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Debate Arises Over HHS Plans For Privacy Rules On Addiction Treatment

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The current guidelines, last updated in 1987, require patients to specify exactly who gets information about their care. But advocates of change say the new rule will fit in better in the era of sharing patient data through electronic medical records.

Consumer Choices Have Limited Impact On U.S. Health Care Spending: Study

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An analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute finds that less than half of health care costs are for services considered “shoppable,” and consumers’ out-of-pocket spending on that is just 7 percent of all spending.

Delay Of New Health Law Forms May Confuse Some Taxpayers

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Employers, insurers and government health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid are required to send taxpayers a form showing whether they provided health care but the government has pushed back the deadline for the forms.