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Healthcare reform to pass by year end
President Obama will sign a finalized piece of healthcare reform legislation within the next two months, current and former members of Congress predicted at a healthcare recent forum held by Politics... Read more...
Insurance industry attacks healthcare legislation
Unwilling to accept the new momentum behind healthcare legislation lying down, the health insurance industry launched a new attack against the healthcare legislation drafted by the Senate Finance... Read more...
CT may require health plans to offer autism coverage
Right now, few states require that health plans cover the diagnosis and treatment of autism, which typically leaves parents with huge financial burdens. In Connecticut, however, the state is close to... Read more...
Doctors, researchers slam MA reforms as national model
While the Obama Administration has praised Massachusetts healthcare reforms, some physicians there aren't so thrilled with how things are working out--and they're urging the administration to... Read more...
Michigan AG and Blues continue to fight over legislation
Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and the Michigan Blues are going head to head once again over potential legislative changes. This time Cox is on the offensive, calling for more precise financial... Read more...
Cost-shifting increases family spending by almost $1,800 annually
Most of the time, you hear about how hospitals are struggling lately, many of them because they are getting more uninsured patients, which doesn't help them close the gap on the Medicare and Medicaid... Read more...
Medicare to expand 'no-pay' list
Medicare has officially announced plans to expand the list of conditions it won't cover if acquired at a hospital. In new rules proposed Monday, it said that it plans to add nine conditions to its... Read more...
Study: Percent of ED charges paid is decreasing
With hospital emergency departments already taxed enough, the following isn't reassuring. A new study concludes that the proportion of outpatient ED charges paid by both government and private... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Providers beef up "culturally competent" care skills
Hoping to do better with helping minority groups manage their care, particularly for chronic disease like diabetes, providers are beginning to work harder at addressing patients' cultural needs.... Read more...
Aetna limits anemia drug payments
Anemia drug sales have taken a beating since Medicare tightened rules to limit when it would pay for them. Now, Aetna has set limits on anemia drug reimbursements too, issuing new rules that follow... Read more...
