Senate Dems Explore Phase-Out Of Medicaid Enhanced Funding
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has signalled that some changes to the Medicaid assistance provision are likely.
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Obama Warns Health Insurers Against Using Reform To Boost Premium Rates
This new set of regulations will govern how the industry implements some of the most consumer-friendly provisions of the health reform law.
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Insurers Will Receive Presidential Warning While Administration To Release Regulations To Protect Consumers
President Obama will warn health insurance executives at a White House meeting Tuesday against trying to increase premium rates before provisions of the new health law take effect.
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Politics Surround Berwick, No Hearings Scheduled For CMS Nominee
The nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick, President Obama's choice to run Medicare, is providing fodder for Republicans to renew attacks on Obama's health reform law.
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Health Reform Includes Changes To Denied Claims, Health Savings Accounts
News outlets examine more changes to the health care system because of health reform and offer insights to consumers trying to decode them.
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People Who Purchase Insurance On Their Own Faced Premium Hikes Of Around 20 Percent, Survey Finds
Based on findings released today, some consumers switched to less expensive plans that provided fewer benefits. Overall, people reported an average increase of 13 precent in their health insurance costs.
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AIDS Specialist Leaves Calif. Practice, Citing Rising Costs
A long-time San Francisco AIDS specialist is closing his clinic and moving to Manhattan because of frustration with the insurance industry and the rising cost of practicing medicine.
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Media Examine GHI, U.S. HIV/AIDS Funding
PBS' NewsHour's "The Rundown" blog examines the recent naming of eight countries to receive additional technical and management resources under President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative (GHI).
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PBMs: Post Office Plan To End Saturday Shipments Could Boost Drug Prices
Pharmacy-benefits managers, including CVS Caremark and Medco, are worried that a U.S. Postal Service plan to end Saturday delivery could raise mail-order drug prices.
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Today’s OpEds: Eliminating Health Care Waste, Empowering Consumers To Save Money, Trouble Finding A Medicare Doctor, The Dangers Of Overtreatment
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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European Drugmakers Lead In Making Medicines Available To Developing World, Index Says
European drug companies came out ahead of their U.S. counterparts in making medicines available to people in developing countries, but their lead is beginning to shrink, according to the Access to Medicines Index (AMI), released on Monday, Reuters reports (Kelland, 6/21).
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Medicare Physician Payment Cuts Could Cost Millions More In Reprocessing
Politico reports that the fight over a "doc fix" - fixing the Medicare reimbursement rate for doctors - is "straining not just doctors but also House-Senate relations" and could cost taxpayers millions in reprocessing claims.
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Certification Rule Opens Door For Health IT Vendors, But Other Regs Lag
A final regulation for a temporary program to certify organizations to sell health IT systems will be published Thursday in the Federal Register.
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Mass. Weighs Overhaul’s Effects; Conn. First State To Add Adults To Medicaid Under New Health Law
States deal with a variety of health care policy issues.
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Obama To Grant Federal Workers Time Off To Care For Same-Sex Partner’s Kids
"President Obama will soon expand the rights of gay workers by allowing them to take family and medical leave to care for sick or newborn children of same-sex partners, administration officials said Monday," The New York Times reports.
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Budget Chief Orszag Reportedly Set To Resign
Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, will step down from his post in July, administration officials say.
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States Worry About Medicaid Funding Caught In Congressional Impasse
Many states prepared annual budgets based on getting enhanced federal funding for their Medicaid programs. Without those funds, they will have to cut programs to meet their budgets.
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HHS, Insurers, Health Systems Preparing For Health Law’s Impact
HealthCare.gov is scheduled to go online July 1 and is designed to give consumers a place to research and compare health insurance plans, Politico reports. And, insurance carriers and health care systems - such as Geisinger in Pennsylvania - are also working on customer satisfaction.
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