Health Care Overhaul

Getting Your Appendix Removed? Expect Sticker Shock

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 04.24.2012

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CHICAGO -- What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator – or...

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111 Charged In Medicare Scams Worth $225 Million

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIAMI — Federal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud Thursday, part of a...

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What The Constitution Meant To Say About Health Care

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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While waiting for the politics to play out, while waiting to see if the prevailing view of the Constitution is to left or to right, I maintain that inconsistent access to health care is wrong.

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Scholar: Health Care Ruling Is Right Wing's 1st Step Toward New Round Of Deregulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- The decision by a federal judge to strike down as unconstitutional the individual mandate, a key provision of President Barack Obama's hea...

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Health Care Overhaul Will Increase Government Spending, But Not By Much

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The nation's health care tab will go up – not down – as a result of President Barack Obama's sweeping overhaul. That's ...

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Health Care Reform To Extend Life Of Medicare Hospital Insurance Fund By 12 Years

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Medicare is in better shape because of President Barack Obama's sweeping health care overhaul and will stay afloat a dozen years lo...

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Health Care Overhaul May Mean Longer ER Waits, Crowding

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

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CHICAGO — Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can't find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded with longer wait times under t...

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Emergency Room Waits, Crowding May Increase Due To Health Care Reform

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Emergency rooms, the only choice for patients who can't find care elsewhere, may grow even more crowded with longer wait times under t...

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The Gap Between Expanding Access And Ensuring Care For Children

Dr. Steve Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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When health care fails, children often pay the greatest price -- whether it is babies born prematurely to mothers who cannot afford prenatal care; or toddlers who lack necessary immunizations.

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Health Care Reform: What's Missing From the Debate?

Bill Bartzak | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the nation's healthcare system hopes to accommodate new innovations, emerging technologies and planned changes in healthcare, connectivity becomes ground zero.

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Jim Campbell, Maine Republican, Leaves Party Over 'Failure To Address' Health Care

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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AP -- Minority Republicans in the Maine House have lost a member. Rep. Jim Campbell of Newfield said Thursday he's withdrawn from the Republican Part...

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Americans Increasingly Worried About Losing Health Care Coverage: Poll

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The number of Americans worried about losing their current health care coverage keeps rising, even as President Barack Obama and a ...

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White House Feels Vindicated By Health Care Reform Strategy

New York Times | Robert Pear and Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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After months of plodding work by five Congressional committees and weeks of back-room bargaining by Democratic leaders, President Obama's arms-length ...

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Senate Health Care Face-Off Continues

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — After marathon talks, the Obama administration and Democratic leaders appeared near agreement with Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson late Fr...

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Susan Collins Open To Voting For Health Care Overhaul, AP Says

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) WASHINGTON - A second Republican senator signaled Wednesday she's open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting Presiden...

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White House Pink Ribbon Installed For Breast Cancer Awareness

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and the White House is showing its support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Mont...

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Health Care Provision Would Cover Christian Science Prayer Treatments

The Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill woul...

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How The Profit-Hungry "Medical-IndustrIal Complex" Hurts Health Care (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Bill Moyers Journal" aired a new documentary on its show Friday about how the "medical-industrial complex" affects America's health care. Based on th...

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Lamont On Lieberman: He's Echoing GOP's Health Care Talking Points

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nine months after the Democratic leadership voted to allow Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to retain his chairmanship of a key committee and continue ...

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Obama Calls For 'Honest Debate' On Health Care

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is challenging critics of his push to overhaul the health care system to stop making "phony claims" about pr...

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How We Can Afford Health Care Reform

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011

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There seem to be two fixes to the Medicare problem. One consists of paying private insurers differently; the other, paying providers differently. Neither involves pulling the plug on grandma.

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Obama "Reality Check" Website Launched To Debunk Health Reform Myths

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday turned to its favorite tool – the Internet – to bolster President Barack Obama's push for hea...

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Clinton-Era Freshman Dem Tells Blue Dogs: Get Some Guts

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Blue Dogs fret about health care, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky can relate. The woman who cast the deciding vote on Clinton's 1993 budget talks abou...

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Deal with 'Blue Dogs' sets up health care vote

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — After weeks of turmoil, House Democrats reached a shaky peace with the party's rebellious rank-and-file conservatives Wednesday to ...

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Pelosi Vows Passage Of Health Care Overhaul

Washington Post | Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Defying skeptics in her party, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed Sunday to overcome lingering obstacles and pass health-care reform in the House, rest...

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