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U.S. sets $1 billion healthcare innovation initiative
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a $ 1 billion initiative to fund innovations in federal healthcare programs aimed at cutting costs while improving the health results.
Obama’s health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking companies for financial donations to help implement President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, months before it is due to take effect.
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Obama’s health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking companies for financial donations to help implement President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, months before it is due to take effect.
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21 graphs that show America’s health-care prices are ludicrous
Every year, the International Federation of Health Plans — a global insurance trade association that includes more than 100 insurers in 25 countries — releases survey data showing the prices that insurers are actually paying for different drugs, devices, and … Continue reading
This gadget makes our health-care projections obsolete
Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique F d rale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a minuscule implant that measures various blood chemicals and sends the results, via Bluetooth, to your smart phone. The upside? Your smartphone knows when you’re about … Continue reading
Health-care law uncertainty grips Old Town Alexandria cafe — and other small businesses
Jody Manor has run a small cafe and catering company for nearly three decades in Old Town Alexandria, only a few blocks from where he was born. Six years ago he purchased an adjoining building, and more recently he started … Continue reading
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Steven Brill’s 26,000-word health-care story, in one sentence
Steven Brill started his cover story in this week’s Time magazine with a simple health-policy question: “Why exactly are the bills so high?” His article is essentially a 26,000-word answer, the longest story that the magazine has ever run by … Continue reading
Some Republican governors find Medicaid part of health-care law attractive
Several Republican governors have embraced a key pillar of President Obama’s health-care law and agreed to a major expansion of Medicaid, representing a significant retreat from their party’s earlier, widespread opposition. Read full article >>
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Two charts that should be in every health-care discussion
“This is the chart that I think ought to dominate the conversation about public-sector health-care spending in the United States,” writes Matt Yglesias, “and yet it is curiously ignored.” “The data show government health-care spending per capita in the United … Continue reading
Florida governor meets Sebelius on healthcare, bridles at cost
(Reuters) – Florida Governor Rick Scott kept up his attacks on Obamacare on Monday even after meeting U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, complaining that federal healthcare reforms could cost Florida $ 26 billion over the next decade.
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