Health Reform

Celebrating Women's Health Week as a Grandmother

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 05.15.2012

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Nancy K. Kaufman

On Sunday, I celebrated my first Mother's Day as a grandmother, so the celebration of National Women's Health Week this week has new meaning for me. I...

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The Affordable Care Act - Stronger Benefits to Seniors, Billions in Savings This Year

Sec. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 04.30.2012

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Sec. Kathleen Sebelius

Two years ago, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act. The president's health care law gives hard working, middle-class families security, makes Medicare stronger, and puts more money back in seniors' pockets.

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Supreme Damage: Why the Court Can't Throw Out Obamacare

Ethan Rome | Posted 04.20.2012

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Ethan Rome

The fact is that serious wreckage would result from a bad decision. Attempting to unscramble this omelet would be a national nightmare.

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Commentary On Minimum Wage For Home Care Workers

Rita Zeidner | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Minimum Wage, In-Home Aides, International Franchise Association, Home Care, Aging Population, Elderly Care, Health Reform, Fifty News
Rita Zeidner

As the nation focuses on health reform, a debate over the pay of workers providing in-home care to the elderly and sick brews below the surface.

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Meet the New Boss: Is the Court Making a Supreme Power Grab?

Ethan Rome | Posted 04.03.2012

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Ethan Rome

If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, or key components of it, it will be saying that it's the new boss in lawmaking and that Congress should step aside.

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Mike Sacks

Health Reform Cases Reach Final Day In Supreme Court

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Having tackled, and perhaps terminated, the individual mandate on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will spend its third and final day of the h...

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Supreme Showdown: Radical Republicans vs. Obamacare and the 99%

Ethan Rome | Posted 05.25.2012

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Ethan Rome

On Monday the Supreme Court begins three days of oral arguments about Obamacare leading up to what may be among the most consequential high court decisions in 100 years.

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Mike Sacks

WATCH: Supreme Court Professional Line-Standers Claim Front Of Health Care Queue

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.11.2012

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Anyone who has spent a night on the Supreme Court sidewalk waiting to get one of the golden tickets to see the court in action knows about the "line-s...

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Mike Sacks

She Lines Up Three Days Early For Supreme Court Seat

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 03.23.2012

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The Supreme Court's health care cases don't begin until 10 a.m. Monday, but the line for the general public to see the action started more than 72 hou...

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Jeffrey Young

Health Care Reform Repeal Risks This Family

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.23.2012

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Dawn Josephson could barely believe it when she found health insurance that would actually cover the cost of treating her young son’s eye condition....

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Health Reform's Second Anniversary

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Health Care Reform, Health Reform Anniversary, Obamacare, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Reform, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

This Friday, March 23rd, marks the second year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act -- a.k.a. "health reform." If you are like most people, you may have some misconceptions about what has or has not happened in the past two years.

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What's at Stake -- No, Who's at Stake in the Great Supreme Court Case?

Jennifer Ng’andu | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Latinos, Latino Children, Latino-Politics, Latino Children's Health, #HCRatStake, Hispanic Health, Scotus, Health Reform, Hcr, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Hispanics, Latino Health, Politics News
Jennifer Ng’andu

For or against it, hundreds of people will line up on the steps to try and secure one of the limited seats in the Court reserved for the public. And for good reason: The Supreme Court's decision will have major bearing on the health care experiences of Americans for generations to come.

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The Democratization of Health Care: The Limits of Private Insurers

Gary Puckrein | Posted 05.20.2012

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Gary Puckrein

Does it mean that the blunt instrument of government should be setting prices, choosing winners and losers, or norming medicine to labor productivity or gross domestic product?

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Deciphering the Alphabet Soup of Health Reform

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.20.2012

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James R. Knickman

The whole alphabet soup of health care payment and delivery models is dizzying, but what do those models look like, and how will they affect the way patients experience care?

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Jeffrey Young

$375 Million Health Care Fraud Suspect Gave Cash To Tea Party Group

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Video, Law Enforcement, Obamacare, Jacques Roy, Health and Human Services, Justice Department, Health Care, Tea Party, Health Reform, Health Care Fraud, Politics News

If Texas physician Jacques Roy turns out to be guilty of charges he conspired to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of almost $375 million, we'll know wher...

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A New Form of Health Care Rationing

Steve Jacob | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Doctor Shortage, Primary Care Crisis, Health Reform, Primary Care Doctors, Primary Care Doctor Shortage, Primary Care Physicians, Politics News
Steve Jacob

The new health reform law is expected to create 32 million more insured Americans. However, an insurance card will not mean much to patients without providers to care for them.

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Health Care That No One Can Cope With Without Help

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 04.29.2012

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David R. Jones, Esq.

We have to urge the White House and other players to start to get the message out to consumers that the Affordable Care Act must survive in order to avoid what could be a real tragedy for huge numbers of Americans.

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The New One Percent May Cost Health Insurers Big Time

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.28.2012

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Health insurance companies are testing ways to provide coverage to the people they have can no longer avoid: working-age people with the biggest medic...

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Jeffrey Young

You Thought Health Insurance Was Confusing, It's About To Get Worse

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: High-Deductible Health Plans, Obamacare, Health-Savings Accounts, Employment, Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance, Cancer, Health Care, Health Reform, Business News

Like many Americans, Debbie Bass' health insurance policy is utterly confounding: It's more expensive than it used to be, but the coverage is worse an...

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Amanda Terkel

GOP Crafts Plan To Kill Obama Birth Control Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's rule requiring most employers' insurance plans to pay for birth control with no co-pay for employees has infu...

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Help Wanted! IHPC Stakeholder Report Details Integrative Medicine Opportunities in the Affordable Care Act

John Weeks | Posted 03.31.2012

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John Weeks

If you believe that empowering health-focused, integrative approaches and practitioners can make a difference in transforming U.S. health care, the convening of this event was a beautiful thing to behold.

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President Obama Can Deliver a Powerful Message About Health Care, Strong Middle Class in State of the Union

Ethan Rome | Posted 03.24.2012

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Ethan Rome

We must stand strong to fight the GOP's hyper-partisan attacks on the health care programs that are making America healthier and moving our great country closer to achieving its promise.

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Essential Benefits -- Who Decides?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.15.2012

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Linda Bergthold

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, we have been reassured that the benefits that are "essential" would be comprehensive yet affordable. But what is an essential benefit and who gets to decide? Tough questions. No easy answers.

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House Payroll Tax Vote Compromises Health

Larry_Cohen | Posted 02.14.2012

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Larry_Cohen

Who turns down a $50 billion savings for the country? Who turns down the opportunity for better health for all Americans?

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Holiday Gifts From Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.09.2012

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Linda Bergthold

A recent poll found that the American public still doesn't know what is in the health reform law and what is not. Here's the list of health reform "gifts" available this year.

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