Saturday, April 28, 2012

Health Care News--4.25.12

 
Obamacare collapse would put employers in charge
BusinessWeek
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next. Employers and insurance companies will take charge. They'll borrow some ideas from Obamacare, ...
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John Arensmeyer column: Health care law good for small business
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
businesses see their health insurance premiums spike. But with the health care law under fire in the Supreme Court, it's worth noting that excessive rate hikes are exactly what the Affordable Care Act aims to remedy. If the legislation is struck down, ...
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Immigration Fight Echoes Health-Care Case at High Court
BusinessWeek
By Greg Stohr on April 25, 2012 The US Supreme Court will hear echoes of its health-care arguments as it reviews Arizona's illegal-immigrant crackdown, a law that inspired similar moves across the country and sparked a confrontation with President ...
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President's health care law is flawed
San Antonio Express
By Kay Bailey Hutchison Two years ago, against the tide of public opinion, the Democrat-controlled Congress passed President Obama's health care legislation — the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Since then, Americans' doubts have ...
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Aetna to sell insurance coverage through Costco
BusinessWeek
Health insurer Aetna Inc. has branched out to start selling individual insurance plans to members of the wholesale club operator Costco in nine states. The Hartford, Conn., insurer said Tuesday that its Costco Personal Health Insurance program will ...
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New Republic: What Romney Lacks On Health Care
NPR
by Jonathan Cohn US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius hold a briefing to release Social Security and Medicare trustees reports April 23, 2012 in Washington, DC The reports project that Social ...
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Health care debate reaches Ball State
Ball State Daily News
By Anna Ortiz President Barack Obama's proposed health care plan — if it isn't shot down by the US Supreme Court — would force companies across the country to cover birth control among their employee health care plans. For women at Ball State, ...
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MedPricer Supports Healthcare Systems With New Facilities and Capital e ...
MarketWatch (press release)
GUILFORD, CT, Apr 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MedPricer, the leader in cloud-based e-Sourcing services for healthcare contracting, announces a newly formed department focusing on facilities and capital sourcing.
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Spacelabs Healthcare Rated #1 for Third Consecutive Quarter
MarketWatch (press release)
ISSAQUAH, Wash., Apr 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spacelabs Healthcare has earned MD Buyline's #1 rating in all categories, including performance, reliability, installation, implementation and applications training, as well as service response time and ...
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Blogs
 
Economists on Health-Care Licensing, David Henderson | EconLog ...
By David Henderson
Loosening current licensing restrictions on the range of services that nurses, physician assistants, dental hygienists and pharmacists are permitted to perform would help patients on balance, because the additional safety risks would be small ...
EconLog: Library of Economics...
VA underreported waits for mental health care - Marine Corps News ...
By Staff writer
The Veterans Affairs Department inflated its success rates in providing timely services for vets needing mental health services, according to a VA Inspector General's report released Monday.
Marine Corps Times - News
How technology is changing health care - Technology - GovExec.com
The push to leverage information technology to modernize an anachronistic health care system has become a national imperative, and a key element in health care reform efforts. It's a huge undertaking with many moving parts. The Health and ...
Government Executive - All Content
Crossing the Line | The Health Care Blog
By James Salwitz, MD
Health care expenses will never really be managed responsibly in this culture as long as supports to a patient prevent the patient from realizing his/her true own needs. That goes for both the elderly as much as the young with congenital or ...
The Health Care Blog
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Shopping for Health Care
By admin
I must admit that shopping for health care seemed odd and a bit intimidating at first, having lived for years in the world of gold-plated, pay-for-everything corporate health care accounts. But it really is not that hard. I have consistently knocked ...
Coyote Blog

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