Archive for November, 2011

Young Adults’ Coverage May Cost Parents Even More

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

The more vocal critics against Government Healthcare indicate Canada, The united kingdom and Europe, where although healthcare is government funded, there are countless cases of: funds gone astray, white elephant projects, hospitals with inadequate funding, patients struggling to obtain vital care along with a general malaise that tends to dominate sectors that are not privately run, with a genuine performance and profit incentive.

A popular part of the federal health care legislation that allows young people to stay on their parents’ insurance coverage until they are 26 is prompting some creative pricing by employers who are turning to new strategies to charge their workers extra for children on their benefit plans. An …

Consumer advocate Harvey Rosenfield takes on health insurers

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

At the same time frame, the scorecard highlights some bright spots for that U.S., with notable gains in quality of care in areas which were the focus of public reporting or collaborative improvement initiatives. For instance, 50 percent of adults with high blood pressure level been with them in check in 2007-2008, compared with only 31 percent in 1999-2000. In addition, hospital quality indicators for treatment of heart attack, heart failure, and pneumonia, and prevention of surgical complications, have improved substantially in the united states since hospitals began publicly reporting their quality data via a federal website.

The former “Nader’s Raider” who used California’s initiative process to regulate auto insurance rates is headed back to the ballot. This time he’s spoiling to take on health insurers. Harvey Rosenfield, the combative attorney and consumer advocate who wrote California’s landmark Proposition 103 more than two decades ago, is …

Obama administration calls on health insurer to reduce rate hike

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

The Obama administration called on a health insurance company to reduce a planned rate increase in Pennsylvania, using a tool in the new healthcare law for the first time to pressure insurers to restrain rising premiums. Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that Everence …
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More Americans than not want health law repeal

Monday, November 21st, 2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, more Americans want to see it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows. A Gallup survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found that 47 percent favor the repeal …
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More Americans than not want health law repeal

Friday, November 18th, 2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform, more Americans want to see it repealed than want to keep it, a poll released on Wednesday shows. A Gallup survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults found that 47 percent favor the repeal …
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Supreme Court: Pre-election health care showdown

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) –The Supreme Court on Monday promised an extraordinarily thorough springtime review of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul — more than five hours of argument, unprecedented in modern times — in time for a likely ruling affecting millions of Americans just before the presidential election. That …
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Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

WASHINGTON — It would be hard for any lawyer to fathom a more riveting caseload than the one Paul D. Clement carried during his seven years in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department. As solicitor general for three years and deputy solicitor for four, Mr. Clement appeared before the …
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Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

WASHINGTON — It would be hard for any lawyer to fathom a more riveting caseload than the one Paul D. Clement carried during his seven years in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department. As solicitor general for three years and deputy solicitor for four, Mr. Clement appeared before the …
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Firms to charge smokers, obese more for healthcare

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

(Reuters) – Like a lot of companies, Veridian Credit Union wants its employees to be healthier. In January, the Waterloo, Iowa-company rolled out a wellness program and voluntary screenings. It also gave workers a mandate – quit smoking, curb obesity, or you’ll be paying higher healthcare costs in 2013. …
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