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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Insured, but Driven Bankrupt by Health Crises
Health Care in crisis
There are many highlights to the President's plan including reducing the cost of healthcare; emphasizing health, wellness and appropriate utilization of ... See all stories on this topic
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'Frequent fliers' cost health system billions
Not only are they stressful for patients, readmissions cost a fortune. With one in five Medicare hospital patients returning to the hospital within 30 days, ... See all stories on this topic
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Wal-Mart backs employer health insurance mandate
"Support for a mandate also requires the strongest possible commitment to rein in health care costs," it said. Former Senate Democratic Leader Thomas ... See all stories on this topic
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healthpartners reform plan: Be more like us
It's all about getting the health care system to run like healthpartners. Minnesota has some of the lowest medical costs in the country and healthpartners ... See all stories on this topic
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Hard choices on 4 big issues stymie health push
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Four divisive issues could dash President Barack Obama's hopes of overhauling health care: cost, creating a government-run plan, ... See all stories on this topic
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Hard choices on 4 big issues stymie health push (AP) | enUws
AP - Four divisive issues could dash President Barack Obama's hopes of overhauling health care: cost, creating a government-run plan, taxing workers' benefits and ... enUws - http://enuws.com/
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Democrats increasingly confident they'll enact health care plan
By STEVEN THOMMA AND DAVID LIGHTMAN Despite the strains of sky-high costs and public skepticism, the government is moving steadily toward a vast health care ... See all stories on this topic
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Monday, 29 June 2009
Lilly Erbitux Cancer Drug Not Worth Price, US Scientists Say
... fraction of the cost,†wrote the commentators, Tito Fojo with the National Cancer Institute and Christine Grady at the National Institutes of Health. ... See all stories on this topic
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In today's pages: Iraq, Gitmo, LAUSD and healthcare
In a continuing series that looks at the most egregious problems with the healthcare system, today's installment focuses on costs and how they can be ... See all stories on this topic
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President Understands Need to Control Healthcare Costs
Along the way, CSH and our partners have also proven that supportive housing is fiscally responsible, resulting in reduced healthcare costs as well as the ... See all stories on this topic
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The Real Cost of Our 'Disease Care' System
By Robin Lloyd, LiveScience Senior Editor Everyone knows health care costs are busting us, as individuals and as a nation. Reform is needed, but the ... See all stories on this topic
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The Real Cost of Our 'Disease Care' System
By Robin Lloyd, LiveScience Senior Editor Everyone knows health care costs are busting us, as individuals and as a nation. Reform is needed, but the ... See all stories on this topic
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Outlook: Jon and Kate Plus Health Care
So are the health costs. I would argue that most media coverage of high-order multiple births, which the public somehow loves to gaze at, really minimizes ... See all stories on this topic
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A Painless Way To Hold Down Health Costs?
NPR reports on a way to reduce national health care costs: "Getting doctors and hospitals in the parts of the country that spend the most on medical care ... See all stories on this topic
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Stimulus money boosts health clinics serving poor
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Uninsured farm and ranch families feel health care costs pinch
The survey found that more than one-third of the uninsured farm and ranch operators spent more than 10 percent of their income on health care costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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Sunday, 28 June 2009
Health care reform needs to reduce costs
Well, maybe not, if you had insurance that would fix it at little extra cost to you, like our current health care system. Now let's look at the millions of ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care Public Option Explained (Thank you, George Will ...
Brother George is suggesting that a government health insurance plan would be less expensive than private health insurance. He gives two obvious reasons for the lower cost of government health insurance: government doesn't have to make ... Maryland On My Mind - http://marylandonmymind.wordpress.com/
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Juan Goni: Homeland health care is a national security need
In these hard economic times, with high unemployment and the rise of health care costs, it can be predicted that in the very near future firms will be ... See all stories on this topic
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George's Bottom Line
"But they're also dealing with punishing health care costs, and that's something that we have to deal with." The GOP point man in Congress on health care, ... See all stories on this topic
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A Blue View: A Question Of Priorities
Ezra Klein helps put the cost of health care reform in perspective (related, earlier post) and makes the important point that it all comes down to question of priorities: The Senate is toiling to cut the health care reform bill from ... A Blue View - http://www.ablueview.com/
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David Sanders: Doing the right thing
He claimed the Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate was wrong since it did not include efficiencies of a government-driven health-care plan. ... See all stories on this topic
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David Axelrod: No ultimatum on public health care plan
The health system in America has been based on a larger and more affluent generation of young policy holders offsetting the health cost of middle aged and ... See all stories on this topic
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PrairiePundit: The health care 'fix'
Americans spent much less on health care in 1960 (5 percent of GDP as opposed to 18 percent now). They also spent much less -- nothing, in fact -- on computers, cell phones and cable and satellite television. Your next car can cost less ... PrairiePundit - http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/
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Larry deGhetaldi: Medicare costs can be cut
In an influential New Yorker article exploring wide variations in health care costs, surgeon Atul Gawande describes a visit to McAllen, Texas, which is together ... See all stories on this topic
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In Silicon Valley, higher Medicare spending, more hospitalization
The Medicare data generally reflects the treatment of patients older than 65, but experts say Medicare is a proxy for the overall cost of health care. most ... See all stories on this topic
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In Silicon Valley, higher Medicare spending, more hospitalization
The Medicare data generally reflects the treatment of patients older than 65, but experts say Medicare is a proxy for the overall cost of health care. most ... See all stories on this topic
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» Preventing Loss of Physicans' Licenses: An alternative approach ...
Preventing Loss of Physicans' Licenses: An alternative approach helpful to healthcare providers, patients, government, and insurers. Posted in June 28th, 2009. by Dr. Healthcare in Cost, Quality, and Speed, Policy and Legislation, ... The Healthcare Transformation - http://blogs.biproinc.com/healthcare/
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A Health 'Reform' To Regret
Most Americans do not know this because the cost of their care is hidden. Only 9 percent buy health coverage individually, and $84 of every $100 spent on ... See all stories on this topic
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Saturday, 27 June 2009
Sen. Baucus Says Health Care Reform Bill Could Cost Less Than $1 ...
(RTTNews) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., is seeking to mute the debate about the cost of health care reform by crafting a bill ... See all stories on this topic
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Payment is key in health care reform
In a June 1 article in the New Yorker, Dr. Atul Gawande links soaring health care costs to a disturbing culture of profit and overuse among medical ... See all stories on this topic
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GOP attacks on Obama's health care plan have some merit
Granted, America's costly health-care system does need a major overhaul. The health care industry could provide better care at lower costs to the nation. ... See all stories on this topic
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Energy Bill to cost jobs
More will be coming soon, with the health care fight just beginning. Pay notice people, take off the blinders, and you will we witness to the slow ... See all stories on this topic
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GMA orders flu alert level raised
By Paolo Romero Updated June 28, 2009 12:00 AM MANILA, Philippines â€" President Arroyo yesterday ordered the Department of Health (DOH) to raise the ... See all stories on this topic
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BlueOregon: To Jeff Merkley on health care reform politics
In my view, a "Medicare for All" type single payer system of paying for health care will best attain each of those criteria, achieving the most health effective and cost efficient reform. In short, it is the most health realistic and ... BlueOregon - http://www.blueoregon.com/
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Health care services delivered at home can save on costs.
This is a mistake that will cost billions of dollars in the long run and will cost many people their choice to stay at home and receive services. ... See all stories on this topic
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Health-care overhaul gathers steam
... public option to compete with private insurers is the best way to cost containment," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday. ... See all stories on this topic
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The Demand Side of Health Care
He relieved health-care consumers of any role in the exorbitant cost of medical treatment. One would think that the doctors he wrote about work in a vacuum, ... See all stories on this topic
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SCHNURMAN: Texas likely to be in cross hairs of healthcare reform ...
Those two factors alone â€" limited access to care and fast-growing costs â€" are driving healthcare reform in Washington, and they should put Texas in the ... See all stories on this topic
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Friday, 26 June 2009
Rallying for health care reform, religiously
Fifth, quality of health care was ensured by communal governmental regulation. Sixth, cost containment was ensured. And finally, seventh, in cases of ... See all stories on this topic
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ROUNDTABLE: A public health care option?
While this will not provide health coverage for everyone, it will increase competition and benefit everyone in terms of overall cost and create revenues ... See all stories on this topic
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Council to debate keeping health benefits
"It's always less expensive to participate in the group plan, and while it would definitely cost me more money, I think we should foot our own plans that ... See all stories on this topic
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CPR "Hammer" Ad Fails To Hit The Nail On The Head | Media Matters ...
The Council for Affordable Health Insurance, "a research and advocacy association of insurance carriers," published a report stating: "Administrative costs are lower under Medicare than for private health insurance. ... Media Matters Action Network... - http://mediamattersaction.org/
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Baucus Says $1 Trillion Health-Reform Overhaul Is Possible ...
The NYT says the bill will likely call for a new tax on employer-provided health benefits and a mandate for employers to help pay some health insurance costs for low-income workers, as well as reductions in Medicare payments. ... WSJ.com: Health Blog - http://blogs.wsj.com/health/
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In same sentence, Hannity cites CBO numbers on health care, while ...
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In New Model, County Offers Low-Cost Health Care : NPR
Jun 15, 2009 ... A new program in Howard County, Md., aims to provide the uninsured access to health care. Despite impressive incentives, only 200 of the ...
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The Dangers of Fannie Mae Health Care
Employers eager to offload health-care costs will also dump unwilling employees into the public plan. That is the basis for the Lewin Group's much-cited ... See all stories on this topic
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Thursday, 25 June 2009
White House health care forum: Obama's plan for “evidence-based ...
He stated that in the past “politicians who have sought to reform health care have tried to limit costs by reducing tests, access to specialists, ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama leaves door open to tax on health benefits
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Health reform FAQ: Cutting through the noise
Robert Reich, who served as secretary of labor during the Clinton administration, said if the point of reform is to reduce the growth in health care costs, ... See all stories on this topic
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
One reason is the rising cost of health care. The sobering statistics from the National Coalition on Health Care report that in 2007, total health care ... See all stories on this topic
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BCBSNC Sees Improved Health Quality, Lower Costs Through Financial ...
“We've believed for years that quality improvement leads to better health outcomes and lower costs, and now we have data that demonstrates it,†said Don ... See all stories on this topic
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Cut Health Costs Or Cover More People | Health News Home
President Obama and his allies in Congress say the US health system must change to curb surging medical costs and extend coverage for an estimated 48 million. Health News Home - http://www.healthnewshome.com/
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Two Stocks That Sidestep Health Reform
Sales slowed sharply amid aggressive cost cutting, a slew of mergers in recent months, and the US dollar's sharp appreciation late last year. ... See all stories on this topic
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HHS secretary to press lawmakers on health care | San Francisco ...
Officials disclosed Tuesday that key Senate Democrats had whittled more than $400 billion off the cost of a health care plan that carried a $1.6 trillion price tag last week. The new cost is below $1.2 trillion, but still above the ... San Francisco Examiner Site Feed - http://www.sfexaminer.com/templates/rss
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The Only Public Health Plan We Need
... soon decide whether to create a public health plan to compete with private insurance companies and thus lower the cost and raise the quality of care. ... See all stories on this topic
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Survey: Growth in health care costs crippling Hoosiers, nation
By Bowdeya Tweh Health care costs are squeezing Americans' pocketbooks and reducing their ability to get needed medications or visit doctors' offices, ... See all stories on this topic
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Steve Jobs's health: A personal or public matter?
Christian Science Monitor Even if the CEO isn't someone who is held in such esteem as Steve Jobs, all CEO transitions have some cost associated with it," says Ben Hermalin, ... See all stories on this topic
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Steve Jobs's health: A personal or public matter?
Christian Science Monitor Even if the CEO isn't someone who is held in such esteem as Steve Jobs, all CEO transitions have some cost associated with it," says Ben Hermalin, ... See all stories on this topic
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Milk cost harms child nutrition (ScienceAlert)
"New Zealand's emphasis on trade and globalisation is now dictating the health of our children through the high cost of milk and milk products." This research was funded by the University of Otago. ... ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - http://www.sciencealert.com.au/
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Out-of-pocket health care costs up 34% in 2007 vs. 2004
That translated into an average of $729 in additional costs for 2007. Costs for high-intensity users -- those in the top 1% in terms of health care spending ... See all stories on this topic
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Sen. Charles Grassley on the Cost of Health Care Reform
... considering there are all kinds of things going on in Washington that cost way more than $1.6 trillion, and Americans want health care reform. ... See all stories on this topic
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Vaccine Maker Facing Possible Bankruptcy Wins Contract
The award of the contract to the Protein Sciences Corporation of Meriden, Conn., was announced on Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services. ... See all stories on this topic
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WH can't explain more than half of $80 billion in drug savings
A senior official said the White House estimates $30 billion in savings will be achieved through drug companies reducing by at least 50 percent the cost of ... See all stories on this topic
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Obama Announces $80 Billion Pharma Deal
USA Today reports the deal "also could boost drug industry profits and help Congress pay to overhaul the nation's health care system. ... See all stories on this topic
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Senate Makes Progress on Health Care
... progress on health care reform behind the scenes with one key committee beginning to make progress on the stickiest of problems, getting the cost of a ... See all stories on this topic
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Senate Makes Progress on Health Care
... progress on health care reform behind the scenes with one key committee beginning to make progress on the stickiest of problems, getting the cost of a ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama Condemns Iran Goverment's 'Unjust Actions'
We will also ensure that the reform we pass brings down the crushing cost of health care. We simply cannot have a system where we throw good money after bad ... See all stories on this topic
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State of Play: Health Hearings Heat Up, Public Weighs In
PNHP.org Why does no one address the issue of litigation on health care costs? This is perhaps one of the largests cost incurred by physcians and ... See all stories on this topic
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Research Examines Health Impact of Mining -- Illness, Premature ...
... associate director of the West Virginia University Institute for Health Policy Research in wvu's Department of Community Medicine. “The human cost of ... See all stories on this topic
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Muwabi Blog // by Dan Perry
There is no case of anybody going broke over their health costs. In fact, the system is so designed that for the 3 or 4 or 5 percent of the patients who are the very sickest, those patients are exempt from their co-payments to begin ... Muwabi Blog - http://www.muwabi.com/blog/
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Muwabi Blog // by Dan Perry
There is no case of anybody going broke over their health costs. In fact, the system is so designed that for the 3 or 4 or 5 percent of the patients who are the very sickest, those patients are exempt from their co-payments to begin ... Muwabi Blog - http://www.muwabi.com/blog/
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Monday, 22 June 2009
Area Firms Tweak Benefit Plans
The screening will "give them a forewarning to risks so we can reduce our health costs down the road." To retain workers, more employers this year have ... See all stories on this topic
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JFActivist: CBO Estimates for Health Care Reform Incomplete
public plan option could help slow the growth of health costs and reduce the cost of the new federal health insurance subsidies. 5. Other Omissions. The CBO analysis does not reflect several other elements of the Committee ... JFActivist - http://jfactivist.typepad.com/jfactivist/
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Balkinization
The leading "expert" argument against the public option now is money--or, to be more precise, the arcane scoring system employed by CBO to weigh every conceivable cost of most publicly oriented health reform against a selective account ... Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/
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Replacing arthritic knees is cost-effective: US study
President Barack Obama has identified cost-effectiveness studies as a way to trim US health costs and steer doctors away from wasteful procedures. ... See all stories on this topic
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Concurring Opinions » Health Reform Update: What is the Senate ...
The bottom line here from a budget perspective is, as Nathan Cortez puts it, “The Less You Change, The More It Costs.†If you really want to see health care costs balloon out of control, follow the Baucus path toward subsidizing private ... Concurring Opinions - http://www.concurringopinions.com/
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National Journal Online -- Health Care Experts -- Who Will Manage ...
Over the next 10 years, our country will continue to spend perhaps $35 trillion on health care with a new infrastructure that we hope will cover all Americans by providing greater access, better quality and lower cost. ... Health Care Experts - http://healthcare.nationaljournal.com/
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No health care? Expect a requirement to get it
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Study: Americans Struggle To Pay For Health Care, With 40 Percent ...
What's the single most important service you can do to help our troubled economy recover? With health care costs rising (nearing 20% of GDP), if you commit to service for health, we'll all get a double-duty payoff. ... The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf
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Sunday, 21 June 2009
Healthcare reform puts a price on quality of life
That's important, because US health economists tend to use a similar $50000 cut-off for cost-effectiveness. Why $50000? Scott Grosse, a health economist at ... See all stories on this topic
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'One-stop' shopping at heart of health debate
Len Nichols, director of the health policy program at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, says an exchange helps reduce costs for people ... See all stories on this topic
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Republicans question cost of healthcare reform; Feinstein ...
Lindsey Graham calls a cost analysis report a 'death blow' to 'a government-run health plan.' Sen. Dianne Feinstein says there might not be enough votes ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama, Democrats Cheer Announcement of Drug Savings for Federal ...
By Ceci Connolly President Obama and Democratic lawmakers scouring for money to reduce the cost of comprehensive health-reform legislation cheered news ... See all stories on this topic
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