April 6, 2010
April 6: Health Care Reform News
Top stories Issa Aims to Unmask Health Care Deals Politico April 5, 2010 Issa has asked five groups to detail their meetings with the White House and Democratic leaders. Changes Coming To Insurance Plans Kaiser Health News April 6, 2010 A look at how the new health law might change consumers’ […]
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April 5, 2010
April 5: Health Care Reform News
GOP sees Walz’s First District seat as ripe for picking Republicans aiming to win back control of Congress in November see bright prospects around places like Bill’s Hardware in Minnesota Lake, where owner Georgia Neubauer wonders what the health care overhaul will mean to her business and the seven employees… The answers that emerge […]
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April 2, 2010
April 2: Health Care Reform News
Top stories Obama, in Maine, Needles Republicans Over Calls to Repeal Health Care Overhaul The New York Times April 1, 2010 President Obama continued on Thursday what might be called his Go-for-It Tour, traveling to this Northeastern state — represented by two moderate Republican senators who balked at his health care overhaul — […]
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April 1, 2010
April 1: Health Care Reform News
Top stories Obama to Promote Health Bill’s Business Benefits AP/Yahoo News April 1, 2010 President Barack Obama is promoting his health overhaul’s benefits for small businesses as he tries to rally public support behind the new law scorned by Republicans and protesters. Transparency/Safety Pfizer Gives Details on Payments to Doctors The […]
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March 31, 2010
Ron Kind holds discussion on health care law Tuesday, Congressman Ron Kind held a press conference to discuss how he sees it affecting western Wisconsin. Local representatives from area hospitals were also on hand to weigh in on the discussion. Ron Kind called the health care reform law the most sweeping health care measure in […]
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March 30, 2010
March 30: Health Care Reform News
Will Health Care Law Actually Reduce Health Costs? In the next decade, health spending may rise to 6.1%. The figures are projected to reach $4.5 trillion, i.e. almost 20% of the economy. Karen Ignagni, president of America Health Insurance Plans believes that ‘the cost crisis needs to be addressed as underlying health care costs are […]
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March 29, 2010
March 29: Health Care Reform News
GAMC: The deed is done, but the fight’s not over On Friday afternoon, Gov. Tim Pawlenty affixed his scribble to a bill extending health insurance for indigent single adults to the end of Minnesota’s current budget period, in June of next year… Its main “reform” was to create Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs), hospitals around […]
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March 26, 2010
March 26: Health Care Reform News
Sen. Klobuchar says health care bill will help lower costs, deficit After running through an obstacle course of Republican amendments and procedural objections, the Senate on Thursday afternoon approved of a package of changes to the Democrats’ sweeping health care overhaul, capping a bitter partisan battle over the most far-reaching social legislation in nearly half […]
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March 25, 2010
March 25: Health Care Reform News
InBusiness – Health Care Overhal Jeff Korsmo, executive director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about the likely impact of the U.S. health-care policy overhaul on the Mayo Clinic and other hospitals. Bloomberg, 3/25/2010 Mayo Clinic HCR Mentions: WXOW, USA TODAY, Post-Bulletin, FOX News, ModernMedicine AP, Post-Bulletin […]
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March 24, 2010
March 24: Health Care Reform News
Health care expert gives perspective on Health Care Reform Bill Beginning in 2014, the Health Care Reform Law will requires nearly all Americans to have health insurance. Jeff Korsmo, Executive Director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center discussed with us what Americans can expect. “There are alot of differing opinions. We haven’t taken a […]
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