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NewsSpending cuts, tax increases highlight newest attempt at reform compromise
In case you haven't noticed, reforming healthcare in the United States is no easy task. Government-backed healthcare has received criticism on several different fronts, and it is doubtful that a... Read more...
Bill to reduce uninsured by 16M carries $1T price tag
Is reducing the number of uninsured people in the United States by 16 million worth $1 trillion over a 10-year time span? That's what the Congressional Budget Office estimates a bill to reform... Read more...
Medicare, Medicaid cuts could amount to $240B over 10 years
The American Hospital Association expressed dismay following an address President Obama gave this past weekend discussing proposed White House federal payment cuts that could amount to an estimated... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Progressive groups should spend more than $82M on health reform
The following is no surprise, given the stakes involved, but it's interesting to have a hard number attached to progressive lobbying efforts on behalf of health reform. A group of progressive... Read more...
Group urges Congress to protect tax benefit of hospital gifts
Particularly given that charitable giving to hospitals is already down steeply, Congress should avoid making tax code changes that discourage donations even more, according to a new industry group.... Read more...
Senators consider aggressive health plan regulations
This week, we're getting a first taste of what the Democrats' health reform proposals look like, and it seems they're ready to take aggressive steps right out of the gate. While the plan is very... Read more...
AHA backs off from $2T savings promise
Hey, wait a minute--did we say that? No, what we meant was that we're going to try really, really hard to save money--somehow. That was the message American Hospital Association was offering... 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...
SPOTLIGHT: Drugmakers lobby for preferred reforms
So, it's spring in Washington, DC, and what are the pharmas up to under the cherry blossoms? Not surprisingly, industry leaders are lobbying hard to shape the administration's pending healthcare... Read more...
Wyden, Cooper hope to dump employer-based health insurance system
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) don't agree on a lot--Wyden's a liberal Dem and Cooper a conservative Southerner--but they've come together to champion a cause that hasn't gotten... Read more...
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