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Health reform working: Medicaid access fixes financial strain, improves health
Despite concerns about greater access to health insurance brought about through healthcare reform, new research indicates that access to Medicaid does substantially increase healthcare use and
Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts consider merger to compete against BCBS
Harvard Pilgrim and Tufts Health Plan--the second and third largest health plans in Massachusetts, respectively--are considering a merger to combine operations and make them a stronger competitor to
SPOTLIGHT: Obesity-related medical costs double earlier findings
Spending on obesity is worse than we thought, writes FierceHealthcare. Obesity actually accounts for 17 percent of all medical costs annually, as opposed to 9 percent as previously determined last
Minnesota nurses still on express train to July 6 strike and other labor news
At roughly 1 a.m. on Wednesday, June 30, the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) rejected the latest contract offer from a consortium of 14 hospitals in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region, bringing some
Individual health insurance mandate: Insights from Massachusetts
While many people are worried about the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's requirement that most Americans have health insurance, the individual health insurance mandate
