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Here’s a thoughtful three-point prescription for reading between the lines of lazy and/or partisan reporting on the new health care law, courtesy of Kaiser Health News. Changes Wrought By Health Reform? Well, Maybe Not By Jonathan Cohn So far, the big McDonald’s controversy is turning out to be a big nothingburger. Two weeks ago, the…
Federal judge lets 20 states’ health-care lawsuit move forward By N.C. Aizenman Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, October 15, 2010; 6:00 AM A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit brought by 20 states challenging the health-care overhaul law can move forward. The decision by Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the…
New Agreements in Maryland Likely To Result in Expanded Options for Children In a letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Secretary Sebelius today outlined efforts by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, working with states, to ensure insurance companies keep their promise to “make pre-existing conditions exclusions a thing of the past”…
By JOSH GERSTEIN | 10/7/10 5:37 PM EDT A federal judge in Michigan has upheld as Constitutional a provision in the health care reform bill requiring uninsured individuals to purchase insurance. U.S. District Court Judge George Steeh ruled Thursday that the so-called individual mandate — a requirement President Barack Obama opposed during the presidential campaign…
The New York Times‘ economics columnist David Leonhardt weighs in on implementation of the new health care law, judging disruptions to the current system to be healthy signs that we are abandoning a deeply flawed status quo. Economic Scene Health Care’s Uneven Road to a New Era By DAVID LEONHARDT Published: October 5, 2010 Consider…
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This clip explaining the Affordable Care Act is plain and simple and well worth sharing with anyone trying to understand this behemoth of a law. [brightcove vid=608833805001&exp3=1875349721&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=1875348214&pk=AQ%2E%2E,AAAAAG_HivY%2E,sgDjaI7wvsueyxYvBTnH9ElGyGMdLEbW&w=486&h=412]
Researchers at the RAND Corporation have established models with which to predict how health-insurance markets are likely to change after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Their findings have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and the news is good: They expect a big net increase in employer-sponsored insurance offers, contradicting…
Issue #23.36 :: 09/08/2010 – 09/14/2010 S.C. One of 13 States with Lowest Enrollment in CHIP, Medicaid BY COREY HUTCHINS South Carolina is one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to enrolling eligible children in health insurance coverage, according to a report released last week by the Urban Institute, a research…
On July 1, 2010, the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) filed a Medicaid state-plan amendment asking the federal government to make Managed Care mandatory for more than 500,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in our state, as well as allowing DHHS to qualify people for Managed Care who are currently ineligible. This state plan…
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