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Viewpoints: Obama's 'sin of omission;' Dems' panic grows over health law woes; men should pay for maternity care

"The big lie," as the president's broken Obamacare promise is now known, was that everyone could keep his or her doctor and insurance policy under the ACA. No one, Americans were justified in inferring, would be remotely inconvenienced by Obamacare. Instead, the reality is well-known: Millions are expected to lose their insurance policies, while others will see their premiums skyrocket. It is still jarring to my adult psyche to impugn another, especially the president of the United States, as a liar, so I won't. But it is not possible to pretend that the American people have been told the truth. Nor is it possible to pretend that Barack Obama has been completely honest (Kathleen Parker, 11/5).

7 Nov 2013

Officials stepping up pressure on insurers to stop cancellations, or explain them better

Insurance industry officials meet with White House officials and California convinces one company to delay cancellation for three months.

7 Nov 2013

UnitedHealthcare CEO: Medicare advantage benefit cuts are 'the new frontier'

AARP Medicare plans, administered by insurance giant UnitedHealthCare, have been under scrutiny lately for belt tightening, ranging from dropping Silver Sneakers to dropping thousands of physicians from their networks.

7 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 6, 2013

Today's headlines include reports detailing the contents of the health law's "war room" notes as well as scene-setters for today's Senate hearing testimony about healthcare.gov by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

6 Nov 2013

Capsules: 17 million people eligible for premium subsidies, study finds; study points to 'imbalance' in spending on doctor training

"Seventeen million people who are now uninsured or who buy their own health insurance will be eligible for tax credits next year to help purchase coverage on the health law's online marketplaces or exchanges, according to an analysis released Tuesday" (Carey, 11/5).

6 Nov 2013

AANP survey shows national support for proposals that give patients access to NP services

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the largest professional membership organization for nurse practitioners in the world, today released survey results that show widespread, national support among the general public for legislative and policy proposals that give patients access to NP care and services.

6 Nov 2013

AMGA honors Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group with Acclaim Award

The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group is the Honoree the American Medical Group Association's Acclaim Award.

6 Nov 2013

DaVita HealthCare announces results for third quarter 2013

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Adjusted income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $211.0 million and $605.3 million, or $0.98 and $2.82 per share, respectively, excluding a loss contingency reserve. In addition, adjusted income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 excluded a contingent earn-out obligation adjustment. Income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 including these items was $136.6 million and $407.9 million, or $0.64 per share and $1.90 per share, respectively.

6 Nov 2013

Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion fine to resolve drug marketing case

The government alleged that the drug company and its subsidiaries promoted psychiatric medications for uses that had not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

6 Nov 2013

State highlights: Calif. hospital chain settles anesthesia billing suit; study shows graduate medical education funding imbalance

A major California hospital chain, Sutter Health, agreed to pay $46 million and disclose more pricing information to consumers to resolve a whistle-blower complaint alleging false and misleading charges for anesthesia. Sutter Health, which runs 24 acute-care hospitals in Northern California, said it reached the settlement Monday just prior to a trial starting this month over the allegations that it added thousands of dollars for "Code 37x" anesthesia charges that were already covered by other billing for the hospital operating room (Terhune, 11/4).

6 Nov 2013

Tavenner to testify before Senate panel today on website problems

In prepared testimony, she says improvements are being made each day to the site and she still thinks it will be working by the end of the month.

6 Nov 2013

Who's signing up on exchanges, and what's available, trigger important questions

News outlets report on health law implementation issues, such as an early indication that customers on the marketplace tend to be older and how that could impact insurance prices for everyone.

6 Nov 2013

Financial interests ‘driving IMRT uptake for prostate cancer’

A study suggests that the recent rapid uptake of intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate cancer in the USA has been driven by urologists with financial conflicts of interest.

5 Nov 2013

Gentiva Health Services third quarter 2013 net revenues decrease 3.3% to $410.5 million

Gentiva Health Services, Inc., the largest provider of home health and hospice services in the United States based on revenue, today reported third quarter 2013 results.

5 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 5, 2013

Today's headlines include continuing coverage of the implementation issues that are plaguing the health law, as well as President Barack Obama's pledge to campaign for the overhaul's success.

5 Nov 2013

Officials give drug companies the OK to help patients with costly drug co-pays in insurance exchanges

Federal officials last week OK'd allowing pharmaceutical companies to help cover patient out-of-pocket costs for costly drugs in the health law's insurance exchanges, a closely watched move by drug companies and patient advocates.

5 Nov 2013

Viewpoints: Website is like 'a patient bleeding from self-inflicted wounds;' remembering patients who never had care and the need for health law

Obamacare is starting to resemble a patient bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. A month after launch, the online health exchanges where individuals are supposed to shop for insurance remain slow or unusable, except in states that opted to run their own marketplaces and did a more competent job than the administration. As if that weren't trouble enough, critics are justifiably mocking President Obama for his repeated, untrue promise that if people liked their health plans, they could keep them. Oops. Hundreds of thousands of people are getting termination notices for plans that don't meet the strict new requirements of the Affordable Care Act. Presumably, not all those people disliked their plans (11/3).

5 Nov 2013

Tracking health law policy, politics on Capitol Hill

A Democratic House member grapples with the troubles in the health law rollout. CBO releases numbers on adding Capitol Hill staffers to the exchanges and a House committee ponders subpoenas to get exchange enrollment numbers. Also, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., readies a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

4 Nov 2013

First Edition: November 4, 2013

Today's headlines include the latest on the efforts to address the problems with healthcare.gov, as well as the continuing controversy surrounding President Barack Obama's promise that Americans could keep their health coverage if they liked it juxtaposed with the news of recent policy cancellations.

4 Nov 2013

Most uninsured signing up on health website are going to Medicaid

The Washington Post reports that nine out of 10 new enrollees are in Medicaid. Meanwhile, White House documents turned over to investigators in the House show only six people enrolled on the day the troubled website launched.

4 Nov 2013

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Viewpoints: Obama's 'sin of omission;' Dems' panic grows over health law woes; men should pay for maternity care

Officials stepping up pressure on insurers to stop cancellations, or explain them better

UnitedHealthcare CEO: Medicare advantage benefit cuts are 'the new frontier'

First Edition: November 6, 2013

Capsules: 17 million people eligible for premium subsidies, study finds; study points to 'imbalance' in spending on doctor training

AANP survey shows national support for proposals that give patients access to NP services

AMGA honors Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group with Acclaim Award

DaVita HealthCare announces results for third quarter 2013

Johnson & Johnson to pay $2.2 billion fine to resolve drug marketing case

State highlights: Calif. hospital chain settles anesthesia billing suit; study shows graduate medical education funding imbalance

Tavenner to testify before Senate panel today on website problems

Who's signing up on exchanges, and what's available, trigger important questions

Financial interests ‘driving IMRT uptake for prostate cancer’

Gentiva Health Services third quarter 2013 net revenues decrease 3.3% to $410.5 million

First Edition: November 5, 2013

Officials give drug companies the OK to help patients with costly drug co-pays in insurance exchanges

Viewpoints: Website is like 'a patient bleeding from self-inflicted wounds;' remembering patients who never had care and the need for health law

Tracking health law policy, politics on Capitol Hill

First Edition: November 4, 2013

Most uninsured signing up on health website are going to Medicaid

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