Health Care Exchanges

Cuomo Orders Health Care Exchange, Though Obamacare Under Review

Posted 04.13.2012

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Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Thursday creating a health care exchange in New York, an online marketplace where consumers can shop f...

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States Delay Insurance Exchanges, Hoping Supreme Court Strikes Down Health Care Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The nation's lieutenant governors were advised to focus on the quality of health care delivery, along with potential insurance challenge...

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Ryan Plan Strangely Resembles Obama's

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 03.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A new Republican budget would repeal President Barack Obama's health care overhaul but put future retirees in a version of Medicare that...

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Obama Administration Releases Ambitious Health Care Law Blueprint

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Fifty million people in America lack health insurance and the law says most of them must soon be provided coverage. But how to del...

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'Conservatives On Steroids' Block Funding

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.16.2012

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The growing ideological rift in the Kansas Republican Party has engulfed the implementation of the federal health care reform law, leaving the future ...

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Dem Senator Calls For Federal Investigation Of Nikki Haley

The State | Adam Bean | Posted 12.23.2011

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U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has called for a federal investigation into “whether Gov. Nikki Haley exploited taxpayer dollars for political purpose...

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Nikki Haley Made Questionable Decision On Obama Health Care Law

The Post And Courier | Renee Dudley | Posted 12.14.2011

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Gov. Nikki Haley dictated the conclusions of a committee charged with deciding how the state should implement federal health care reform before the gr...

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Legislators Told To Avoid 'Yugo' Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.30.2011

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TAMPA -- The legislative sessions that will begin in a month's time will likely be dominated by debates over how to implement the kind of exchange sys...

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Governors Group To Facilitate Health Care Exchange Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.17.2011

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The National Governors Association will be helping six states facilitate discussion on the creation of health care exchanges, which are required to be...

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Governors Provide Recommendations On Health Care Exchanges

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.03.2012

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The nation's governors sent the Obama Administration recommendations Thursday morning regarding the implementation of health care exchanges as a feder...

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Health Exchange Bill At Risk After Stephens' Amendment Proposal

The Denver Post | Lynn Bartels | Posted 05.31.2011

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A day after House Majority Leader Amy Stephens vigorously defended her bipartisan health-care exchange bill, she proposed an amendment that Democrats ...

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In The Public Interest : The Cost of Repeal

Larry McNeely | Posted 05.25.2011

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Health care repeal efforts are being pursued in both the Congress and in the courts. But are repeal proponents really standing up for consumers or are they actually standing up for the health insurance industry?

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California Becomes First State With Health Insurance Exchange

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed seven major health care-reform bills, including legislation establishing a We...

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In The Public Interest: Finding the High Ground on Health Care

Larry McNeely | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry McNeely

Yesterday, the Senate got a small glimpse of what constructive bipartisan cooperation could look like. And surprisingly, it happened in health-care policy.

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David Leonhardt: Health Care Reform Complaints Expose Problems With Status Quo

New York Times | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 05.25.2011

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Consider what it would be like to have a health insurance plan that capped annual benefits at $2,000. For any medical care costing more than that, you...

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Can Obama Re-Unite Liberals and Moderates?

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sheri and Allan Rivlin

This year's best political play may turn out to be the Republican policy of "just say no," because it puts maximum pressure on Democrats to keep their two wings flapping in the same direction.

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Point 3: We Need an Orbitz for Health

George Halvorson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Consumers and patients in America need to be able to make health care choices in a data-rich environment with clear information about care outcomes, caregiver performance, effectiveness and price.

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Public Option Not The Core Of Reform: Ezra Klein

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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"[E]ven if getting any bill called 'health care reform' passed would be good short-term politics," writes political scientist Scott Lemieux, "it's wor...

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