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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...
Politicians declare war on pre-existing condition exclusions
In recent days, President Obama has been decrying the use of pre-existing conditions by health insurers to exclude some patients from individual coverage. In doing so, he's become one of a growing... Read more...
AHIP conditionally endorses coverage for pre-existing conditions
In a highly significant move, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) has endorsed guaranteed coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions--as long as federal authorities require everyone to... Read more...
Many online health shoppers 'uninsurable'
Some of the leading health reform schemes being floated to solve the health coverage crisis--including the proposal advanced by Sen. John McCain--assume that individuals can benefit more by shopping... Read more...
WellPoint pays hospitals $11.8M to settle bills from rescissions
Leading health plan WellPoint has agreed to pay $11.8 million to settle claims with hundreds of hospitals that it failed to pay after it dropped patients after treatment. WellPoint was sued by about... Read more...
