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Medical Loss Ratio Rule Should Encourage Health Care Fraud Fighting
While the federal government is investing heavily in anti-fraud efforts, private insurers should be given incentives to do the same.
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Health Insurance Prices, Restrictions Now On Federal Consumer Website
Healthcare.gov, the website created by the new health law to be a one-stop consumer resource, today unveiled detailed cost and benefits information about health plans available in the individual insurance market.
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Cheap Pill May Save Lives When Given Before Surgery
Doctors could save lives by prescribing cheap beta blockers to surgery patients at risk of heart attacks.
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States Cutting Medicaid Benefits As They Stagger Under Economic Downturn
The recession's double whammy - less money and more need - is leaving states with reduced tax revenues and increasing numbers of people enrolling in the federal-state health care program for the poor.
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The NAIC’s Effort To Find Balance In Its Medical Loss Ratio Regulation
The development of this draft rule is not a contest with winners and losers, but an effort to create a framework to press insurers to spend less money on bureaucracy and more on health care in a way that benefits consumers and keeps insurance markets viable.
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Wall Street Comes To Washington, And, Gasp, Health Care Consensus Ensues
Financial and health policy analysts who gathered for the 15th annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference reached a surprising meeting of the minds on the new health care law.
By Julie Rovner -
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New ‘Innovation’ Chief Comes From ‘Model’ Health Care System
Dr. Richard Gilfillan, the new acting director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, has quite a juggling act to perform.
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Civil War? Maine, Florida Medical Associations Battling Over AMA Role In Health Reform
The Florida Medical Association's controversial decision to express a lack of confidence in the American Medical Association is drawing criticism from its northern counterpart in Maine, which is urging support of AMA leaders.
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Phone More Popular Than Internet When Seeking Prices For Health Care
A new survey explores how people shop for health insurance coverage.
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High Court: Broken Bed Falls Under Malpractice Cap
As a federal judge considers the constitutionality of Texas' 2003 medical malpractice reform - and Gov. Rick Perry campaigns for more lawsuit restrictions - the state Supreme Court has ruled that hospital injuries seemingly unrelated to doctor error can fall under Texas' stringent medical malpractice caps. Some legal observers say the decision is a perversion of legislative intent, but tort reform advocates contend the high court simply closed a huge loophole in liability reforms.
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Health Law Calls For Breast Cancer Warnings To Young Women
Provision aims to raise awareness about the risk of the disease to women between the ages of 15 and 44.
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Health On The Hill – September 27, 2010
Just weeks before the November elections, new polling shows that four out of 10 adults - no matter whether they supported the law - think the health care law did not do enough to change the health care system in America, and 53 percent of Americans are still confused about health reform.
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Transcript: Health On The Hill – Sept. 27, 2010
Just weeks before the November elections, new polling shows that four out of 10 adults - no matter whether they supported the law - think the health care law did not do enough to change the health care system in America, and 53 percent of Americans are still confused about health reform.
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Americans Still Confused, Divided About Health Law
Fifty-three percent of Americans say they are confused by the health reform law, an increase of 8 percentage points, a monthly Kaiser Family Foundation poll reports.
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Empty Promises
Congress has promised almost everyone in the country access to a whole slew of preventive services with no copay or deductible. The result could have a dire impact on health care quality and access.
By John Goodman