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Wis., N.H. advance bills limiting abortion coverage, availability

Wisconsin's measure affects insurance coverage while New Hampshire's would require women to wait 24 hours for an abortion.

16 Mar 2012

S.C. won't have to refund health insurance exchange grant, other exchange news

South Carolina won't have to refund the federal government a $1 million grant it received even though the state decided to not create a health insurance exchange. Mississippi and California, in the meantime, are moving along on creating such marketplaces, despite differing views on the health law.

16 Mar 2012

Individuals' views on health law form hopes, predictions about the Supreme Court's decision

New polls from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Bloomberg explore what the public expects of the high court's proceedings.

16 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Health costs crushing Detroit; Military care still faces funding issues; Romneycare scores

Legacy costs are bankrupting Detroit just as they crushed its automakers. Firefighters can retire at 55 and earn 70% of their highest salary plus a 2.25% annual cost-of-living inflator in perpetuity. The result? Employee benefits alone now make up about half of the city's general fund. Health costs have grown by more than 60% since 2008 while the city's pension bill has quadrupled to $200 million.

16 Mar 2012

State roundup: Ariz. long-term care plan advances; N.H. moves to repeal 'certificate-of-need'; Minn. ALEC legislation

The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would make long-term health care more affordable for middle-class families. Rep. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, sponsored House Bill 2713, which would allow Arizonans to set aside money in a tax-deductible savings account to pay for long-term health-care expenses. It would also create tax deductions for long-term health insurance premiums.

16 Mar 2012

Zynex 2011 net revenue increases 42% to $34,148,000

Zynex, Inc., a provider and developer of non-invasive medical devices for electrotherapy and stroke rehabilitation, neurological diagnosis and cardiac monitoring, announces its 2011 unaudited financial results.

15 Mar 2012

Republicans, Democrats spin health law as Supreme Court review approaches

With oral arguments set for later this month, the health law is getting more attention from Republicans and the administration as well as from news outlets, which are examining various aspects of the upcoming legal proceedings.

15 Mar 2012

First Edition: March 15, 2012

Today's headlines include reports about emerging Congressional budget battles and political strategies surrounding the health law.

15 Mar 2012

State legislatures consider bevy of Medicaid, health cost and health program legislation

State legislatures around America are considering laws to change their Medicaid programs and to address how patients can learn their doctor's malpractice history. They are also contemplating how to cut health care costs and adjusting prescription privileges for nurses.

15 Mar 2012

Polls offer snapshots of public thinking on Obama administration birth control coverage rule

Meanwhile, other reports explore whether the U.S. Catholic bishops may be considering a change in strategy regarding their opposition to this policy.

15 Mar 2012

S.D. allows insurers to deny some kids coverage, Mo. won't be persuaded to start health exchange

South Dakota is allowing insurers to deny children insurance coverage if they don't enroll during open enrollment, a possible violation of the health law. In Missouri, flexibility won't persuade the state to set up a health insurance exchange.

15 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Health law savings questioned; Ryan-Wyden plan for all; Penalizing hospitals may not save money

As we approach the second anniversary of ObamaCare, it's worth re-examining some of the claims its proponents made about the impact of the law on health-care costs. Three of the law's most-touted cost-control measures have already been shown to be unlikely to succeed.

15 Mar 2012

New rule ensuring equal access for ESRD patients receives DPC praise

Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC), the nation's largest patient-led organization representing dialysis patients, applauded the Administration for taking steps to solidify a key provision that will ensure end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have equal access to private coverage as Affordable Care Act reforms are implemented.

14 Mar 2012

Viewpoints: Sandra fluke on slurs; Shifting the cost of uncompensated care

(D)espite the misinformation being spread, the regulation under discussion has absolutely nothing to do with government funding: It is all about the insurance policies provided by private employers and universities that are financed by individual workers, students and their families -- not taxpayers.

14 Mar 2012

Various State Legislatures consider insurance exchanges, HMO audits, mental health care

A selection of health policy news from Iowa, Oregon, California, Oregon, Maryland, Connecticut, Kansas and Texas.

14 Mar 2012

Obama administration releases rules for health exchanges, emphasizes flexibility for states

The regulations outline minimum standards that states must meet to set up and run these health insurance marketplaces by a Jan. 1, 2014, deadline.

14 Mar 2012

Calif. insurers, doctor groups band together to fight insurance referendum

California health insurers and several doctors groups are banding together to oppose a ballot measure that would let officials regulate health insurance rate increases.

14 Mar 2012

Homeopathy could soon be declared “baseless and unethical” in Australia

Homeopathy is a branch of alternative medicine based on the principles of “like-cures-like” and “ultra-dilutions”. The first principle says substances that can cause symptoms can be used in diluted form to treat the same symptom in an illness, and the second says the more dilute a substance is, the more potent it is.

14 Mar 2012

Healthcare exchange regulations announced

The U.S. government this Monday released broad new operating rules for state-run health insurance exchanges, which form a key part of the 2010 federal healthcare reform law. The reforms would face Supreme Court hearings in just two weeks.

14 Mar 2012

Romney, now 65, won't enroll in Medicare

Instead, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will buy private health insurance. News reports describe this step as Romney's effort to make a political point. He supports transforming Medicare into a premium support program and has taken the position that wealthier seniors should pay more for their Medicare benefits.

14 Mar 2012

Health Insurance News and Research

Wis., N.H. advance bills limiting abortion coverage, availability

S.C. won't have to refund health insurance exchange grant, other exchange news

Individuals' views on health law form hopes, predictions about the Supreme Court's decision

Viewpoints: Health costs crushing Detroit; Military care still faces funding issues; Romneycare scores

State roundup: Ariz. long-term care plan advances; N.H. moves to repeal 'certificate-of-need'; Minn. ALEC legislation

Zynex 2011 net revenue increases 42% to $34,148,000

Republicans, Democrats spin health law as Supreme Court review approaches

First Edition: March 15, 2012

State legislatures consider bevy of Medicaid, health cost and health program legislation

Polls offer snapshots of public thinking on Obama administration birth control coverage rule

S.D. allows insurers to deny some kids coverage, Mo. won't be persuaded to start health exchange

Viewpoints: Health law savings questioned; Ryan-Wyden plan for all; Penalizing hospitals may not save money

New rule ensuring equal access for ESRD patients receives DPC praise

Viewpoints: Sandra fluke on slurs; Shifting the cost of uncompensated care

Various State Legislatures consider insurance exchanges, HMO audits, mental health care

Obama administration releases rules for health exchanges, emphasizes flexibility for states

Calif. insurers, doctor groups band together to fight insurance referendum

Homeopathy could soon be declared “baseless and unethical” in Australia

Healthcare exchange regulations announced

Romney, now 65, won't enroll in Medicare

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