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Romney criticizes reform plan
Mitt Romney called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a failure during a speech in New Hampshire on Saturday, even though the federal reform law contains many of the same components of a
States assess health law's impact on physician shortages
The consensus generally indicates that health reform will exacerbate current or looming physician shortages across the country, particularly in primary care . Long term, the nation may see a shortage
Patients buy short-term health insurance to 'trick' the system, health plan execs say
Despite Massachusetts' efforts to better spread health insurance costs among its population with an individual mandate, health plan data suggests that 2006 legislation has been severely undermined by
Getting the young covered is a major reform challenge
Even as Congress attempts to iron out differences on health reform, some major problems remain, and it seems unlikely that any current reform is likely to solve them. One concerns the requirement
Insurance industry's last-minute attacks on reform just don't make sense
As everyone knows--and even those of you working in managed care would have to admit--the health insurance industry is about as crafty a lobby as you could imagine. Admittedly, getting your way
SPOTLIGHT: Health insurance mandate could squeeze middle class
Those who support an individual insurance mandate under health reform seem pretty confident that they can provide big enough subsidies to help poor people get insured. The thing is, what do
