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Health reform law to reach Supreme Court next year

The much-debated constitutionality of President Obama's health reform legislation could be decided by the Supreme Court early next year, reports the Los Angeles Times. After passing on a full appeal Read more...

Obama appoints two more doctors to health advisory group

President Obama on Friday named two doctors to the Presidential Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health. Dr. Richard Binder is Medical Director at Read more...

Republicans backing away from Medicare proposal

The Republican House delegation, emboldened just a few weeks ago by an ambitious plan to remake Medicare into a voucher system, now appears to be backing away from such a proposal, report the Read more...

Poll shows little senior support for Medicare vouchers

A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows scant support among seniors for a Republican proposal to restructure the Medicare system. Only 30 percent of those seniors polled say they approve of Read more...

Berwick: Automatic payment cuts are unnecessary

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick said that President Obama's proposal to empower the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board to impose automatic payment Read more...

Obama to issue own plan on cutting Medicare, Medicaid

In a response to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and the GOP's proposal to overhaul Medicare and Medicaid, President Obama will unveil his own plans for the entitlement programs, reports the Associated Press Read more...

Obama shows support for loosening state ACA requirements

President Obama told visiting governors at the White House on Monday that he would support proposed legislation that would allow states to opt out of Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements--such as Read more...

Senate defeats repeal, overturns 1099 reporting rule

To nobody's surprise, the Senate voted against a repeal of the healthcare reform law in a 47-51 vote that followed party lines, the Washington Post reports. The vote came Wednesday, two weeks after Read more...

Obama on health reform: 'Fix what needs fixing and move forward'

In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama defended the healthcare overhaul, but allowed that some areas could be tweaked. Less than three months after Republicans gained control Read more...

Obama signs $26B aid package into law, mostly for Medicaid

On Tuesday, President Obama quickly signed into law a bill that will give $26 billion to struggling states. Although most media reports are focusing on the aid for teachers, nearly two-thirds of the Read more...

Press Releases

Caduceus Software Systems Corp. Looks at Taking Advantage of the $19 Billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

BIRMINGHAM, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Caduceus Software Systems Corp. (OTCBB:CSOC) – would like to inform the public that on February 17, 2009, President Obama signed ARRA into law. The Health Read more >>

BIO Praises Passage of Small Company Capital Formation Act

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) strongly supports the Small Company Capital Formation Act (HR 1070), sponsored by Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), which Read more >>

Statement on President Obama’s Drug Shortage Announcement from Premier COO Mike Alkire

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Premier healthcare alliance commends President Obama and his administration for taking action to help further reduce and prevent drug shortages and subsequent Read more >>

Stop The HIT Coalition Statement on Increase in Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance

WASHINGTON--(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 >>

MedeAnalytics Estimates Debt-Ceiling Law Could Reduce Medicare Payments to Individual Hospitals by $1.1 Million to $1.4 Million

10-Year Projection Based on CBO and OMB Budget DataEMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, today released an Read more >>