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Hospital Income Likely to Rise as Youths Stay on Parents' Insurance Longer
(Matching tags: insurance,inpatient,hospital profits) A provision of the health reform law to bump up coverage for dependent children to age 26 will reduce uncovered ED visits and raise the rate of covered hospitalizations among this group, according to a ... -
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House Passes First Version of Health Reform Bill, to be Signed Into Law This Week
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,AMA,insurance,AHA,HFMA,House,reconciliation) The House of Representatives on Sunday passed on a vote of 219-212 the same version of the health reform bill the U.S. Senate passed in Dec. 2009, opening the way for full enactment of the bill, according ... -
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BCBS of Michigan Abandons Plans to Purchase Physicians Health Plan After Threat of Antitrust Suit
(Matching tags: insurance,DOJ,antitrust,Blue Cross-Michigan,Physicians Health Plan) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's subsidiary, Blue Care Networks of Michigan, abandoned its attempt to purchase Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan after the Department of Justice informed the companies ... -
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COBRA Health Insurance Subsidies for Laid-Off Workers Due to Expire
(Matching tags: insurance,uninsured patients,COBRA) Unless Congress acts, the federal COBRA subsidy to help laid-off workers pay for health insurance will expire May 31, and on Feb. 28 new applicants won't have access to the subsidies, according to the ... -
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Minnesota Attorney General Suing Firms Selling Discount Health Insurance Cards
(Matching tags: Minnesota,insurance,Attorney General,Family Care,discount cards) The Minnesota Attorney General is suing two Texas-based companies that sell discount health insurance cards, claiming they used deceptive marketing practices, according to a release from the Attorney General. ... -
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Washington State Considers 'Public Option'
(Matching tags: Washington,insurance,public option,Health Care Authority) Washington state's Health Care Authority is asking private health insurers to help it craft a public insurance coverage option that would cost about $100 a month, according to a story in the Puget Sound ... -
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Rising Deductibles Exacerbating Year-End Demand for Healthcare
(Matching tags: insurance,elective surgery,out-of-pocket expensive) The usual year-end demand for elective surgeries and medical tests is being exacerbated by demand from the growing numbers of patients with high-deductible health plans, according to a report by the Minneapolis ... -
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N.C. Physicians Object to Contract Changes by Blue Cross Blue Shield
(Matching tags: North Carolina,insurance,Blue Cross Blue Shield,North Carolina Medical Society,contract) The North Carolina Medical Society, along with other state physician groups, oppose a contract addendum sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that the physicians say would allow the insurance ... -
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Senate Democrats Release $849B Health Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,uninsured,insurance,Senate,taxes) The Senate Democratic Leadership has released its health reform bill for floor debate and eventually a vote by the full Senate, following passage earlier this month of a companion House bill, according ... -
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Maryland's Cost Review Commission Helps Rein in Hospital Costs
(Matching tags: hospitals,Maryland,charity care,Medicare,insurance,reimbursements) Maryland's system for setting hospital rates could serve as a model the federal government as it tries to rein in healthcare costs but could lead to more regulation for healthcare providers, according ... -
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Americans Paying More Even With Employer-Sponsored Healthcare, HHS Reports
(Matching tags: HHS,healthcare costs,insurance,copayments,employer-sponsored insurance) Employer-sponsored healthcare premiums have nearly doubled since 2000, three times faster than wages, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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