:Learn about Aetna's grassroots network (ACAN) and how you can help Aetna "Transform...
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The WellPoint Health Action Network includes patients, health care providers, health plan employees, and other health...
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A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating...
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A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating...
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A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating...
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A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating...
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The White House website provides information about the President's office, policies, reform, the many state rooms, and...
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Articles from CNN
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America's health care system is always a work in progress. Every year brings new challenges and new proposed solutions...
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President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive health reform this year in order to control...
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WSJ online coverage of breaking news and current headlines from the US and around the world.
Healthcare Media
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In his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama made just one explicit mention of the 2010 health law. Here is...
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New data shows that President Obama's health care law is saving seniors money. Plus, tens of millions of them are...
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Oct. 2: Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell discusses why the federal government cannot mandate a “one size fits all”...
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Health care reform explained in "Health Reform Hits Main Street."Confused about how the new health care reform law...
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Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a Affordable Care Act) has been a hot topic in the news,...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham sounds off on Health and Human Services pulling long-term insurance program from health care reform...
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Nurses, physicians and health care workers suffer an estimated 800,000 accidental needle stick injuries each year in U....
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Doctors, nurses and other health care providers in America work incredibly hard to deliver the best care possible to...
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Jackie Judd talks with PBS NewsHour's David Chalian about the GOP presidential candidates' health law repeal rhetoric,...
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A new health care plan for public employees could soon be passed by the state legislature.
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One of the features of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health-care reform bill colloquially known...
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CNN contributor Paul Callan discusses the legal challenges ahead for health care reform.
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A federal appeals court has struck down the "individual mandate" portion of President Obama's health care package, the...
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Towers Watson Health and Group Benefits Senior Consultant Jeanne Wyand discusses some of the strategic considerations...
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Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a Affordable Care Act) has been a hot topic in the news,...
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Former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), the Senate Majority Leader from 2003-2007, reflects on some changes needed in...
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Dr. Atul Gawande talks about the role of Medicare and Medicaid in budget talks.
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Ruling marks the first time a Republican-appointed judge has found the most controversial part of the law...
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius talks about the fight over Medicare and the initiatives she's...
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Mitt Romney describes why his alternative plan to President Obama's health care system would be a long-term benefit for...
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President Obama's health care bill was signed into law one year ago today. NBC's Domenico Montanaro explains what...
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A federal judge in Florida has ruled a stay on his decision that the health care law is unconstitutional, but a hold on...
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A new CBS poll reveals a majority of Americans, 51 percent, disapprove of the health care claw. Encouraging news for...
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Jonathan Turley, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University, discusses the new legal implications...
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Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., and Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., share their thoughts on the latest health care ruling and...
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In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama reassured Americans that "our destiny remains our choice" and...
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Dec. 30: It's been a rough year for many Americans, but not for health insurance companies. Former Cigna health care...
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Aug. 14: President Obama brings his case for "common sense and consumer protection" in health insurance to Belgrade,...
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Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., explains why the Republicans plan to revisit health care reform with the new Congress.
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Democrats are lashing out at the Republican attempt to repeal the health care reform law, calling it “political...
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Senate Republicans are making sure that any short term fix to keep the government open will not include money for...
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Stephanie Cutter, Special Assistant to the President for Special Projects, explains why advocates of the health care...
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CNBC's Bertha Coombs explains the first set of changes, going into effect today, under President Obama's Affordable...
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Democratic Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen joins the Morning Joe gang to share his take on rebuilding the U.S. health care...
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Dr. Carol Diamond, of the nonprofit Markle Foundation, discusses how veterans and Medicare patients can now access...
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TODAY financial editor Jean Chatzky offers advice for making sound money decisions surrounding your medical benefits at...
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Healthcare reform means new choices when considering annual benefits enrollment. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., talks about how the Democrats can derail the Tea Party’s agenda of repealing the new health...
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The presumptive next speaker of the House tells reporters that Republican gains on Capitol Hill are proof that "the...
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Dr. Sreedhar Potarazu and Dr. Oliver Fein on the health-care law and growing support for it to be revised or repealed.
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President Obama addresses the House Democratic Caucus and says that the time is now to vote for health care reform for...
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Dr. Jon LaPook and two industry experts weigh the pros and cons of health care reform.
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The White House released an edited version of President Obama's health care speech to Congress that outlines his health...
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During a special full-length primetime broadcast, President Barack Obama addressed the U.S. Congress in order to tackle...
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Katie Couric speaks with "Face The Nation" host Bob Schieffer and CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes about Pres. Obama...
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Healthcare References
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An Inclusive health and social system that treats people equitably and creates conditions in which all people can...
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View items by selecting blocks on the timeline, or click the arrows.
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is an independent organization created to help people make...
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Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come...
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The Pioneer ACO Model is a CMS Innovation Center initiative designed to support organizations with experience...
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Health Insurance Exchanges are, for most states, new entities that will function as a marketplace for...
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Mercer’s 2011 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans involved responses from 2,844 employers in both the...
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The 2011 Towers Watson Health Care Trend Survey found “over two-thirds (71%) of the respondent companies indicated that...
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502 private-sector companies were surveyed that currently over health insurance. 52% of employers surveyed indicate...
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Finally, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Employer Health Benefits 2011 Annual Survey, which included 3,184 randomly...
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Under the Affordable Care Act, consumers will receive more value for their premium dollar because insurance companies...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its request for applications for the Comprehensive...
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Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research. Health Affairs explores health policy...
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Regulations.gov is your online source for U.S. government regulations from nearly 300 Federal agencies.
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The health reform law promises to deliver big changes in the U.S. health care system. But, as with other sweeping...
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Where do you want to find a hospital?
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At first glance, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, former Utah Gov. John Huntsman, Rep. Ron Paul and Gov. Rick Perry...
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NGA hosted a panel session on July 16 entitled, “Health Insurance Exchange Implementation.”
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Unless you're a millionaire and can pay for your health care out of pocket, health insurance is a crucial purchase.
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A year after the passage of sweeping health-insurance reform legislation, the lasting impact of the Patient Protection...
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NAIC's health care implementation chart.
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On March 2, 1865, the House of Representatives separated the appropriating and banking and currency duties from the...
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The Hill's healthcare blog.
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A section-by-section analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as it passed.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the...
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WASHINGTON — The IRS today issued a draft Form W-2 for 2011, which employers use to report wages and employee tax...
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Starting in tax year 2011, the Affordable Care Act requires employers to report the cost of coverage under an employer-...
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contains substantial new requirements aimed at increasing rates of...
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Guidance on external review for group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group and individual health...
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The Technical Amendment makes several changes to PPACA and the states’ external review requirements.
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Implementing the Affordable Care Act generates a variety of reports to stakeholders. View these reports here.
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Medicare spending per beneficiary by region.
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Contacting the Congress is a very up-to-date citizen's congressional directory for the 112th Congress. As of April 07,...
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Health reform makes health care more affordable, holds insurers more accountable, expands coverage to all Americans and...
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WASHINGTON – The House Budget Committee held a hearing today on the fiscal impact of the Democrats’ new health care law...
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Here's a look at the key players shaping the national debate over health care.
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The Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight will work with the Department of Health and Human Services...
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The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan may vary depending on what state you live in. The U.S. Department of Health...
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Stand Up for Health Care cuts through the dense statistics, the spin, and the confusion to explain the issues clearly,...
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NAHU represents licensed health insurance agents, brokers, consultants and benefit professionals who serve the health...
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The Commonwealth Fund is a private foundation that aims to promote a high performing health care system that achieves...
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A leader in health policy and communications, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating...
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The small business health care tax credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of...
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Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and is designed to provide free, up-to-date...
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For the seventh consecutive year, MetLife has surveyed employers and employees on pressing issues facing the U.S....
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The Benefits Edge provides tangible insight, in-depth analysis and practical advice focused on real bottom-line...
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Every day, National Association of Heath Underwriters (NAHU) members work to obtain insurance for clients who are...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is the organization of insurance regulators from the 50...
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial...
Healthcare Technology
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Half the states last year made it easier for children and their parents to enroll in Medicaid by streamlining...
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NEW YORK — The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a...
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Stateline: Transition To Electronic Medical Records Gradually Taking Hold. It's hard to think of any major portion of...
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Medicare has begun publishing patient safety ratings for thousands of hospitals as the first step toward paying less to...
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A New York-based Internet service is looking to reduce the time commitment and research required when trying to find a...
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With new rules requiring that large-group health insurers limit spending on administrative functions to no more than 15...
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Despite being considered by some as a hospital of last resort, the sprawling city hospital where I’ve spent 20 years is...
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The federal government moved today to significantly tighten oversight of health insurance premiums by helping states...
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Research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine gives cause for optimism that federal investments in...
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CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Resurrection Health Care (RHC), a six-hospital not-for-profit health...
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Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting that the...
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Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Even with the all-too- depressing illustrations of political paralysis we’ve seen recently,...
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Health IT holds the promise of improving the efficiency of a physician’s practice, but physicians can easily become...
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Every day I experience life in the world of healthcare IT, supporting 3000 doctors, 18000 faculty, and 3 million...
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Sprint has recently sponsored a Frost & Sullivan a whitepaper, Mobile Devices and Healthcare: What’s New, What Fits...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to build a Health Insurance Assistance Database to better serve...
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Two major hospital rankings were released this month and for the most part show an upward trend toward healthcare IT...
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More than 80% of U.S. adults have concerns about the security of their electronic health records, according to a new...
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Since last year, the number of operational health information exchanges has more than doubled to 228, with private...
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Technology will play a huge role in the future of health care according to Jesus Garza, Chief Administrator of the...
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The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has launched a first-of-its-kind online database to track the...
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CHICAGO — Electronic health records — touted by the White House as a key way to improve healthcare in the United States...
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Electronic medical records, also known as EHRs, often touted as a powerful antidote for uncoordinated and ineffective...
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News outlets report on challenges associated with the push to go digital in the next five years.
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The Cleveland Clinic, one of the country's most prominent medical research centers, and MedStar Health, the largest...
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Two years ago, the Ethio American Health Center opened its doors in the nation's capital, promising the country's...
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For the fourth year running, the nonprofit ECRI Institute has put together a list of what it judges to be the top ten...
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Websites where consumers will be able to shop for health insurance are a lynchpin of the nation's new health care law...
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The new Republican majority in the House has vowed to undo vast swaths of the Obama administration’s agenda for health...
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U.S. health care costs have grown about three times as fast as gross domestic product over the past five decades,...
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Real health care reform won’t be possible without dramatic improvements in how information is accessed, stored and...
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The healthcare reform legislation that is being debated in Washington will impact the way that healthcare institutions...
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Last night the U.S. House of Representatives passed historic health care legislation...
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The health care reform bill President Obama signed on Tuesday calls for technology to reduce costs, improve medical...
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States are just beginning to confront the technology implications of federal health-care reform...
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Even as the Obama administration scrambles to find new ways to rein in health-care costs, a new trend in consumer...
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As part of the federal government's economic stimulus package, Congress has authorized spending about $20 billion on...
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The recently enacted stimulus bill — the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) — touches almost every...
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The Ad Council is currently running a campaign encouraging patients to take a more active role in their healthcare. The...
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In the last couple of years, Web 2.0 technology -- including blogs, wikis, social networking Web sites, chat rooms and...
