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U.S. Medicare panel urges insurer payment cuts (Reuters)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceReuters - Medicare should cut U.S. government payments to private insurers and home healthcare providers, an advisory panel said in nonbinding recommendations released on Monday. ...
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Fri Mar 2010
Obama calls final vote on health care (AFP)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceAFP - US President Barack Obama pressed Congress Wednesday to hold a final vote in the next few weeks on his historic health care overhaul, with or without support from his Republican foes. ...
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Obama to present health care ideas (AFP)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceAFP - US President Barack Obama will incorporate Republican suggestions for a health care overhaul when he lays out his plans on Wednesday to get the historic legislation passed by Congress. ...
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More than one way to trim health coverage premiums (AP)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceAP - Skyrocketing premiums have stunned some consumers who buy their own health insurance policies. People in several corners of the country are facing increases of 20 percent or more from some insurers. ...
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Consumer group sues California health insurer (Reuters)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceReuters - Consumer advocates filed a class-action suit against Anthem Blue Cross on Monday, accusing California's largest for-profit health insurer of illegally using drastic rate hikes to force customers into inferior health plans. ...
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U.S. health secretary presses insurers over rates (Reuters)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceReuters - The Obama administration stepped up its pressure on health insurers on Thursday, calling on some of the top U.S. companies to be more public about ...
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Obama courts lawmakers on health overhaul (AFP)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceAFP - US President Barack Obama waged an all-out campaign Thursday to drive his historic health care overhaul through Congress, wooing wavering lawmakers and blasting "unacceptable" insurance rate hikes. ...
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Shingles of the eye tied to stroke risk (Reuters)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceReuters - People who have had an attack of shingles involving the eyes may have a heightened risk of stroke for a year afterward, a study published Wednesday suggests. ...
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Obama demands final vote on health care (AFP)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceAFP - US President Barack Obama pushed Congress Wednesday to pass his historic health care overhaul by a party-line vote if needed, calling for action in the coming weeks after a bitter year-long debate. ...
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White House cranks up pressure for health reform (Reuters)
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceReuters - The White House ratcheted up its push for a quick healthcare vote in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, criticizing rising health insurance premiums at a meeting with top industry executives and wooing key lawmakers. ...
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Senate Gridlock Ends, COBRA And Medicare Fees Extended
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceLos Angeles Times: "Senate leaders Tuesday night resolved an impasse over emergency aid to the jobless that had driven a wedge into Republican ranks and given Democrats a political weapon... ...
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House Expanding Inquiry Of Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceThe House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which held a hearing last week on a California insurer's rate increases, is expanding its investigation. The committee is summoning "the chief executives of four of the nation's largest for-profit health insurers to testify about medical claims denied for ...
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Medical ID Thefts Can Harm Patients' Health; Prosecutors Go After Medicare Fraud
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceNews outlets covered different aspects of fraud in the health care system. NPR/KSMU: "Experts say a different type of identity theft is on the rise -- one that could compromise both the victim's credit and physical safety... ...
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Daschle: Incremental Health Reforms Won't Work
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceKaiser Health News editors and reporters talked Monday with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle about health reform's current dynamics, strategies, key issues and chances of passage. Daschle was nominated by President Barack Obama to be secretary of Health and Human Services and the White Hous ...
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Obama To Include GOP Ideas In Health Proposal Today
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceWith President Barack Obama's release today of his latest health reform plan, he hopes to propel the dialogue forward as he also signals willingness to incorporate GOP ideas into his proposal. Kaiser Health News has posted excerpts of the speech released in advance by the White House... ...
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Eyeing Reconciliation For Health Reform, GOP Launches Preemptive Strike On Senate Parliamentarian
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceNews outlets profile Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and the "everyday Americans" invited to a White House forum on health care last year... ...
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Wasteful Medical Spending Clogs Health Care Industry
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceCNN: "Consider this: For every dollar the nation spends on health care, 50 cents is wasted. According to a 2008 report by Pricewaterhouse Cooper's Health Research Institute, wasteful spending accounts for $1.2 trillion of the $2.2 trillion spent on health care in the United States... ...
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Political Cartoon: 'Chutes And Ladders'
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceKaiser Health News provides a fresh perspective on health policy developements with "Chutes And Ladders" by Nick Anderson. This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Polic ...
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GOP Rejects Obama's Compromise On Health Care, Wants 'New Approach'
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsuranceUSA Today: "President Obama offered to add a handful of Republican ideas to his 10-year, $950 billion health care plan Tuesday but was rebuffed and urged to start over.The letter from Obama to the GOP signalling his interest in four specific Republican health reform ideas was met with an icy recept ...
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Democrats Now See A Homestretch For Health Overhaul Plan
Categorie : Health Insurance / Medical InsurancePresident Barack Obama will take to the road next week for a push in America's heartland on health care reform. Politico: "Promising to 'do everything in my power' to get Congress to pass health care legislation within the next few weeks, Obama will talk up health care Monday in the Philadelphia are ...
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