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SCOTUS To Review New Law’s Individual Mandate

November 14, 2011

From Talking Points Memo: By Brian Beutler November 14, 2011 The U.S. Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of a key part of President Obama’s health care law, and will likely issue a decision by July 2012, in the middle of next year’s election. Monday’s announcement comes just days after the latest appeals court ruling…

Editorial: Investing In Children’s Health Worthwhile

November 14, 2011

From The Aiken Standard: Tony Keck 10/27/2011 11:55 AM Health and Human Services Director Tony Keck’s has made a request to add $35 million to the agency’s budget next year in an effort to cover 70,000 children under Medicaid. While that seems like an awful lot of money and government healthcare, Keck is correct in…

Conservative Appeals Court Upholds Healthcare Reform Law

November 8, 2011

From The Associated Press: By Nedra Pickler November 8, 2011 WASHINGTON — A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law’s requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance. A…

18 S.C. Hospitals To See 8% Cuts To Indigent Care Incentives

November 8, 2011

From The Post & Courier: Payment to Roper St. Francis Healthcare’s Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in West Ashley (left) and East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant are among the facilities that will see their payments for providing uncompensated care cut by the state. BY RENEE DUDLEY [email protected] Monday, November 7, 2011 About a third…

Must Read Inside Dope On Big Insurance’s Lobbying Efforts

November 1, 2011

From The Huffington Post: By Wendell Potter 10/31/11 08:53 AM ET If you have no idea what you’re paying good money for when you enroll in a health insurance plan, there’s a good reason for that: insurers profit from your ignorance. And they’re waging an intense behind-the-scenes campaign to keep you in the dark. In…

Opinion: Stop Subsidizing Medical Errors, Cut Costs

November 1, 2011

From The Charlotte Observer: Mistakes are a fact of life in hospitals, and reducing them would yield billions in savings. By Robert Restuccia and Adam Searing Special to the Observer Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011 A congressional “super committee” is working right now on a national debt reduction plan. Medicare is sure to be on the…

Dr. Oz: Enough Is Enough; Blameless Americans Are Dying

November 1, 2011

From Time: ADAM TAYLOR Dr. Mehmet Oz counsels a patient at the CareNow Free Clinic in the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Oct. 21, 2011 By MEHMET OZ, M.D. October 31, 2011 The smell was unmistakable. I recognized it immediately – a fungating infection. It’s what happens when a cancer breaks through the skin and the…

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