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Illinois updates financially cloudy health reform plans
MedIll reports: The panel struggling to figure out how Illinois will implement federal health care reform, Wednesday released a financially vague roadmap highlighting just how little citizens -- and lawmakers -- know about how the new law will work in Illinois. One of...
GOP Examines Ways to Block Health Care Reform
Miller-McCune reports: How might Republicans try to block the U.S. health reform law from going into effect? Let us count the ways. Repeal, replace, defund, deregulate. And, lest we forget, litigate. If all that fails, they can always shut down the government — if not...
Few Support ‘Individual Mandate’ in Health Care Reform Law, Poll Finds
US News reports: "TUESDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Half of U.S. adults still oppose the "individual mandate" clause in the new health care reform law that requires all Americans not already insured to purchase health insurance, while only 22 percent support it, a...
Obama Promise on Medicaid Leaves Republicans Christie, Brownback Doubtful
Republican governors said President Barack Obama may not move fast enough to ease the burden of soaring health-care costs that are driving the $125 billion in projected deficits facing U.S. states. After meeting with Obama at the White House, Republicans including New...
Medicare Fraud on the Rise: 3 New Scams to Watch
Credit Bloggers reports: "The federal government is advising senior citizens to be on the lookout for new Medicare scams that can separate you from your cash in no time at all. The focus is on three big scams that Uncle Sam wants seniors to be vigilant about – along...
State Medicaid enrollment soaring
The Wisconson State Journal reports: "Medicaid enrollment has soared more in Wisconsin than in any other state but Arizona in recent years, putting pressure on the state budget, according to a report released today by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance. "State leaders...
News from the Blues
BCBS reports: Legislative Update Affordable Care Act Funding Following the failed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. Senate earlier this month, some commentators report that now we can expect efforts to repeal portions of the Affordable Care Act in...
Atena broker update
Atena reports: "When House Republicans voted Friday to block funding for health care reform implementation (see below), it was with the knowledge that most Americans disapprove of the tactic. A new CBS News poll shows 55 percent of Americans disapprove of the...
Illinois task force recommends reining in health insurers
The Associated Press reports: " A task force appointed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn wants a state law forcing insurers to spend 80 to 85 cents of every premium dollar on providing health care, or pay rebates to customers. In its initial recommendations released...
How health care reform will affect companies and their employees
Smart Business reports: "If you are feeling confused about health care reform, you are not alone. Last year brought many big changes for health and welfare plans as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was passed and the implementation of health care...