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Topic: U.S. healthcare reform

HHS Innovation Awards Round Two will grant $1B to explorers of new delivery, payment models

HHS Innovation Awards Round Two will grant $1B to explorers of new delivery, payment models

May 15, 2013 12:45 pm by | 0 Comments

As a follow up to a $1 billion initiative last year that funded projects across the nation designed to improve outcomes and save money in the healthcare system, the Centers ... Read more
Minnesota considers insurance mandate for intense autism therapy

Minnesota considers insurance mandate for intense autism therapy

April 14, 2013 3:26 am by | 0 Comments

Minnesota lawmakers are considering a proposal to require insurers to cover an intensive form of autism treatment, which can cost more than $100,000 a year. ... Read more
Small businesses pursue health law “loophole”

Small businesses pursue health law “loophole”

March 16, 2013 9:04 am by | 0 Comments

NorthBay Adventure is the kind of small business that could be expected to buy medical insurance for workers under sweeping health-act rules taking effect in 2014. But executive director George ... Read more
Washington could wind up running more health exchanges: official

Washington could wind up running more health exchanges: official

March 14, 2013 6:04 pm by | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government could have to run more state health insurance exchanges than expected under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, if U.S. states pursuing their own marketplaces ... Read more
Proposed bill would allow consumers to buy insurance in other states

Proposed bill would allow consumers to buy insurance in other states

March 12, 2013 1:14 pm by | 0 Comments

OLYMPIA -- The state Senate unanimously approved a bill allowing consumers to purchase health insurance out of state, hoping increased competition will lower premiums."Federal healthcare reform was intended to address ... Read more
Public hospitals may have to pay part of expense under Medicaid expansion

Public hospitals may have to pay part of expense under Medicaid expansion

March 12, 2013 10:21 am by | 1 Comments

The leader of a trade group for California public hospitals cautioned the Kern County Board of Supervisors Monday to keep an eye on how the expansion of Medicaid will impact ... Read more
Most large employers to keep health insurance benefit: survey

Most large employers to keep health insurance benefit: survey

March 7, 2013 9:29 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Most large employers don't expect to send their full-time employees to government health exchanges for insurance during the next five years, but some retirees and part-time workers will ... Read more
N.C. governor signs bill to block expansion of Medicaid in the state

N.C. governor signs bill to block expansion of Medicaid in the state

March 7, 2013 6:56 am by | 1 Comments

Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday signed into law a bill to prevent North Carolina from participating in some of President Obama's health care reform plan, a move that worries rural ... Read more
New coverage for breast pumps is useless for many working moms

New coverage for breast pumps is useless for many working moms

March 7, 2013 6:00 am by | 0 Comments

Under the Affordable Care Act, insurance plans are required to give new mothers equipment and services to enable them to breast feed. What that means in practical terms for most ... Read more
Medicaid expansion divides Florida GOP

Medicaid expansion divides Florida GOP

March 7, 2013 5:55 am by | 0 Comments

As the Florida legislature convened this week, House Speaker Will Weatherford helped rally fellow Republicans opposed to expanding the state's Medicaid coverage to more than a million low-income residents, but ... Read more
Some states will rate health plans on quality

Some states will rate health plans on quality

February 28, 2013 6:07 am by | 0 Comments

This fall, health insurers in a few states will be seeing stars.Not the celestial kind, but stars that reflect their scores on quality measures designed to help consumers make better-informed ... Read more
Medicaid’s legislative advocates press Alabama governor to expand program

Medicaid’s legislative advocates press Alabama governor to expand program

February 27, 2013 7:09 am by | 0 Comments

MONTGOMERY -- Democrats in the Alabama Senate are keeping the pressure on Gov. Robert Bentley to expand Medicaid, having introduced a bill Tuesday that would require the governor to expand ... Read more
North Carolina lawmakers approve bill blocking Medicaid expansion

North Carolina lawmakers approve bill blocking Medicaid expansion

February 27, 2013 5:00 am by | 0 Comments

The General Assembly made final votes Tuesday to reject pieces of President Obama's health care reform law and sent the bill to the governor.Gov. Pat McCrory is expected to sign ... Read more
CVS Caremark readies for swell of newly insured

CVS Caremark readies for swell of newly insured

February 27, 2013 2:55 am by | 1 Comments

CVS Caremark Corp. is positioning itself as a primary access point for many uninsured people who will be getting health insurance for the first time next year under health care ... Read more
Plans to expand Florida Medicaid welcomed and feared

Plans to expand Florida Medicaid welcomed and feared

February 24, 2013 9:55 pm by | 0 Comments

Almost overnight, Florida has gone from being an ardent opponent of the federal health care law to a laboratory for one of the law’s most ambitious experiments.  Florida Governor Rick ... Read more