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WellPoint launches own attack on health reforms
In past weeks, trade group America's Health Insurance Plans has taken a lot of heat after unveiling a last-minute report suggesting that current health reforms could push up premiums dramatically... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare costs could jump 35 percent by 2019 without reform
By now, it seems pretty likely that some kind of dog-eared, battered version of health reform will make it out of Congress and into the president's hands. That being said, though, what would happen... Read more...
New initiatives under way to coordinate mental health, primary care
It's well-documented in research literature that primary -care physicians often miss the signs of common psychiatric illnesses like depression, leading to the avoidable complications that mental... Read more...
UnitedHealth suggests methods for cutting a half-trillion dollars in health costs
UnitedHealth Group has made its play in the "save the health system money" game. In a new report, the health plan's Center for Health Reform and Modernization argues that the federal government could... Read more...
Healthcare players offer plan to cut costs by $2 trillion
This week the country's power players in the health plan, hospital, physician and union world--among others--have come together to propose what could turn out to be an astonishing change. The groups... Read more...
Study: Recession boosting use of consumer-driven health plans
Here's a sign of the times. According to a new study from HealthLeaders-InterStudy, more employers are choosing consumer-driven health plans as a method of cutting their health costs during the... Read more...
Fewer paying patients causes downward spiral for hospitals
Hospitals across the country have reported that fewer patients are opting for procedures such as knee replacements, hernia repairs and weight-loss surgeries, mainly because of the state of the... Read more...
Physicians struggle to keep their practices afloat
Physicians' practices are seeing revenue falling this year instead of rising like last year, no doubt because of the slowing economy. So what are they doing to try to stay afloat? A survey of 75... Read more...
AL charges state employees fees for health problems
The Alabama State Employees' Insurance Board has announced that it will go forward with a plan requiring state employees who are obese or have other health problems to make progress on those issues... Read more...
U of IL hospital sending back Mexican immigrant
Recently, we ran an article which stirred up some serious discussion on the subject of how to pay for the care of undocumented, medically-indigent immigrants, and how to handle things when a provider... Read more...
