Saturday, April 21, 2012

Health Care News--4.21.12

 
Federal official answers questions about health care law at Paine College
The Augusta Chronicle
Audrey Wood used to pay $300 a month for her mother's dementia medication along with premium costs for her husband's and her own health care. After President Obama's signature health care legislation, the Affordable Care Act, became law in 2010, ...
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Infographics Help HealthCompare Educate Today's Health Insurance Consumers
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Health insurance comparison site, HealthCompare, releases infographics to help consumers understand complex data regarding health insurance hardships. Orange, California (PRWEB) April 21, 2012 Making headlines today is online health insurance ...
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Compassion Drives Health Insurance Comparison Site, HealthCompare, To Create ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Health Insurance comparison site, HealthCompare releases Infographics to help consumers understand complex data regarding health insurance hardships. Orange, California (PRWEB) April 20, 2012 Health insurance consumers can rely on HealthCompare for ...
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True costs: President's health care proposal strikes nerve
Marietta Times
By Sam Shawver (sshawver@mariettatimes.com) , The Marietta Times The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-often referred to by opponents as Obamacare-has generated controversy since the universal health care law was enacted by Congress in 2010.
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True costs of health care
Marietta Times
A recent Washington County Needs Assessment survey completed by 750 county residents indicates 107 adult respondents are without insurance. For those who do not have health insurance to help cover their medical expenses, even common and basic medical ...
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An alarming health care future
The National Law Journal
Currently, 88 percent of individual market insurance plans do not cover maternity care, but under the ACA maternity care is an "essential health benefit" that plans must cover beginning in 2014 — a major advance for women.
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Consolidation wave poised to hit state's health care services, biopharma sectors
Baltimore Sun
By Gus G. Sentementes, The Baltimore Sun Like a one-two punch, two major Maryland employers in the health care service and pharmaceutical industries last week were the targets of multibillion-dollar acquisition deals. Both homegrown companies — Human ...
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The Democratization of Health Care: Empowering the Consumer
Huffington Post (blog)
The market forces that are capable of eliminating health care and health status disparities are gathering. On April 23 and 24, about 700 of my closest friends will join me in Washington, DC, to discuss minority health. This will be National Minority ...
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Letter: Socialized systems of health care provide excellent opportunities for all
TCPalm
Imagine, having health care and education for free! Yes, of course someone pays for the benefits. The wealthy are taxed in Sweden (perhaps disproportionately) for the benefit of all. These socialized countries do very well with their system and their ...
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Health Buzz: Study Shows Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage
U.S. News & World Report
By Angela Haupt One in four working-age Americans went without health insurance for at least some time in 2011. And the majority of those people—nearly 70 percent—lacked coverage for more than a year, according to a new study by the nonprofit ...
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Blogs
 
Blinder on Health Care, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of ...
By David Henderson
Alan Blinder, in today's Wall Street Journal, has an interesting piece attacking Supreme Court judges who would actually seriously consider finding the recent health care law unconstitutional. It's titled, "Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Insurance.
EconLog: Library of Economics...
Zeel, The Zocdoc For Alternative Healthcare Providers, Lands ...
By Rip Empson
Earlier this year, Zeel launched to bring Zocdoc's model to alternative healthcare providers, like massage therapists, personal trainers, nutritionists, and acupuncturists, allowing users to easily search for and book appointments with these ...
TechCrunch
Health Care Costs Rise Nearly 6 Percent Nationwide: Report
By The Huffington Post News Team
Health care costs are rising at an ever-increasing pace, according to a new report. Health insurance companies and Medicare paid 5.8 percent more per capita for health care services in the past year, according to Standard & Poor's Financial ...
Barack Obama on Huffington Post
A Response to Critics on the Founding Fathers and Health Insurance
By Einer Elhauge
This concession conflicts with the argument of Obamacare's challengers, who claimed that widespread activity in the health care market did not permit a purchase mandate even in the highly related health insurance market. Indeed, this ...
The Health Care Blog
Evidence And Healthcare Policy - The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan ...
By Andrew Sullivan
[W]hat we do with scientific evidence is always a political and moral judgment. We don't provide health care to the sick because the evidence forces us to. We provide health care to the sick because such activity is in keeping with our values.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

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