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NewsDiabetes costs high for children
It is hugely expensive to care for a child with diabetes, according to new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The annual average medical costs for a child with diabetes is Read more...
Uninsured Americans reach 52 million
The number of Americans who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year reached 52 million in 2010, report the Commonwealth Fund and Bloomberg News. That number is roughly 40 percent higher Read more...
HHS releases regulation on state-specific health reform waivers
The Obama Administration on Friday issued guidelines for states applying for "innovation waiver" that would allow them to opt out of some provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Read more...
Medicaid patient hospital stays rise 30 percent, outpacing privately insured
The number of hospital stays for patients covered by Medicaid surged 30 percent between 1997 and 2008, compared to a 5 percent hike in the number for patients with private health insurance, according Read more...
Health plans avoid covering weight loss treatments
Insurance companies may say they want you to be healthy, but they won't pay for the treatment that will help you, according to a Washington Post/Kaiser Health News article. It's a dilemma faced by Read more...
Insurance fiasco: Man stuck in hospital for three years
Michael Stanzione got into a hospital, but he can't get out. Insurance woes have kept Stanzione cooped up in a hospital for three years, the Bergen Record reports. But it's not like he's bedridden. Read more...
Daschle: Health reform has '60 percent chance' of passing
If I were a member of Congress, I'd find Tom Daschle's health reform predictions to be a bit discouraging. A former U.S. Senator and Senate leader who came within a hair's breadth of being HHS Read more...
Uninsured patients twice as likely to die in hospital
Traumatically-injured patients without health insurance are more than twice as likely to die in the hospital as those who have coverage, according to a new study by Harvard University researchers Read more...
Living kidney donors may be blocked from getting health coverage
Right now, it's very difficult for many patients awaiting transplants to get the organ they need, including those who need kidneys. The charitable living donors who sign up to share one of their Read more...
AARP in hot seat over its insurance reform lobbying
AARP, the 40-million member senior citizen advocacy group, is coming under increasing scrutiny from congressional Republicans who accuse it of having a conflict of interest in taking sides in the Read more...
| Press ReleasesManatt Adds Former Federal HHS Director to National Healthcare PracticeJoel Ario brings state and federal insurance regulation, business strategy and health policy experience to fast-growing team. WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Read more >> Anesthesia Business Consultants Discusses the Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care ActJACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Supreme Court is expected to rule early next summer on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”). The Court is expected to uphold the ACA, Read more >> Stop The HIT Coalition Statement on Increase in Cost of Employer-Provided Health InsuranceWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Stop The HIT Coalition issued the following statement after a Kaiser Family Foundation study found that employer sponsored health insurance premiums have increased 9 Read more >> Three-Quarters of the Uninsured Are Likely to Buy Health Insurance When Affordable Care Act is ImplementedNew study from Oliver Wyman is the first to analyze the needs and preferences of Americans who lack health coverage NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Three-quarters of Americans without health insurance Read more >> Secretary Sebelius to make Affordable Care Act announcementWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Friday, August 12, HHS Secretary Sebelius will be joined by IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman to make an important announcement about the Affordable Care Act and Read more >> |
