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Two Quizzes to Test Your Knowledge and Teach You Something New
Uninsured Quiz The issue of the uninsured has been at the forefront of health policy discussion for decades, and in recent years has received increased attention with the passage of the health reform law in 2010. How much do you know about the uninsured and the...
Obamacare collapse would put employers in charge
Benefits Pro reports: "WASHINGTON (AP) — If the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, don't look to government for what comes next. Employers and insurance companies will take charge. They'll borrow some ideas from Obamacare, ditch...
Health care reform survey results
Interbiznet reports: "Survey: Employers Will Continue to Offer Coverage, but Concerned about Rising Costs Employers weigh in on implications of health care reform Milwaukee, WI — April 24, 2012 Beginning in 2014, the Affordable Care Act requires employers with more...
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — April 2012
Kaiser Family Foundation reports: "The April poll gauged Americans' opinions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the legal challenges to the health reform law in March. The increased public attention to the Affordable...
Health reform law poses quandary for states
Politico reports: "If the Supreme Court upholds the health reform law this summer, states could be forced to a moment-of-truth situation: Do they set up a health insurance exchange, or do they let the feds come in and run theirs? The problem is that many legislatures...
Republicans Eye Health Plan Should Court Overturn Reform
Newsmax reports: "Republicans in Congress are getting ready to answer an election-year question that has dogged the party's campaign for months: How would it replace President Barack Obama's healthcare law if the measure is overturned or repealed? House Republicans...
Health executives say reform will go on
The Morning Call reports: "As the U.S. Supreme Court works behind closed doors to determine the fate of the Obama administration's signature health care reform law, area health care business leaders say at least parts of the law will survive no matter what the court...
Conservative Health Care Solutions
Insurance News Net reports: "WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla. (4th CD), issued the following column: To hear the media tell it, congressional Republicans have no solutions for health care reform beyond repealing Obamacare. However, House Republicans have...
Deep cuts loom as state tries to save Medicaid
The Chicago Tribune reports: "The list of medicines Jason Carrington must take every day to treat his multiple sclerosis and related symptoms is long: Copaxone injections to prevent relapses, primidone to control tremors, Seroquel to stabilize his mood, lamotrigine...
Health-Care Case Puts Congress On Trial
Insurance News Net reports: "April 16--The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed to deal with a modern American problem : 50 million Americans living without health insurance. Its fate, however, will be decided by one of the oldest concepts of American...