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Those With Special Health Needs Have Much To Lose

July 20, 2011

From The Hill: By Julian Pecquet – 07/14/11 11:05 AM ET Advocates for people with disabilities and special health needs are out in force as President Obama and lawmakers weigh deep cuts to Medicaid as part of debt-ceiling talks. Georgetown’s Health Policy Institute released a report Thursday concluding that almost eight in 10 children with…

How Effective Will A Federal Health Exchange Be?

July 20, 2011

From Politico: New state health insurance marketplaces are supposed to be set up in every state  by 2014. By J. LESTER FEDER | 7/18/11 10:31 PM EDT Will there really be a strong federal health insurance exchange to take over for states that don’t build their own? Or is it a paper tiger? That question…

A Health Bargain That Will Address The Debt

July 18, 2011

From Politico: The author writes that both sides can declare victory if they agree on health  care finance. By STEPHEN T. PARENTE | 7/17/11 9:30 PM EDT A frustrated President Barack Obama last week reportedly declared “enough is enough” during one debt limit discussion with Republicans. Frustration aside, the problem is that both parties have…

Health Officials Move To Loosen State Requirements

July 13, 2011

From the Los Angeles Times: By Noam N. Levey–July 12, 2011 Washington— The Obama administration moved Monday to ease some requirements on states to help them set up new insurance exchanges in 2014, a key feature of the healthcare law the president signed last year.The state-based exchanges are intended to make buying health insurance comparable…

Setting The Standards For Health Insurance Exchanges

July 12, 2011

From Politico:  Many states are struggling to get their health exchange plans ready by deadline.   By SARAH KLIFF | 7/11/11 11:34 PM EDT The Obama administration’s newest health reform regulation, laying the groundwork for health insurance marketplaces in all states, may raise more questions than those it answers. The administration released a proposed regulation Monday…

Premium Cuts For Consumers With Preexisting Conditions

July 5, 2011

From The Washington Post: By Michelle Andrews–July 4 Uninsured sick people got some good news recently, or some of them did, anyway. Starting July 1, the Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District. These preexisting condition…

Health Care Reform Saves Seniors A Combined $260 Million

June 30, 2011

From The Hill: By Julian Pecquet – 06/28/11 10:07 AM ET Almost half a million seniors on Medicare had saved a combined $260 million on their medicines by the end of last month thanks to the healthcare reform law, the Obama administration announced Tuesday. A total of 478,272 people have taken advantage of the law’s…

Religious Groups Rally Against Medicaid Cuts

June 30, 2011

From The Hill:  By Julian Pecquet – 06/28/11 03:30 PM ET   The nation’s largest Jewish organization announced Tuesday that it’s convening other religious groups to fight Medicaid cuts, the same day a nonpartisan coalition of providers and health plans separately launched an ad campaign against the cuts. The Jewish Federation of North America says it’s…

ACA’s Individual Mandate Wins First Appellate Review

June 29, 2011

From The New York Times: By KEVIN SACK–Published: June 29, 2011 The Obama administration won the first appellate review of the 2010 health care law on Wednesday as a three-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati held that it was constitutional for Congress to require that Americans…

RomneyCare: Program Review Shows Appealing Efficacy

June 29, 2011

From The Boston Globe:   June 26, 2011|By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff Second of two stories on Mitt Romney and the state health care overhaul. On a sunny autumn afternoon in October 2008, Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, met New Hampshire portrait artist Richard Whitney at the State House and went to the…

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