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NewsUnintended consequences: Insurers stop offering new coverage for some kids
The healthcare overhaul law, which was supposed to increase access to healthcare, may have exactly the opposite effect for some children. Later this year, the law requires insurers to accept all Read more...
ACO approval deadline approaching faster than you might think
In my last post on Hospital Impact, I discussed events that are taking place now to change the way care is delivered to U.S. citizens with pre-existing conditions and to retirees who are not yet Read more...
18 states decide not to create insurance pools for uninsured
Eighteen governors throughout the nation have ultimately decided against creating temporary high-risk insurance pools for those who are uninsured due to pre-existing conditions. The new health reform Read more...
High-risk health insurance pools in the works, Sebelius says
The Obama administration began work on Friday to provide "immediate relief for potentially millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, like diabetes or high-blood pressure, who have been shut Read more...
Children's health insurance gap: Sebelius issues warning, insurers agree to resolve
On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent a letter to the insurance trade group America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) stating that she will issue new regulations to fix Read more...
Health reform currently leaves kids' coverage incomplete
As the language in the U.S.'s landmark health reform law reads now, children with pre-existing medical conditions still can be denied new insurance policies. It's a surprise problem Obama Read more...
Health reform could bring premium increases, layoffs, analysts warn
Expect enormous increases in healthcare premiums and sizable layoffs at health insurance companies, some analysts predict. A provision in the healthcare reform legislation signed into law by Read more...
Americans see disease prevention as key to reform
It seems the American public understands healthcare delivery better than we thought. A new poll by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has concluded that 71 percent 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...
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...
| Press ReleasesNew report: 129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform lawFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, January 18, 2011 Contact: HHS Press Office(202) 690-6343New report: 129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health Read more >> |
