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Viewpoints: Insurance and death rates; Massachusetts 'exit plan'; Obamacare premiums

Alert (or at least health-care-obsessed) readers have no doubt been following the coverage of a new study on mortality in Massachusetts in the years following Romneycare's coverage expansion.

9 May 2014

Insurers to House panel: Payment rates above 80% for plans purchased on health exchanges

Officials from the major insurance companies were not following themes of gloom and doom and instead told the Energy and Commerce Committee that the overhaul has not triggered a government takeover of their industry, and that their stock prices are doing well.

9 May 2014

Senate confirmation hearings begin for Obama's pick to head HHS

Today the first of two scheduled hearings will take place for Sylvia Mathews Burwell. Though she is expected to be confirmed as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, she is also expected to face some tough questions about the health law.

9 May 2014

Dyadic International's total revenue for Q1 2014 up 20%

Dyadic International, Inc., a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzymes and others proteins for the bioenergy, bio-based chemicals, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

8 May 2014

First Edition: May 8, 2014

Today's headlines include reports from a Capitol Hill hearing featuring health insurers' testimony about their experiences with new enrollment under the health law.

8 May 2014

Consumer Reports finds that only some hospitals help mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections

A Consumer Reports analysis of over 1,500 hospitals in 22 U.S. states suggests that some hospitals do a much better job than others at helping mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections.

8 May 2014

MAXIMUS revenue increases 35% to $439.0 million in second quarter fiscal 2014

MAXIMUS, a leading provider of government services worldwide, today reported financial results for the three and six months ended March 31, 2014.

8 May 2014

Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State

Researchers in the department of surgery at the University of Michigan have found that expanding access to Medicaid in New York State increased beneficiaries' use of subspecialty surgical services.

8 May 2014

Johns Hopkins launches Global Health NOW news email for serving global health community

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is announcing the launch of Global Health NOW, an aggregated news email serving the global health community. Delivered every weekday morning, Global Health NOW summarizes the day's essential news articles and commentaries from around the world.

8 May 2014

Viewpoints: Evidence for Obamacare saving lives; a continuing role for Minnesotacare

People asking the ultimate question about the Affordable Care Act--will it actually save lives?--now have an answer, and it's yes.

8 May 2014

Insurers say most Obamacare enrollees pay first premium

But they say the eight million enrollment figure includes many duplicate signups, The New York Times reports. News outlets also report on a health law provision that extends Medicaid coverage for former foster children until they turn 26.

7 May 2014

Evogene reports operating loss of $2.6M in first quarter 2014

Evogene Ltd., a leading plant genomics company specializing in enhancing crop productivity for the food, feed and biofuel industries, announced today its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

7 May 2014

Targacept reports net loss of $11.6M in first quarter 2014

Targacept, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel NNR Therapeutics™, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014.

7 May 2014

ARIAD provides update on corporate developments, reports Q1 2014 financial results

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014, including revenue from sales of Iclusig® (ponatinib) and licensing agreements. The Company also provided an update on corporate developments.

7 May 2014

Humana reports EPS of $2.35 in Q1 2014; confirms EPS guidance for FY14

Humana Inc. today reported diluted earnings per common share (EPS) for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 (1Q14) of $2.35, compared to diluted earnings per common share (EPS) of $2.95 for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 (1Q13).

7 May 2014

First Edition: May 7, 2014

Today's headlines include a story noting that insurers say about 80 percent of new enrollees have paid their first premiums for new insurance coverage under the health law.

7 May 2014

Zoetis’ revenue increases $1.1B to 1% in first quarter 2014

Zoetis Inc. today reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2014. The company reported revenue of $1.1 billion for the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 1% from the first quarter of 2013. Revenue reflected an operational increase of 4%, with foreign currency having a negative impact of 3 percentage points.

6 May 2014

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Viewpoints: Insurance and death rates; Massachusetts 'exit plan'; Obamacare premiums

Insurers to House panel: Payment rates above 80% for plans purchased on health exchanges

Senate confirmation hearings begin for Obama's pick to head HHS

Dyadic International's total revenue for Q1 2014 up 20%

First Edition: May 8, 2014

Consumer Reports finds that only some hospitals help mothers avoid unnecessary C-sections

MAXIMUS revenue increases 35% to $439.0 million in second quarter fiscal 2014

Expanding Medicaid access increases use of subspecialty surgical services in New York State

Johns Hopkins launches Global Health NOW news email for serving global health community

Viewpoints: Evidence for Obamacare saving lives; a continuing role for Minnesotacare

Insurers say most Obamacare enrollees pay first premium

Evogene reports operating loss of $2.6M in first quarter 2014

Targacept reports net loss of $11.6M in first quarter 2014

ARIAD provides update on corporate developments, reports Q1 2014 financial results

Humana reports EPS of $2.35 in Q1 2014; confirms EPS guidance for FY14

First Edition: May 7, 2014

Zoetis’ revenue increases $1.1B to 1% in first quarter 2014

First Edition: May 6, 2014

Nu Skin Enterprises reports record revenue of $671.1M in first quarter 2014

Obama uses health law as laugh line

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