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Plain Dealer
McManus: A campaign bombshell
Los Angeles Times
If the court upholds the healthcare reform law, the president wins; if it declares the law unconstitutional, he loses. Right? Well, not so fast. The US Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling on the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law ...
Supreme Court decision on federal health care law could fire up young votersPlain Dealer
What Should Congress Do after the Supreme Court Decision on Obamacare?Forbes
Repeal and ReplaceFox News (blog)
New York Magazine -TPM -TIME
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ChicagoNow (blog)
Co-op health plan gets US loans
Las Vegas Review - Journal
By Jennifer Robison A new, nonprofit health plan is coming to Nevada as part of federal health reform. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded a loan Friday to a Las Vegas coalition to start a statewide, consumer-governed health insurance ...
Could Chicago cut mental health services entirely in 2014? An unpersuasive ...ChicagoNow (blog)

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Provincial health reform and support unit inaugurated
The News International
The Health Sector Reforms and Support Unit (HSRU), a collaboration of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Sindh's health department, was inaugurated at a hotel here on Friday.

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TDI Won't Seek Federal Funds to Prolong Health Program
Texas Tribune
The state-run Consumer Health Assistance Program was established in 2010 under federal health reform to help consumers enroll in health coverage and file complaints and appeals against health plans. Texas CHAP staffers have given public service ...

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ABC News
Kathleen Sebelius's speech: contraceptives controversy still swirls around it
Washington Post (blog)
Leaders in the Catholic Church had pressured Georgetown to rescind her invitation, given her key role in implementing the health reform law, which requires employers to cover contraceptives. One of several protestors of Kathleen Sebelius holds a rosary ...
HHS Secretary Sebelius at Georgetown U: Could Scandal be the Seed of Reform?Catholic Online
Grad. Speaker A Political Choice At Catholic SchoolsNPR
Viewpoints: Drug Shortages Scare Consumers; Georgetown Was Right To Invite ...Kaiser Health News
STLtoday.com
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Health reform leader plans Corvallis talk
Corvallis Gazette Times
Liz Baxter, the executive director of We Can Do Better and chairwoman of the board of the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corp., will shed light on some of the mysteries of health care reform in a Corvallis appearance next week.

Deval Patrick On Health Reform: Not Persuaded Hospital 'Luxury Tax' Needed
WBUR
Deval Patrick spoke on health reform today at MIT's Sloan School of Management, and acknowledged with lovely candor afterward that he pretty much repeated what he'd said earlier this week at the Chamber of Commerce. But the moment offered a brief ...

KOMO News
Gubernatorial candidates in Washington at center of national health reform debate
Healthcare Payer News
With Washington state's gubernatorial primary is three months away, the race is already taking a health reform twist as one of the Republican candidates is among the Attorneys General suing the federal government over President Obama's health reform ...
Washington gubernatorial candidates at center of national health reform debateGovernment Health IT

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California has a Plan B to enact health care reform
Sacramento Business Journal
Stan Forbes of The Avid Reader is among a minority of small-business owners who offers health insurance. Lawmakers are quietly pushing legislation that would implement health care reform in California whether the Supreme Court decides to unwind the ...
Houston hospitals have spent millions on health care reformHouston Business Journal

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Salon
Boehner: House GOP Is Committed to Repeal of Health Reform Law
California Healthline
On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reaffirmed the House Republican caucus' commitment to repealing the entire federal health reform law if the US Supreme Court decides to uphold all or part of the law next month, Politico reports (Sherman ...
Conservatives Pounce on Boehner's Health PlanNewser

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Health News: Looming Supreme Court ruling on reform promises summer of debate
OregonLive.com
By Nick Budnick, The Oregonian As the nation awaits a Supreme Court ruling on the 2010 federal health reforms, it looks like the summer will see an election-year debate over health care. Republicans in Congress are debating strategy for what to do in ...

Kansas City Star
Health reform is good for business
Philadelphia Inquirer
Health insurance companies could lose about $1 trillion in revenue through 2020 if health reform is struck down. That's according to a new study by Bloomberg Government. The shortfall would equal almost one-tenth of their total expected earnings.
California has a Plan B to enact health care reformSacramento Business Journal
Houston hospitals have spent millions on health care reformHouston Business Journal
Guest Column: Court's decision: 'can we' vs. 'should we'Memphis Commercial Appeal
Lexology (registration)
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USA TODAY
As Presidential Campaign Ads Hit The Airwaves, Health Policies Have Big Role
Kaiser Health News
The general election TV ad released by GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's campaign touts the candidates first-day plan to "move to replace" the health law with "common sense health reform." Also in the news, President Barack Obama's campaign rebuts ...
New ad says Mitt Romney would approve Keystone Pipeline on "day one"MassLive.com
Romney releases first general election TV adSalt Lake Tribune
Romney releases 'positive' TV ad and first since Santorum exitedFox News
Quad City Times
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Washington gubernatorial candidates at center of national health reform debate
Healthcare Payer News
The gubernatorial primary in Washington state is three months away but the race is already taking a health reform twist in which one of the Republican candidates is among the Attorneys General suing the federal government over President Obama's health ...

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WWLP 22News
Mass. Senate passes healthcare payment reform
ModernHealthcare.com
... which has been the focus of national attention since enacting a sweeping health reform law in 2006 that's widely viewed as the template for the insurance provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The state's Senate passed a bill ...
Breaking: Mass. Senate Passes Historic Health Care Cost-Cutting BillWBUR
Massachusetts Senate Health Reform Bill Imposes Fewer Requirements on Payors ...JD Supra (press release)
Health Care: No, the State Doesn't Know BestPatriot Post
Politico -Law360 (subscription) -Public News Service
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Washington gubernatorial candidates at center of national health reform debate
Government Health IT
The gubernatorial primary in Washington state is three months away but the race is already taking a health reform twist in which one of the Republican candidates is among the Attorneys General suing the federal government over President Obama's health ...

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WWLP 22News
Breaking: MA Senate Passes Historic Health Care Cost-Cutting Bill
WBUR
BOSTON – Crunching through 265 amendments during two full days of public debate, the Senate on Thursday capped a framework of nation-leading health care reforms with landmark cost-control legislation that will save the Commonwealth $150 billion in the ...
Massachusetts Senate Health Reform Bill Imposes Fewer Requirements on Payors ...JD Supra (press release)
GOP's post-SCOTUS plan takes shape - Both sides settle into debt fight ...Politico
Stitching Together a Health Cost Containment LawPublic News Service

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Medicare Advantage Reform: Detaching Pay From Performance
TheStreet.com
Private health insurers are paid a fixed monthly fee to provide at least the same minimum health benefits to their enrollees as "traditional" fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, but they also have the ability to offer coordinated care, disease management, ...

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KQED (blog)
Bridge to Health Reform “Undoable” in San Luis Obsipo
KQED (blog)
By John Gonzales, Center for Health Reporting California's “Bridge to Reform” program is intended to do exactly that: provide a bridge to the 2014 roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. Right now, 47 of California's 58 counties have already provided ...

Akorbi Assists Healthcare Companies with Health Care Reform Compliance
MarketWatch (press release)
... 8a and WBE Certified Language Service provider, has announced they are currently working with companies to handle the quick translation and process development necessary to comply with requirements for Health Care Reform-related language needs, ...

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