Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Health Care News--4.22.12

 
US Republicans eye health plan should court overturn reform
Reuters
House Republicans are working to create a legislative blueprint they can sell to voters after the Supreme Court rules on Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the nation's most sweeping healthcare legislation since Medicare and Medicaid ...
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Evans: Health care debate offers a few choices
Daily Camera
By Clay Evans The stampede of media interest in the critical issue of health care policy in the United States has once again gone dormant -- what "issues of the day" don't, any more? -- now that the lawyers have fled the Supreme Court chambers.
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The VA's Palo Alto Health Care System welcomes Marines with open arms
San Jose Mercury News
On Saturday, nearly 800 Marines spent the day at the VA's Palo Alto Health Care System as part of an effort to welcome Marines with open arms -- and get them in the door. The daylong event, which featured health screenings, dozens of community ...
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Cost of public retiree health care soars in California
TheReporter.com
San Francisco, which once allowed its public employees to qualify for full retiree medical benefits after working just five years, is projected to pay $153 million in retiree health care costs this year, about 5 percent of the city's general fund.
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Health care change is inevitable
Denver Post
By Henry Dubroff and John J. Huggins No matter what the Supreme Court decides is or is not constitutional about the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), one thing is certain: The health care industry, which consumes roughly one- sixth of our resources, ...
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Health care providers move to make more price information available
Memphis Commercial Appeal
By Toby Sells Cristie Travis is CEO of the Memphis Business Group on Health. Her group is working on projects to one day make buying health care easier and more transparent with cost and quality reports. You need to be a smarter health care shopper.
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Hatch: Mental health, education reforms still percolating
DesMoinesRegister.com
After 12 weeks of listening to Iowans about the services they would like the state to support, my colleagues in the Senate Democrat caucus voted with me to support strong funding for Medicaid, a health care safety net collaborative for community health ...
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Women and Health Affordable Care Act matters
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Sara Finger Today, we turn this issue of Crossroads over to a discussion of women's health and public policies that affect it. Here are five perspectives. Obamacare. Or, more aptly, Mamacare, Babycare or simply Healthcare.
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Letters: Christian conservatives can support health care act
The Oshkosh Northwestern
Those who claim to be conservatives and staunch Christians should carefully think through the notion of repealing the affordable Health Care Act. In recent years I have encountered many people with serious chronic health problems, (eg high blood ...
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State Disciplines Health Care Providers
Insurance News Net (press release)
The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against health care providers in our state. The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory committees ...
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Blogs
 
What Are Health Care Costs, Ctd « Modeled Behavior
By Karl Smith
Kevin Drum thinks I have gone overboard. Just for the record, then: when I say "high healthcare costs," what I mean is "lots of money flowing to heathcare entities." I'm pretty sure that's what everyone else means too. I know that Karl likes to be ...
Modeled Behavior
Innovation: Aligning Physicians and Hospitals to Create Sustainable ...
By Principle Healthcare
According to a recent HealthLeaders Media Industry CEO report , the biggest strategic challenge facing hospital, health system, and physician group practice chief executives is care coordination and the continuum of care.
HealthWorks Collective - The...
PharmaGossip: Want to cut health care costs? Start here. - The ...
By insider
Want to cut health care costs? Start here. - The Washington Post. Media_httpwwwwashingt_njhcb. via washingtonpost.com. Every year, Americans pay $700 million more for cholesterol-lowering drugs than they need to. The reason?
PharmaGossip

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