GOP Lobbyists Return To Capitol Hill
Prominent health care lobbyist Howard Cohen is returning to the Hill as a key committee staffer now that the GOP is back in charge of the House.
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Emergency Rooms Predict More Patient Visits As Law Expands Insurance Coverage
A new survey of emergency department administrators shows most believe the new health law will drive more patients to their facilities.
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U.K. Health Maps Show A Shared Problem Across The Pond?
Doctors in some areas of Britain do one type of hip replacement at rates up to 16 times greater than in places like London, according to a November atlas by the National Health Service, mirroring a problem Medicare researchers have seen in the U.S.
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Opinion Column
Medicaid May Not Be Ideal, But Unraveling It Would Be Foolish
Here is a question for the state officials who oppose expanding the safety net program or support getting rid of it: What do you propose to do instead? The answer appears to be very little.
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Experts Ponder ‘Plan B’ Options For The Individual Mandate
If the courts were to strike down the provision of the health law requiring consumers to buy insurance, some experts say there are other ways to get people covered.
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Wyden: States Will Drive Support For Pre-Emption Bill
Wyden has joined forces with Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., to advance legislation to enable states more flexible in pursuing the new health law's coverage goals.
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State Insurance Officials Approve Rules For Descriptions Of Health Policies
Under the health overhaul law, insurers will be required to provide their benefits information on a standardized chart using the same plain English terms as other companies to help shoppers understand and compare complicated policies.
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Opinion Column
Is The Individual Mandate Really A Lynchpin In The New Health Law?
The individual mandate as included in the health overhaul isn't even close to what it has been made to be -- a provision that would protect the integrity of the health insurance market by forcing people to buy health insurance before they became sick.
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Is There Any Hope For Medicaid Reform?
Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama's debt commission managed to gloss over a huge factor adding to the nation's deficit -- Medicaid. But the problem wasn't just in the coverage, but in the report, too. The final version ignored the massive expansion of the Medicaid program included in the new health care lawand didn't push for structural reforms to the program.
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Checking In With Republican Rep. Michael Burgess Of Texas, A Physician Who Says The New Health Care Law Has Got To Go
This lawmaker hopes the House will hold a roll call vote on the repeal effort in the first days of the new Congress.
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Virginia Panel: Implement Health Law And Improve Care
A panel appointed by Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell strongly recommended Tuesday that the state move to implement the health overhaul law and take other steps to significantly improve health care in the state.
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Video: Should You Buy A Long Term Care Insurance Policy?
Experts say that only about 10 percent of seniors bought a long-term health care policy and are covered. That could be because it's tough to decide whether they're right for you. As Michelle Andrews explains, they have many moving parts: After a waiting period, they generally pay a set daily benefit for a certain number of years, depending on how much you pay and at what age you start paying in. And, they also tend to be expensive.
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Few Seniors Have Long-Term Care Insurance
Given the complexity of these high-cost policies, experts agree it's tough to decide whether they're right for you.
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Transcript: Stuart Taylor On Health Law Decision
Jackie Judd talks with attorney and journalist Stuart Taylor about the ruling today by U.s. District Court Judge Henry Hudson that one part of the new health law is unconstitutional.
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Americans’ Opinions Of Health Law Shifts – Just A Little
A new tracking poll finds the public is sharply divided over the new health law. However, seniors' opposition has dropped since the bill passed in March.
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Video: ‘Individual Mandate’ In Health Law Is Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules
Lawyer and journalist Stuart Taylor discusses today's development in health care reform. U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson in Virginia struck down a key part of the new health law, saying that the mandate on most Americans to buy health coverage is unconstitutional.
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Want To Avoid Unnecessary Tests? Stick To One ER, Researchers Say
New study in Massachusetts finds that too often patients go to multiple emergency rooms for treatment but health records often don't follow.
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Text: Judge Hudson’s Decision Striking Down Part Of Health Law
Text: Federal judge Henry Hudson in Virginia on Monday struck down part of the health care law that mandates most Americans buy health insurance or face paying a penalty. Here's his decision.
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Democrats Ramp Up War On GOP Health Benefits
While Republicans continue to plot ways to reverse the Affordable Care Act when they take over the House Jan. 5, Democrats are stepping up their attack on Republicans' own health benefits.
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New Rules Spell Out Protections For Consumers With ‘Limited Benefit’ Insurance Policies
HHS says that employers and insurers have 60 days to send out detailed notices to consumers on the limitations of their health insurance policies, which could have effects on so-called 'mini-med' policies.