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Tweaks could help GOP accept 'co-op' health plan
Even though there are some lingering concerns, Congressional Republicans and Democrats may finally have found some common ground when it comes to healthcare, according to Modern Healthcare. Sen. Kent... Read more...
Obama backs expanded powers for MedPAC
Do you think it's a good idea for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to go from an advice-only body to one that has significant power over reimbursement? President Obama does, and he's thrown... 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...
Antitrust laws could hobble healthcare reform
A couple of weeks ago, President Obama and several major interest groups announced that they'd be able to cut $2 trillion off of the growth in healthcare spending over the next decade. That sounds... 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...
Health reform legislation due by July 31
For Congress, this is moving at light speed--so much so that it leads one to wonder whether their plans are just a bit too optimistic. House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) promised this week that health... Read more...
Are industry's promises to cut $2T smoke and mirrors?
Yesterday, several top interest groups in the healthcare world came together to announce that they were prepared to take steps to cut healthcare cost growth significantly over the next decade, saving... 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...
White House plans tougher fraud control efforts
The White House has announced that it plans roll out a tough new fraud and abuse control program for Medicare and Medicaid, one it estimates could return $2.7 billion to the government over the next... Read more...
Comparative effectiveness research becomes battleground
In theory, comparative effectiveness research is a completely neutral idea. If you want to give patients the best, most cost-effective care, simply do good research, find out which treatments work... Read more...
