“Health Care Reform and You†(editorial, July 26) confirms my worry that the reform bill is mostly dedicated to shifting rather than reducing costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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Friday, 31 July 2009
More Voices in the Health Care Debate
More Voices in the Health Care Debate
“Health Care Reform and You†(editorial, July 26) confirms my worry that the reform bill is mostly dedicated to shifting rather than reducing costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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Commentary: Health bill could handicap small businesses
For another view, read here John Boehner says the Democratic plan for health care could cost small businesses heavily and eliminate jobs. ... See all stories on this topic
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US health reform gets House boost, battle heads home
With polls showing the public wary of the cost and scope of the healthcare reforms, Democrats said they needed Obama to keep up the pressure as they lobby ... See all stories on this topic
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Dems look to limit increases in cost of insurance
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Putting National Health Care In Perspective
Most OECD governments cover at least two-thirds of health costs. The idea of the US government taking on a greater share of health care coverage raises the ... See all stories on this topic
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Pols vow to fight for health care
... week to vote on health care after fiscally conservative Democrats demanded that their party leaders slow the process down and trim the cost of the House ... See all stories on this topic
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Calling the President's Health Care Bluff - One Line at a Time
And what happens in a public plan, this is where it gets complicated, but the public option paid less than 60 percent of the cost of the care, and Medicare ... See all stories on this topic
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Strategies: Small businesses suffer on health care issue
The percentage of small businesses offering health care coverage has withered, employees pay more and health costs have shot through the skyscraper's roof. ... See all stories on this topic
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Thursday, 30 July 2009
Our view: Dishonest debate mars bid to overhaul health care
Escalating health care costs are making insurance unaffordable and threatening to bankrupt the Treasury. Millions of Americans have no insurance and get ... See all stories on this topic
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Just what is the health care 'problem'? - Bremerton Patriot
Before any action may be taken to solve the health care “problem,†the first step is to define the problem. That step is still wanting in the current legislative effort. There is little doubt health care costs are perhaps ... Opinion - Bremerton Patriot - http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/kitsap/pat/opinion
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Public wants health reform, but wary of 'Obama's plan'
•A majority say that if the government creates a system of providing care for all Americans, healthcare will cost more and the quality of care will decline, ... See all stories on this topic
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Bad Employer Bailout? Reform Could Fund Health Care for Illegal ...
And if they exploit that loophole, taxpayers could be on the hook for billions to cover health care costs that employers don't. Health care reform could end ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama's Former Doctor Opposes Health Care Plan, Calls for Single ...
President Obama's former doctor, David Scheiner, is calling for a single-payer health care system, arguing that it would reduce costs by cutting out ... See all stories on this topic
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Collaborates With Five Blue ...
"We are pleased to have reached our goal of creating opportunities for an even greater number of members to have easy access to clear, concise health cost ... See all stories on this topic
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A look at health care plans in Congress
HOW'S IT PAID FOR: Possible sources include cuts to Medicare and Medicaid; a tax as high as 35 percent on very high cost health insurance policies; a requirement for employers to pay into the Treasury for their employees who get their ... SignOnSanDiego.com: Politics - http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/politics/
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Health-Care Overhaul May Advance With US House Deal, Cost Cut
The effort to extend coverage to almost 50 million uninsured Americans and curb health-care costs that make up a sixth of the US economy still faces a ... See all stories on this topic
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009
Health-Care Overhaul May Advance With US House Deal, Cost Cut
The effort to extend coverage to almost 50 million uninsured Americans and curb health-care costs that make up a sixth of the US economy still faces a ... See all stories on this topic
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Senators Eye Tax on 'Cadillac' Health Plans to Pay for Health Care ...
Efforts by lawmakers to find a way to pay for health care reform underscore that cost is the biggest challenge to progress on President Obama's top domestic ... See all stories on this topic
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Senate negotiators pare cost of health overhaul
WASHINGTON â€" Senators trying to reach a bipartisan compromise on health care overhaul are reporting progress paring the costs of the plan as they push for a ... See all stories on this topic
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Health care progress seen on Capitol Hill
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Obama takes push for healthcare reform to North Carolina and Virginia
... not only offer healthcare to those lacking insurance today, but also improve the quality and contain the cost of care for those who already have it. ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama takes push for healthcare reform to North Carolina and Virginia
... not only offer healthcare to those lacking insurance today, but also improve the quality and contain the cost of care for those who already have it. ... See all stories on this topic
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Media needs to deepen coverage of healthcare reform
But Wendell Potter, a former CIGNA healthcare spokesman-turned-consumer advocate, told Lieberman that reporters routinely fail to assess the huge "costs to ... See all stories on this topic
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The Truth About Canadian Health Care | TakePart Social Action ...
Conservative pundits have made a sport of dragging the Canadian health care system through the mud, warning of high cost, wait times and limited choice. But with so many Canadians taking pride in their health care, can it be all that ... TakePart Social Action Networkâ„¢ - http://www.takepart.com/blog/
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009
US Senate May Drop Public Healthcare Option
Obama has pushed for a measure that will rein in healthcare costs, improve care and cover most of the 46 million uninsured Americans, making it his top ... See all stories on this topic
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Cutting health care costs
Finally, The Trib 's editorial board seems to understand that the problem in health care reform is cost, not just coverage ("Health costs: Reform must ... See all stories on this topic
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Hospitals slash costs to offset falling admissions
Hospitals are responding to the specter of US healthcare reform and its emphasis on wringing costs from the system to pay for coverage for the uninsured, ... See all stories on this topic
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NorthJerseycom Schools towns face health cost hikes
North Jersey Media Group: NorthJersey.com, the Online Edition of The Record and The Herald News is your local source for the latest coverage of local news, ...
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Hospital Shares Rise As Tenet, HMA Results Ease Concerns
(THC) and Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA) raised their full-year guidance partly on solid cost controls, lifting hopes and stock prices in the ... See all stories on this topic
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Governors balk over what healthcare bill will cost states The ...
BILOXI, Miss. - The nation's governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern yesterday about the shape of the healthcare bill emerging from ...
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t r u t h o u t | Sources: Bipartisan Group Omitting Dem Health Goals
It was not clear whether companies would be required to reimburse Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor, for the cost of covering any employees enrolled. Nor was it clear what, if any, provision the proposal would ... Truthout - All Articles - http://www.truthout.org/articles/feed
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Monday, 27 July 2009
Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer
Doing so the Obama way would cost more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. There surely must be better and less costly ways to improve the health and ... See all stories on this topic
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House Takes Note as Senators Progress on Health Bill
... for financing the bill, expected to cost perhaps $1 trillion over 10 years as part of an effort to expand health insurance coverage and rein in costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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Obesity costs more than health dollars, Obesity Cause and Help
Obesity Obesity costs more than just health dollars. Obesity destroys quality of life. Obesity related illnesses include heart disease, and diabetes, and cancer. Chronic pain conditions become worse. Increased food consumption places a ... Emaxhealth - http://www.emaxhealth.com/
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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Newt's six-point health-care reform
Finally, elimination of capital gains taxes for investments in health-solution companies can greatly impact the creation advancement of new solutions that create better health at lower cost. Create a Health-Based Health System. ... Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
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Hot Air » Blog Archive » Newt's six-point health-care reform
Finally, elimination of capital gains taxes for investments in health-solution companies can greatly impact the creation advancement of new solutions that create better health at lower cost. Create a Health-Based Health System. ... Hot Air » Top Picks - http://www.hotair.com/
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Can Pelosi Deliver on Health?
Ask a doctor if these are adding to our health care costs. If yes, why shouldn't we pay more for coverage if we do these things." RealTexan1 wrote, "NO to ... See all stories on this topic
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House Now Ground Zero in Health-Care Fight
Health Insurance costs for those of us who have it, plus health care costs for those who don't are undermining our economy. There has to be a change if we ... See all stories on this topic
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Let's dispel the myths holding up health care reform
US President Barack Obama, campaigning for his health-care overhaul plan in Wisconsin today, said the current system costs too much and delivers too little. ... See all stories on this topic
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Health costs -- no quick fix
Healthcare costs are significantly higher in areas of poverty. So while the hospital days per 1000 Medicare enrollees is 2429 in the central LA core, ... See all stories on this topic
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Sunday, 26 July 2009
Reach of Subsidies Is Critical Issue for Health Plan
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Paul Krugman surprised by CBO report on health care: a kind of ...
Paul Krugman joined the round table discussion on ABC's THIS WEEK and highlighted the misleading CBO report on the costs of health care and he singled out Doug Elmendorf as the culprit.. Krugman: I think I should say something about ... Crooks and Liars - http://crooksandliars.com/
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In Hawaii, health insurance paid by employers
Massachusetts is also different from Hawaii in that it has had some of the highest health costs in the country, while Hawaii has the lowest. ... See all stories on this topic
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In Hawaii, health insurance paid by employers
Massachusetts is also different from Hawaii in that it has had some of the highest health costs in the country, while Hawaii has the lowest. ... See all stories on this topic
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Senate Democrat: Republican healthcare votes needed
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Why markets can't cure healthcare
You could rely on a health maintenance organization to make the hard choices and do the cost management, and to some extent we do. But HMOs have been highly ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama Defends Proposed Health Office
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t r u t h o u t | Obama's Health Care Struggle: Waterloo or Water ...
The real money is my slim paycheck and the skyrocketing cost of health insurance. National debt? That seems pretty abstract at this point. Besides, why is the health insurance industry so afraid of competing with the government? ... Truthout - All Articles - http://www.truthout.org/articles/feed
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Saturday, 25 July 2009
Focus on Health Savings Obscures Other Issues
... lower-cost care," White House budget chief Peter Orszag recently told the Council on Foreign Relations. As health care consumes more and more of the ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama's health plan - too good to be true
Obama also said that under his reform, government will stay out of health care decisions. But then how can Washington cut health care costs as promised? ... See all stories on this topic
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The Health-Care Sacrifice
But Mr. Obama's soothing bedside manner masks the reality that getting health costs under control will require making difficult choices about what ... See all stories on this topic
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Forget Who Pays Medical Bills, It's Who Sets the Cost
Instead of blaming such treatments for the rising cost of medicine, many people are inclined to blame forces that health economists say are far less ... See all stories on this topic
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What the healthcare debate is really all about
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Obama Emphasizes Health-Care Impact on Small Business
... businesses are forced to offer less generous health care plans, dropped coverage or shut their doors because they cannot afford the rising cost of care. ... See all stories on this topic
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Firedoglake » Liveblogging the Obama Health Care Presser Cost ...
So let me be clear if we do not control these costs we will not be able to control our deficit If we do not reform health care your premiums and outofpocket ...
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House Dems clear 1 health obstacle, others loom
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Friday, 24 July 2009
House Dems clear 1 health obstacle, others loom
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Shakesville: Health care for everyone costs half as much
The facts of the cost control debate are crystal clear: Countries with universal, accessible health care (note that I didn't say "health insurance") have per capita costs that are about half those of the US. ... Shakesville - http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/
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Health-Care Reform Would Cost Seniors and Young People Plenty ...
Jul 24, 2009 ... In the Wall Street Journal, John Fund writes that health-care reform would raise costs and reduce choices for small businesses, ...
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House conservatives say still want healthcare costs
Ross said that a tentative agreement on a Medicare commission aimed at finding cost savings along with the handling of a government-backed insurance plan ... See all stories on this topic
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House conservatives say still want healthcare costs
Ross said that a tentative agreement on a Medicare commission aimed at finding cost savings along with the handling of a government-backed insurance plan ... See all stories on this topic
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House Chairman Signals 'Breakthrough' on Health Care Talks
... conservative Blue Dog Coalition have stalled work on the Democrats' big health care legislation over concerns about the cost and scope of the bill. ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care Reform: Now or Never?
Conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats are balking at proposed new taxes and inadequate health cost containment in various reform plans. ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care Reform: Cost and Controversy
The health care overhaul proposal blows those issues out of the water in terms of size and cost. The President says the American people are demanding a ... See all stories on this topic
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Unknown costs fuel fear of health plan
... by President Obama's news conference Wednesday on health care, saying she is leery of expanding access to insurance unless costs are controlled. ... See all stories on this topic
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Thursday, 23 July 2009
Texas Medicaid program could surge under health care proposals
The hospitals say the payments help cover the cost of caring for illegal immigrants. Texas' two senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, ... See all stories on this topic
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As Health Bill Is Delayed, White House Negotiates
The Blue Dogs have expressed concerns about the cost and scope of the healthlegislation. But even if those differences are settled, the lack of a Senate ... See all stories on this topic
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After 10 Years, Health Care Coverage Costs Turn Into Unfunded ...
Jul 23, 2009 ... President Obama says he will not sign a health care reform bill that adds to the deficit but GOP number-crunchers accused House Democrats on ...
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Obama Visits Clinic Known for Quality Care, Controlling Costs
... by President Obama on Thursday, embodies many features that experts believe are essential to both improving health care and controlling its cost. ... See all stories on this topic
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t r u t h o u t | Pelosi: House Democrats Have the Votes on Health ...
He also spoke favorably of a tax on health care benefits if their cost goes up too fast each year. He said the Senate Finance Committee was discussing a variation that "goes after the insurance company, as opposed to directly taxing the ... Truthout - All Articles - http://www.truthout.org/articles/feed
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Obama on health bill: 'This has to get done'
"If we do not act, 14000 Americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day." Concerns about the high cost of overhaul proposals ... See all stories on this topic
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Mass. has lessons for health care debate
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009
GOP leaders McConnell, Boehner reply to Obama on healthcare (text)
Example: Why would we not want to incentivize plans like the Safeway plan that has demonstrated you can -- you can cap the cost of health insurance by ... See all stories on this topic
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The Work-Up More Cost Cuts Sought from Drug Industry
But it is too soon for drug makers to declare victory â€" especially now that the cost of health care has become a central issue in the debate. ... See all stories on this topic
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Cutting Health Insurance Costs
This will go a long way to reducing healthcare costs, making it more competitive. If I do not like what I have to pay for a procedure, go somewhere else. ... See all stories on this topic
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Waxman, Blue Dogs strike deal on costs - Patrick O'Connor ...
America needs universal health care not only because it produces superior overall results at half the cost, but because current health care costs are killing American industry. Currently health care costs are simply making American ... POLITICO Top Stories - http://www.politico.com/
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Health Care Impasse Is An Opportunity
As a practicing physician, I know that health care costs are not just about dollars and cents but individual lives. Getting reform wrong has the potential ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care Reform Costs Up, Support Down
“Democrats in Congress have grown increasingly nervous about the cost of health-care reform,†wrote the Times. “They also have expressed concerns that they would not be able to deliver a bill to Mr. Obama by August without rolling over ... About.com US Government Info - http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/
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Gingrich on 'Edge' About Health Care and Potential US 'Catastrophe'
... anything which reduces costs in this bill, it will actually raise the cost of health care, and that is the director of the Congressional Budget Office. ... See all stories on this topic
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City wants union members to share health costs
By Marcia Gelbart To help curb growing health-care costs, the Nutter administration wants members of Philadelphia's largest municipal employee union, ... See all stories on this topic
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Imperfect Health Reform Still Beats the Status Quo
And doctors and hospitals like being paid for whatever they do, no matter whether it is needed or is the most cost-effective treatment. ... See all stories on this topic
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Your Stake in the Health Overhaul
To cut costs, lawmakers have already trimmed the proposed subsidies that would help middle-income people buy health insurance, and those may get cut further ... See all stories on this topic
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Survey: Small business left out of health reform
But for those small businesses that do not offer health insurance, cost is the leading reason they do not provide health coverage. ... See all stories on this topic
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'Special Report' Panel on Paying for Health Care Reform
... we'll iron it out in committee, rather than starting from a good starting point, which would be something that actually controlled health care costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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unitedhealth 2Q Profit Doubles, Membership Declines
unitedhealth executives have tried to position the company as proactive in the health overhaul effort, outlining cost-savings proposals it says could slash ... See all stories on this topic
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UnitedHealth 2Q Profit Doubles, Revenue Rises
Despite the better-than-expected performance, health insurers' profits remain under pressure from rising medical costs and falling enrollment, ... See all stories on this topic
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Smelling blood, Steele and RNC escalate assault on Obama's ...
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once characterized as healthcare “cost disease." It is true, some of our uninsured have the means to purchase health insurance, ... See all stories on this topic
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PIRG discusses health costs and small businesses
AP EVANSTON, Ill. - Rising health care costs are tough on Illinois' small businesses, a new report says. Details and suggested remedies are on tap Tuesday ... See all stories on this topic
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Monday, 20 July 2009
Lobbies Adopt Tone of Accord With President
... stood with the White House to pledge billions in cost cuts so long as the proposed public health insurance program does not threaten to undercut them. ... See all stories on this topic
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Pelosi Would Limit Breadth of Surtax for Health Care
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Massachusetts Health Care Woes Could Cast Cloud Over Romney Bid
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Democratic Governors Accuse NGA Staff of Misleading Them on Costs ...
... with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, several Democratic governors accused NGA staff of misleading them on the cost of the bill. ... See all stories on this topic
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Morning Fix: Jindal Rises Again
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Drug Makers Criticized for Co-Pay Subsidies
But health insurers complain that the practice undercuts a proven method for encouraging use of cost-effective generics. Insurers say it's forcing them to ... See all stories on this topic
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What the doctor ordered: Obama must deliver major cost cutting in ...
"On the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs." Worse, he said, rather than reducing the growth ... See all stories on this topic
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Can Obama pass health care reform?
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Sunday, 19 July 2009
For Democrats, an Issue That Goes to the Roots
Throw in banning all advertising and this reigns in all the costs. For a majority of Americans what they pay now for health insurance and health care will ... See all stories on this topic
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The Big Health-Care Debate and Accounting Fraud - Watching the ...
Does that mean we can't say anything about health-care costs without an incredibly complicated analysis? Nope. Like in thermodynamics, the really big picture is often simpler. Heat is the motion of atoms and molecules, but I don't need ... Watching the Watchers - http://watchingthewatchers.org/
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Govs resist added federal expenses from Congress
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Democrats Push Back on Unsavory Estimate
... Budget Peter Orszag and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius both said today that legislation is currently incomplete, and cost-saving ... See all stories on this topic
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Cost, not universal coverage, is top health care concern
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NJ small-business owners brace themselves for side effects of ...
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Employee health costs a linchpin for broader Michigan change ...
A single health insurance standard for some 400000 teachers, emergency responders, caseworkers and engineers save significant sums over time because it assumes employees would shoulder a greater share of their health benefits cost. ... Michigan Political Report - http://blog.mlive.com/peterluke/
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Employee health costs a linchpin for broader Michigan change ...
A single health insurance standard for some 400000 teachers, emergency responders, caseworkers and engineers save significant sums over time because it assumes employees would shoulder a greater share of their health benefits cost. ... Michigan Political Report - http://blog.mlive.com/peterluke/
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Saturday, 18 July 2009
Health care stakes high in Florida
Health care costs have more than tripled since 1990, and health spending could equal a quarter of the economy by 2025. Congressional lawmakers and President ... See all stories on this topic
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JasonPye.com: Medicare spends more than private health care
In fact, if the costs of Medicare and Medicaid had risen only as much as the costs of all other health care in America, then, instead of costing a combined $807 billion last year, they would've cost a combined $606 billion. ... JasonPye.com - http://www.jasonpye.com/blog/
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Saying No To Health-Care Reform May Cost Us Big-Time
Beyond the morality of making health care available and accessible to all, too many people are going without insurance â€" and health care â€" at great cost to ... See all stories on this topic
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DemConWatch:: Obama Weekly Address: Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
We know the same special interests and their agents in Congress will make the same old arguments, and use the same scare tactics that have stopped reform before because they profit from this relentless escalation in health care costs. ... DemConWatch - http://www.demconwatchblog.com/
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DemConWatch:: Obama Weekly Address: Health Care Reform Cannot Wait
We know the same special interests and their agents in Congress will make the same old arguments, and use the same scare tactics that have stopped reform before because they profit from this relentless escalation in health care costs. ... DemConWatch - http://www.demconwatchblog.com/
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Let free market control health care costs
Costs exploded. Health reformers must accept that successful reform can't take place outside the basic laws of economics. To discipline producers â€" and ... See all stories on this topic
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Weekly remarks -- Kyl and Obama: Differing healthcare diagnoses
Republicans believe all Americans should have access to quality health care and that we must find ways to reduce health care costs. The debate in Washington ... See all stories on this topic
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Panel calls for grouped payments to ensure health care quality
Senate President Therese Murray, in a statement, called payment reform “fundamental to our on-going health care cost controls efforts. ... See all stories on this topic
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Friday, 17 July 2009
Obama pushes healthcare reform critics slam cost | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's far-reaching plan to guarantee all Americans healthcare ran into trouble on Friday over its more than $1 ...
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House panel passes health bill, critics slam cost – Washington ...
House panel passes health bill, critics slam cost. Washington Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) â€" A key US congressional committee on Friday approved healthcare legislation that includes a hefty tax on the rich but critics pointed to fresh ... News - http://news.songnetworks.org/
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Actuaries: Health Care Reform Must Address Costs
WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Actuaries is calling on all health care reform stakeholders to revisit cost issues ... See all stories on this topic
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CBO, Health, and the Budget « Donald Marron
To help reduce potential confusion, my paper (“Understanding CBO Health Cost Estimatesâ€) discusses how CBO approaches cost estimates and some of the particular issues that arise in health policy. Many of the insights come directly from ... Donald Marron - http://dmarron.com/
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Senate Can Pass Health-Care Overhaul by August, Schumer Says
By Laura Litvan July 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate can still pass a health- care overhaul with some Republican support by August even with the “wacky†cost ... See all stories on this topic
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Congratulations on graduating. Now go get health insurance
Marketed as a low-income alternative, these plans cost less than $200 a month, with little or no deductible. But many health industry experts tell consumers ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care Debate Continues Across the Capitol Complex
All 10 Republicans on the health panel voted against it, warning that it would not reduce the cost of medical care and would not expand coverage to all ... See all stories on this topic
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Health care overhaul bill has its ups and downs
And on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs." Slowing the rate of growth for health care ... See all stories on this topic
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Thursday, 16 July 2009
Budget Analyst Assails Cost of Congress's Health-Care Proposals ...
Congress's chief budget analyst delivered a devastating assessment yesterday of the health-care proposals drafted by congressional Democrats, ...
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Budget Analyst Assails Cost of Congress's Health-Care Proposals ...
Congress's chief budget analyst delivered a devastating assessment yesterday of the health-care proposals drafted by congressional Democrats, ...
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Moderate US House Democrats Cite Cost In Opposing Health Bill
"We have to take steps to hold health-care costs to the rate of inflation, or we will never balance our federal budget again, and health insurance costs ... See all stories on this topic
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Sen Baucus: Committee Health Care Deal Could Come Thu
States lobbied against that plan, arguing that the bonds would not be as reliable a funding source to cover health care costs. Besides Baucus, several other ... See all stories on this topic
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Economy Department with Ezra Klein
All I see is my costs going up, the quality down and the cost of everything else I buy going up because of the increased costs of health care. ... See all stories on this topic
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House Democrats set to vote on health care bill
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Hospital says money was used to finance health law
The state calculated the new Medicaid rate by considering the average cost of caring for Medicaid patients at Massachusetts hospitals, and paying 75 percent ... See all stories on this topic
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Dreadful Graphics and Health Care Costs : Uncertain Principles
It's amazing how many in the health reform debate, don't get or deliberately confuse "total cost" that we pay for the system, versus the "net cost" compared to what we already pay ("cost" meaning cost-benefits together anyway, ... Uncertain Principles - http://scienceblogs.com/principles/
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Seeking Ways Out of the Health Maze
Nancy Kane (“Keep Hospitals Wholeâ€) is correct that fundamental reform of our payment system is required to lower health care costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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UNDERNEWS: HOUSE HEALTH PLAN
CQ Politics - Democrats still lack an official cost estimate for their [health] bill, which the Congressional Budget Office has not yet scored. But a preliminary CBO estimate of the insurance expansion provisions of the bill put the ... UNDERNEWS - http://prorev.com/indexa.htm
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Understanding CBO Health Cost Estimates
Congressional Budget Office analyses often rely on sophisticated economic modeling and are usually framed in ways that match the specific, sometimes arcane, ...
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Understanding CBO Health Cost Estimates
At the same time, some policymakers want to address our nation's long-run fiscal imbalance, which is being driven by rapidly rising health care costs and ... See all stories on this topic
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Senate Panel Passes Health Bill as CBO Predicts Cost Explosion in ...
House Democratic leaders offer a $1.5 trillion health care plan, as a Senate committee becomes to first to pass a version of a health care overhaul.
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Commentary: Health plans a prescription for pain
As the economy struggles to recover, Americans are rightfully concerned about the potential cost of health reform, as shown by a recent CNN survey. ... See all stories on this topic
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Plan Would Require Wealthy to Pick Up the Cost; Republicans Vow to ...
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The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : 10-Year Time Frame Obscures ...
In the final year of the CBO estimates, 2019, the spending hits $230 billion. The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : 10-Year Time Frame Obscures Full Cost of Democratic Health Care Plan Attached Images ... The American Spectator and AmSpecBlog - http://spectator.org/
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : 10-Year Time Frame Obscures ...
In the final year of the CBO estimates, 2019, the spending hits $230 billion. The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : 10-Year Time Frame Obscures Full Cost of Democratic Health Care Plan Attached Images ... The American Spectator and AmSpecBlog - http://spectator.org/
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A 9-1-1 for Health-Care Reform: Send Leadership Now
The result: The cost of health insurance has risen nearly twice as fast as the cost of everything else. The other thing to say about this tax break is that ... See all stories on this topic
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US House Health Bill Puts 5.4% Surtax On Millionaires
Y., said a commission would be set up to investigate "inequities" in health-care costs and outcomes, which is intended to gain support from moderate ... See all stories on this topic
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Most Favor Health Care Reform In New Poll
"We have to do something about health care costs; it's really not an option," he said in an interview with the Huffington Post. "If we do nothing, ... See all stories on this topic
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House Democrats To Unveil Health Care Bill
The goal, of course, is to broadly expand health coverage to the more than 40 million Americans without insurance, while slowing the steep rise in cost of ... See all stories on this topic
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The Health Care Blog: Costs Are Not The Same As Rates
The more successful countries have made it impossible to get rich off of the health care system. Don't get me wrong, good livings can still be earned. But the era of an insurance VP denying preventative care through purges which costs ... The Health Care Blog - http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/
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JustOneMinute: The Crisis In Health Care, Or, Cats And Dogs ...
Via Megan McArdle we come to an AEI chart depicting rising health care costs that ought to leave everyone scratching their heads and revising their talking points (but it won't!). The apparent national crisis in veterinarian care due to ... JustOneMinute - http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/
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Monday, 13 July 2009
JustOneMinute: The Crisis In Health Care, Or, Cats And Dogs ...
Via Megan McArdle we come to an AEI chart depicting rising health care costs that ought to leave everyone scratching their heads and revising their talking points (but it won't!). The apparent national crisis in veterinarian care due to ... JustOneMinute - http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/
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Health-care debate: Wal-Mart's support of mandate rankles other ...
Once Wal-Mart decided in 2005 -- later than it should have -- to bear a fairer share of the cost of its employees' health-care expenses, the company began ... See all stories on this topic
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Hunting best buys when eating healthy costs more
"We wanted to make sure every calorie counted," says Dr. Adam Drewnowski, who directs the University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition and is ... See all stories on this topic
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Health insurance costs rise 95% in Alabama
The cost of health insurance has risen 95 percent in Alabama since 2000, according to the Health Care Status Quo report, compiled by the US Department of ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama: Don't bet against us on health care
Baucus and Rangel are in charge of the crucial job of coming up with how to pay for a comprehensive health care overhaul that would cost an estimated $1 ... See all stories on this topic
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Lawmakers: Health overhaul unlikely before recess
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US health care pales against others
FamiliesUSA, a nonpartisan group, says soaring premiums and layoffs have cost nearly 7 million Americans out of the coverage blanket since the start of 2008 ... See all stories on this topic
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How Health-Care Reform Could Hurt Doctor-Owned Hospitals
(Read "Cutting Health-Care Costs by Putting Doctors on a Budget.") Buried in the 850-page House health-reform draft is a provision that could in effect ban ... See all stories on this topic
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Sunday, 12 July 2009
Blue Dogs Should Look Beyond Cost Containment for Progress on ...
They said the House bill would not do enough to bring down health care costs and, by extension, limit the taxpayers' liabilities. ... See all stories on this topic
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Hospitals' performance ranks near US average
Lower readmission rates are seen as an indicator of quality care as well as lower health care costs. Maine hospitals were at or near the national rate for ... See all stories on this topic
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Hospitals' performance ranks near US average
Lower readmission rates are seen as an indicator of quality care as well as lower health care costs. Maine hospitals were at or near the national rate for ... See all stories on this topic
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Slump Spreads to Health Care as Michigan Loses Auto Jobs
Mr. Markel now needs another kidney transplant, but this time around his health costs have soared. Laid off last August as an EDS consultant at GM, ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Insurance Eases Worries of Senegal's 'Market Women'
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Economist's View: "Is Benefit-Cost Analysis Helpful for ...
It was in this context that ten years ago a group of economists from across the political spectrum jointly authored an article in Science magazine, asking whether there is role for benefit-cost analysis in environmental, health, ... Economist's View - http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/
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We must have government-run option for better health care
But expanding access to health insurance will ultimately prove unsustainable unless a reform plan also includes cost control and a path toward better ... See all stories on this topic
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Informed Speculation » Paying For Health Care By Taxing The Rich ...
As the proposal envisions it, the rest of the cost would be covered by lower spending on Medicare, the government health plan for the elderly, and other health care savings. …[E]merging from daylong committee negotiations Friday, ... Informed Speculation - http://informedspeculation.com/
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Could health care in Winona become a national model?
By comparison, La Crosse area enrollees cost the government $5165 according to the health care atlas. Rochester averages $7223 per enrollee. ... See all stories on this topic
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Saturday, 11 July 2009
RedStateEclectic : Health Care Rationing In House Plan
Check out this article in the WSJ, ignore the title, and pay special attention to this: "About half the cost of the bill will come from budget savings from ratcheting down payments that health-care providers receive through programs ... RedStateEclectic - http://redstateeclectic.typepad.com/redstate_commentary/
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Cut Medicare With a Scalpel
The recent deal between Mr. Obama and the hospital industry can hardly be called “health reform.†What is clear, however, is that hospital market power, ... See all stories on this topic
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Let's make sure all Americans get health care
Do you know how much your latest blood test cost? Probably not, and good luck finding out. Hospitals and health providers rarely share cost and quality ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care Challenge Looms
And Obama's budget director, Peter Orszag, warned House Democrats that their legislation must do more to rein in health care costs, which the president has ... See all stories on this topic
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Five Ways To Save Now On Healthcare
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Malpractice not to blame for high health costs
But the data suggest that legal reform won't do much to lower health costs. And since medical errors are very common, the data also show few injured ... See all stories on this topic
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Letter: Why does education, health care cost so much ...
Letter: Why does education, health care cost so much? To the editor: As a former Lawrence resident, I have been following with interest the goings on in the school system. If even half of it is true (starting with the salary of the ... Opinion -- EagleTribune.com,... - http://www.eagletribune.com/puopinion
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Health-reform efforts advance and retreat - Health Matters ...
In what's becoming a pattern, efforts to overhaul the nation's health-care system both progressed and stalled this week. President Obama announced a major cost-savings agreement with hospitals and reiterated his broad but vague support ... MARKETWATCH.com: Health Matters - http://blogs.marketwatch.com/healthmatters/
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Friday, 10 July 2009
Health-reform efforts advance and retreat - Health Matters ...
In what's becoming a pattern, efforts to overhaul the nation's health-care system both progressed and stalled this week. President Obama announced a major cost-savings agreement with hospitals and reiterated his broad but vague support ... MARKETWATCH.com: Health Matters - http://blogs.marketwatch.com/healthmatters/
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Opinion: Kinsley: Health care's low-hanging fruit
By Michael Kinsley To achieve the goals of health care reform â€" universal coverage and reducing costs â€" is it really necessary to overhaul our entire health ... See all stories on this topic
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While the President's Away, Health Care will Stray?
Everyone needs to share in teh costs of their health care. The cost for providing health care to all, but be fairly spread with everyone contributing a ... See all stories on this topic
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Health care overhaul needed for small businesses
Vice President Joe Biden warns the federal government can't "sustain this trajectory of health care costs." Biden made his pitch as senior administration ... See all stories on this topic
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Health care overhaul suffers another setback
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Cost of Medicine: Are High-Tech Medical Devices and Treatments ...
... and proceduresâ€"makes up as much as two thirds of the more than 6 percent annual increase in healthcare costs (this year's costs: $2.5 trillion). ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs NYTimescom
As the White House trumpets big agreements, what the industry groups will be getting in return is rarely discussed.
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Preparing for swine flu in the fall
The cost of developing and distributing the vaccine is being borne by federal taxpayers. Health officials said their greatest fear is that the swine flu ... See all stories on this topic
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Thursday, 9 July 2009
Whip Inflation Now
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Study: Obesity Costs California $41B - Central Coast News Story ...
Chenoweth & Associates, a North Carolina-based health econometrics consulting firm, was commissioned by the California Department of Health Services in 2000 to generate the first cost-of-obesity study. The independent, nonpartisan ... KSBW.com - Local News - http://www.ksbw.com/news/
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Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback
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Daily Kos: Howard Dean Liveblog: His Prescription for Real ...
Subsidizing Americans to buy private health insurance without giving them the choice of a more rational and less expensive system is simply pouring money into a system that increases costs at twice the rate of inflation, ... Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com/
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Do we want doctors, nurses to be government employees?
“Americans spend more on health care than on housing or food. If rapid health cost growth persists, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that by 2025, ... See all stories on this topic
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The Progressive Pulse – Prostate Cancer – The real test of health ...
We desperately need to contain exploding health costs. We can't afford to have what we pay for health care double every ten years as is happening right now. National health reform proposals need to follow Stein's lead and make only ... The Progressive Pulse - http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/
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Health-plan costs soar for individuals
Regence BlueShield is raising premiums for individual health plans by an average of 17 percent in August. It's the third consecutive year of double-digit ... See all stories on this topic
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Wednesday, 8 July 2009
There's No Free Lunch When Congress Writes the Bill
People have to take greater responsibility for their own health, because as much as two-thirds of our health cost growth is due to chronic conditions, ... See all stories on this topic
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House Dems eye surtax on wealthy for health bill
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Survey points to small business concerns over health care costs
By Steve Walsh An online survey of Missouri small businesses finds the cost of health care is a huge concern - above taxes, energy, and other issues. ... See all stories on this topic
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Sen. John Cornyn won't support public option health-reform plan
He is less involved in the core Senate discussions to shape healthcare legislation, whose earliest versions have been projected to cost more than $1 ... See all stories on this topic
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Biden: Hospitals To Give $155 Billion In Savings To Help ...
They were one of several health industry groups that had submitted a proposal to the White House in May to reduce healthcare costs within a decade by $2 ... See all stories on this topic
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Health Care vs. Rationing
... which undeniably deliver care for less cost. We'll start with nbriggs, who wrote, "We already have rationing of health care in the US. ... See all stories on this topic
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CARPE DIEM: Top 10 Ways UK Rations Healthcare to Save Money
Take the United Kingdom, which is often praised for spending as little as half as much per capita on health care as the U.S. Credit for this cost containment goes in large part to the National Institute for Health and Clinical ... CARPE DIEM - http://mjperry.blogspot.com/
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CARPE DIEM: Top 10 Ways UK Rations Healthcare to Save Money
Take the United Kingdom, which is often praised for spending as little as half as much per capita on health care as the U.S. Credit for this cost containment goes in large part to the National Institute for Health and Clinical ... CARPE DIEM - http://mjperry.blogspot.com/
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Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Guess What? Health Care Is Expensive… « NEOAVATARA
All of the so called cost cutting measures so far have been, frankly, half measures. There is only one cost cutting measure that in the long term is practical, real, and will work: rationing. Every country with national health care ... NEOAVATARA - http://neoavatara.com/blog/
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Rising Health Costs Prompt Women to Neglect Health
"Today's financial crisis and increasing health costs are clearly impacting women's decisions around health care, and their physical and emotional ... See all stories on this topic
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Tax on health benefits causing second thoughts
Baucus has long championed a tax on health benefits as the best way to pay for health care while simultaneously restraining the growth of the cost in ... See all stories on this topic
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US Senators Have Second Thoughts About Taxing Health Benefits
... for employer-provided insurance as a way to help pay for the costs of covering the uninsured, and also to help contain the growth of health-care costs. ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama supports new long-term care benefit
WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Moving to broaden the scope of the health care overhaul, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind the creation of a program ... See all stories on this topic
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Investors.com - Ration Trial Lawyers, Not Services, To Lower The ...
Peter Orszag, director of the Office Of Management and Budget, recently spelled out the administration's prescription for higher quality-lower cost health care. It involves "four key steps": health information technology, more research ... Investor's Business Daily - Investing... - http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/
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Healthcare firms load up on lobbyists
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Healthcare firms load up on lobbyists
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Monday, 6 July 2009
Braley says cost of health care reform still unknown
Braley said he is opposed to limiting medical malpractice awards as a means to hold down health care costs. “It's better to reduce the incidence of medical ... See all stories on this topic
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White House and Hospitals Are Reported to Be Near Deal
In May, for instance, Mr. Obama said doctor and hospital groups had pledged to reduce healthcare costs by 1.5 percent but the groups later clarified that ... See all stories on this topic
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Mass. doctors value home health services, but note barriers
A recent survey of Massachusetts doctors found that most think home health care services help their patients while also reducing some healthcare costs, ... See all stories on this topic
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AdWatch: In TV war over health care overhaul, some ads hit ...
June 20th, 2009 GOP criticizes Dems on cost of health overhaulWASHINGTON â€" Sensing a political opening, the Senate's GOP leader said Saturday that Democratic efforts to overhaul health care will bury the nation in debt. Sen. ... Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
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Covering the uninsured: A cost that pays
But those savings don't represent actual reductions in the cost of healthcare; they represent how much less those costs are expected to increase. ... See all stories on this topic
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Co-op Health Plans Run by Consumers May Offer Obama Compromise
“If we had 25 years, and we weren't staring down the barrel of a shotgun on health costs, it's a pretty neat concept,†said Keckley, whose Washington, ... See all stories on this topic
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Questions raised about costs, access
Starting with cost, Coons said the cost per unit is down but when people see the bill, it looks as health care costs have gone up. ... See all stories on this topic
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Junkfood Science: Vision for our healthcare
But, as we know, healthcare reform is founded on primary care, and being marketed to the public with the belief that preventive wellness is more cost effective than caring for sick people. “Wellness care, not disease care,†the slogan ... Junkfood Science - http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/
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Sunday, 5 July 2009
Fattening the Beast
Because of an aging population and rising health-care costs, spending -- primarily on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security -- will steadily rise in coming ... See all stories on this topic
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On Health Care, The Prognosis Is Compromise
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Key Senate Democrats trim cost of health care bill
The total cost of legislation will rise considerably once provisions are added to subsidize health insurance for the poor through Medicaid, which is needed ... See all stories on this topic
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Commentary » Blog Archive » It's the Policy, Not Just the Message
Instead, the Left could work on the cost-control side of health care on the theory that health-care access is really an affordability problem. But that's not what the Ted Kennedy/Barack Obama dream of universal coverage is all about. ... Commentary - http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/
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Arizonans living without health insurance
Even their often modest salaries often fail to qualify for Arizona Health Care Cost Containment assistance, which is intended for the poorest of the poor, ... See all stories on this topic
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What exactly is so surprising about Wal-Mart wanting government ...
With the federal healthcare plan as an option, Wal-Mart can continue to offer crummy unaffordable health insurance that covers practically nothing, and all of their employees will of course opt into the federal plan which won't cost ... Ryan's Blog - http://izanbardprince.wordpress.com/
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It's time for better health care
By Michael Quinn Many families are struggling with high health care costs. Health care premiums get more expensive each year, rising six times faster than ... See all stories on this topic
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Consumer-Directed Health Plans Gain
Proponents of consumer-directed plans say they are one of the answers to reducing health care costs in the United States. Since consumers have a high ... See all stories on this topic
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Saturday, 4 July 2009
Kiwipolitico » Blog Archive » Privatise the profit, socialise the ...
National are, true to prediction, privatising health provision. Also true to prediction they are doing so in a way that gives all the wins to the private sector and keeps all the financial risk for the taxpayer. Private providers may look low cost, ... When we cost public provision of a hip op we cost in a part of the cost of public ICU services. When we cost private provision we don't, but we have to pay for the public ICU costs on top of the private hip op charge. ... Kiwipolitico - http://www.kiwipolitico.com/
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Healthier bill New version of health care legislation costs less ...
Those who contend that viable health care reform must bring down soaring costs while greatly expanding insurance coverage will be relieved now that the ... See all stories on this topic
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Healthcare costs rise and rise
Dr Pawel Suwinski, Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Sdn Bhd's senior consultant of healthcare practice for Asia-Pacific, believes that healthcare costs in Malaysia ... See all stories on this topic
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Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks
Still, experts say that before committing the US to footing the bill for universal health care, Obama should consider it has cost Europe. ... See all stories on this topic
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The Rising Cost of Health Insurance and the Other Options ...
Research has confirmed that 7 out of 10 Americans have no Dental coverage and about half of Americans have no Health Insurance. That is a staggering amount. AnAmericanDay.com - http://anamericanday.com/
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A Provocation from James Pinkerton: Why the Health Care Debate Is ...
Could it be that liberal health-care experts wish to cook up schemes for rationing and cost-control far from the public spotlight--and that conservatives, wallowing in the minutiae of "medical savings accounts," wish for similar ... The Washington Note - http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/
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A Provocation from James Pinkerton: Why the Health Care Debate Is ...
Could it be that liberal health-care experts wish to cook up schemes for rationing and cost-control far from the public spotlight--and that conservatives, wallowing in the minutiae of "medical savings accounts," wish for similar ... The Washington Note - http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/
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Healthcare reform hangs on cinching the cost to taxpayers
The key to cost savings is a new provision for the “shared responsibility of employers.†It requires companies that do not offer health insurance to ... See all stories on this topic
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Friday, 3 July 2009
Healthcare reform hangs on cinching the cost to taxpayers
The key to cost savings is a new provision for the “shared responsibility of employers.†It requires companies that do not offer health insurance to ... See all stories on this topic
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Swine Flu Death Toll in Argentina Climbs
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Health Benefits of Walking
The beauty of walking is that the health benefits are attained without cost, prescription, and little if any negative side affects. Walking has many health benefits that can benefit anyone of any age. Listed below are the health ... HealthFactSheets.com - http://www.healthfactsheets.com/
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IN THE MAIL: Time comes to fix broken health care system
You may have read that the cost of health insurance premiums in North Dakota rose 2.8 times as fast as wages from 2000-2007. Or you may have heard that in a ... See all stories on this topic
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Reform Health Care Now: End-of-life costs are too high
Researchers reported in the March issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine that patients with advanced cancer who talked about their end-of-life wishes with their doctors had significantly lower health care costs in the last week of ... DailyFinance - http://www.dailyfinance.com/
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New US Senate Health Care Proposal Carries Smaller Price Tag ...
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A Senate health-care proposal released Thursday would keep more people in employer-sponsored health plans and cost far less than an earlier version of the proposal that drew heavy criticism. ... Democratic Underground Latest... - http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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Texas Hill Country: Health Reform 10 year cost cut to $611 B via ...
A committee letter from Dodd/Kennedy said "Like the president and a strong majority of Americans, we believe that a strong public option is an important component of any health reform bill that keeps costs down, expands coverage and ... Texas Hill Country - http://texashillblog.blogspot.com/
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Texas Hill Country: Health Reform 10 year cost cut to $611 B via ...
A committee letter from Dodd/Kennedy said "Like the president and a strong majority of Americans, we believe that a strong public option is an important component of any health reform bill that keeps costs down, expands coverage and ... Texas Hill Country - http://texashillblog.blogspot.com/
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Thursday, 2 July 2009
Health Care: Costs And Reform
Of course, Americans know that they pay a lot for health; the rising cost of health insurance for employers is the main reason why wages have been stagnant ... See all stories on this topic
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Dodd expands health care bill, cuts costs
He praised it, saying it "lowers costs, protects choice of doctors and plans and assures quality and affordable health care for Americans. ... See all stories on this topic
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Health care: Will 'pay or play' chase employers away?
Employers must also assume part of the cost of the uncompensated care for workers who can't afford their health bill. Given how quickly a hospital stay can ... See all stories on this topic
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Health-reform cost estimates likely to be unreliable, experts warn ...
Reviews on ''Health-reform cost estimates likely to be unreliable, experts warn'' from McClatchy. NewsTrust, your guide to good journalism. NewsTrust - Most Recent Stories - http://newstrust.net/stories/top_stories
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Cost cutting in US to drive BPO healthcare business
... the prolonged slowdown forces US-based government agencies and healthcare firms to cut spiraling costs and deal with a shortage in qualified personnel. ... See all stories on this topic
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New Report Analyzes Cost Implications of Three Health Reform Scenarios
A comprehensive approach to health insurance, provider payment, and care delivery system reforms has the potential to slow health care cost increases while ... See all stories on this topic
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State Medicaid coverage, costs grow
While the federal government picks up half the cost, the higher expenses come as Maryland is battling severe budget shortfalls. State health spending has ... See all stories on this topic
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The Questions
Question 1 (from youtube): Why are we considering a health care plan which maintains the private insurance companies with their high overhead costs, ... See all stories on this topic
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Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Wal-Mart Agrees To Back Employer Mandate in Health Reform Efforts
According to the letter, Wal-Mart's support of an employer mandate depends on whether Congress offers a guarantee to businesses that health care costs will ... See all stories on this topic
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AMA open to government-funded health insurance option
Obama told a town hall meeting Wednesday the rising costs of health care threaten the economy and are unsustainable. Even health-related industries ... See all stories on this topic
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Another poll shows 'public option' support
Good chance at least some of those jobs lost last yr were businesses that failed under the weight of health care plan costs. The key here is that rising ... See all stories on this topic
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Obama: Health Care Reform Will Impact All Americans
Health care reform will impact every American, the president said. "If we do not act to bring down costs, everybody's health care will be in jeopardy," he ... See all stories on this topic
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A Disconnect on Health Care Overhaul
Because of the public wariness about the program's cost, Congress is trying to cut the price tag for the proposed health care overhaul from a projected $1.5 ... See all stories on this topic
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The Trojan Horse That's Killing Healthcare Reform
The Center for Health Transformation has developed an approach that will improve individual health, lower costs and deliver the best possible care. ... See all stories on this topic
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Roche To Broaden Tamiflu Access
But the company is in talks with the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and other agencies if they are willing to step in for countries that ... See all stories on this topic
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On health reform, eye on the prize
Without a for-profit motive, it becomes in everyone's best interest to keep people healthy and the cost of health care can drop to what it actually costs, ... See all stories on this topic
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