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Health Care Costs the Sky Isn't the Limit DailyFinance

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Health Care Costs: The Sky Isn't the LimitDailyFinanceConsider this prediction from a recent report by the Annals of Family Medicine: If health insurance premiums and national wages continue to grow at recent rates and the US health system makes no major structural changes, the average cost of a family ... Read the full story: Health [...]

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News From the Annals of Family Medicine March/April 2012

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Four articles in the current issue draw attention to policy initiatives and implications of the rapidly changing U.S. health care environment. Collectively, they examine some of the challenges and opportunities facing the country following the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act... Read the full story: News From The Annals Of Family [...]

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Minnesota Health Care HMO Cash Cushions at Issue in Legislature Pioneer Press

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Minnesota health care: HMO cash cushions at issue in LegislaturePioneer PressThey more generally address the issue of health plan financial transparency, which is the subject that brought Bachmann to the Capitol last month. "Some appropriate level of reserve is necessary," said state Sen. Sean Nienow, R-Cambridge, who sponsored ...Return of the HMO?Post-Bulletin all 2 news [...]

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Editorial Health Care Decision Just a Step in the Process MassLive.com

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MassLive.com Editorial: Health care decision just a step in the processMassLive.comBy The Republican Editorials File photo | Associated PressPresident Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The White House had to like Wednesday's ruling on its signature health care law. ... and more& » Read [...]

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Americans Less Fearful of Health Care Overhaul Effects Boston Globe

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WBIR-TV Americans less fearful of health care overhaul effectsBoston GlobeBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | AP WASHINGTON - Attacked as a rationing scheme and praised as a lifesaver, President Obama's health care law remains as divisive and confusing as ever. But a new poll finds Americans are less worried ...Oklahoma legislative leaders pull bill [...]

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Treatment Discontinued by One in Four U.S. HIV Patients

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Only about 75 percent of HIV/AIDS patients in the United States remain in care consistently, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania published online this week in AIDS... Read the full story: Treatment Discontinued By One In Four U.S. HIV Patients Tags: Perelman School, New research, United [...]

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EDITORIAL Round 1 Goes to Obama the RegisterGuard

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Reason Online (blog) EDITORIAL: Round 1 goes to ObamaThe Register-GuardIt's the weightiest of the many legal challenges to President Obama's health care reform law — the essential question of whether the federal government can require Americans to buy medical insurance. While some of the more than 30 lawsuits filed ...A conservative defense of the individual [...]

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RI Health Insurance CEOs Share Future Strategies Providence Business News

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RI health insurance CEOs share future strategiesProvidence Business NewsThe session was conducted by the ad hoc Health Insurance Small Employer Taskforce under the direction of RI Health Commissioner Christopher F. Koller, who described the gathering as an effort to give voice to the concerns of those “those paying the ... and more& » Read the [...]

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China to Further Reform Medical Health Care Services Xinhua

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China to further reform medical, health care servicesXinhuaBEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China will further reform its medical and health care services in 2012 to better people's well-being, Premier Wen Jiabao said in his government work report delivered at the annual parliamentary session Monday. and more& » Read the full story: China to further reform [...]

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Health Insurance Doesn't Always Protect People From Medical Debt

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In 2010, about 40 percent of Americans-or 73 million people-had trouble paying medical bills, up from 34 percent in 2005. Now, a new study confirms that having health insurance coverage is no guarantee against accumulating medical debt for working-age adults. Not surprisingly, the study likewise finds that both medical debt and lack of insurance coverage [...]

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Due to Language Barriers Over 100000 Californians Likely to Miss Out on Health Care

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Language barriers could deter more than 100,000 Californians from enrolling in the Health Benefit Exchange, according to a study released today by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education... Read the full story: Due To Language Barriers, Over 100,000 Californians [...]

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State House OKs Bill to Cap Costs of Insurance Benefits Detroit Free Press

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State House OKs bill to cap costs of insurance benefitsDetroit Free PressThe employee benefits bill was an attempt to bridge divisions between House and Senate Republicans over how to put a cap on the cost of health insurance for public employees. Under the House bill, all counties, cities, townships, villages and school ... and more& [...]

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Health Coverage Search Should Start With Key Steps East Valley Tribune

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Health coverage search should start with key stepsEast Valley TribuneHelp is on the way for consumers flummoxed by health insurance forms, but they'll need to be patient. The health care overhaul, which aims to provide coverage for millions of uninsured, requires private health plans to offer a user-friendly coverage ...Summary of Benefits and Coverage: Final [...]

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$375M Health Care Fraud Scheme Went Unnoticed for Years Some Critics Say ... Washington Post

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USA TODAY $375M health care fraud scheme went unnoticed for years; some critics say ...Washington PostAuthorities say Jacques Roy and six others indicted for health care fraud certified 11000 Medicare beneficiaries through more than 500 home health providers over five years. Those numbers would have made Roy's Medicare practice the busiest in the ...Obama leads [...]

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InsureMonkey Announces Open-Enrollment for Child-Only Health Insurance Plans in Kentucky

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InsureMonkey Announces Open-Enrollment for Child-Only Health Insurance Plans in Kentucky The State of Kentucky has issued a regulation requiring all individual health insurance companies to offer guaranteed issue child-only plans during a set open enrollment period each year. (PRWeb January 01, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/1/prweb8041313.htm Read more on PRWeb Tags: Open, state, [...]

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Summer Travel Do You Know What Your Health Insurance Covers if a Medical Emergency Occurs While You're on Vacation

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Summer is here and it's time to get away. But while you are making vacation plans, take a few minutes to think about what you might do if an unexpected medical emergency should occur, especially if you are traveling away from home. Before you pack your bags it is important to make sure you are [...]

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