MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage' source. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:07:11 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5607791&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchildren.webmd.com%2Fnews%2F20120118%2Fdoes-junk-food-schools-matter%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Junk food sales in schools, long blamed for contributing to childhood obesity, do not make a difference overall in the weight of middle school students, according to a new study. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5607791 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:46:05 +0100 5607791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696792&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F25%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F25medicare.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The House on Thursday approved a six-month plan to prevent a steep cut in doctors’ fees paid by Medicare, agreeing to a short-term solution that Speaker Nancy Pelosi called “totally inadequate” but said the House had decided to adopt after concluding that the Senate was hopelessly gridlocked and could do no better. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696792 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:04:07 +0100 3696792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696793&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth.newamerica.net%2Fblogposts%2F2010%2Fquality_aligning_forces_for_quality-33504%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Back in 2006, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation began a four-site pilot program called Aligning Forces for Quality (aka AF4Q), a multi-faceted laboratory for reform, active in 17 very different communities, home to 38 million people. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696793 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696795&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704853404575322860665239340.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama told health-insurance executives they should keep a lid on big rate increases, but the executives said some rises were unavoidable because the new health law requires them to offer better benefits. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696795 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696794&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2F2010-06-22-health-online_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A federal government website that starts July 1 will give consumers a list of all private and government health care plans for individuals and small businesses in their areas. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696794 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696799&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F21%2FAR2010062104046.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_health%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd High-deductible health plans and the health savings accounts (HSAs) that link to them are becoming a familiar fixture on the insurance landscape, even though they get mixed reviews from many consumers and health-policy experts. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696799 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696798&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5gkPFIC1wrQ-L7QiPDPFt0IQLXVygD9GG9DIO0%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama is revealing details of how the government will enforce the health overhaul law, an announcement expected to focus on how insurance companies must treat consumers. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696798 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696797&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.latimes.com%2F2010%2Fjun%2F21%2Fnation%2Fla-na-health-crisis-20100622%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Despite passage of the landmark healthcare overhaul this spring, the nation's existing health system is continuing to fray, raising the prospect that the country could experience a crisis before the law establishes a new safety net in 2014. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696797 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696796&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fhealthwatch%2Fhealth-reform-implementation%2F104589-connecticut-is-first-to-launch-medicaid-expansion-under-health-reform-law%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Connecticut on Monday became the first state to win approval for its plan to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of low-income adults — a provision central to the Democrats' new healthcare reform law, the Health and Human Services Department announced Monday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696796 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696801&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2010-06-20-medicare_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The number of doctors refusing new Medicare patients because of low government payment rates is setting a new high, just six months before millions of Baby Boomers begin enrolling in the government health care program. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696801 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3696800&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F22%2Fhealth%2F22land.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Fighting with a health plan over a denied claim can leave people feeling they’ve been injured all over again. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3696800 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3696800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673339&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F17%2Fhealth%2F17drug.html%3Fscp%3D1%26sq%3Dchemotherapy%26st%3Dcse%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd When Congress aims to reduce Medicare spending, lawmakers often rely on cutting the prices they pay doctors and hospitals. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673339 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:03:40 +0100 3673339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673343&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Faponline%2F2010%2F06%2F17%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2FAP-US-AP-Poll-Health-Overhaul.html%3F_r%3D1%26scp%3D3%26sq%3Dhealth%2Bcare%2Breform%26st%3Dnyt%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The patient is alive and kicking. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673343 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673341&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F17%2Fhealth%2F17drug.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd When Congress aims to reduce Medicare spending, lawmakers often rely on cutting the prices they pay doctors and hospitals. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673341 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673340&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F16%2FAR2010061604528.html%3Fhpid%3Dsec-nation%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd In an attempt to address a national shortage of health-care workers, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that the federal government will spend $250 million in programs to increase the number of doctors, nurses and other care providers. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673340 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673344&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaiserhealthnews.org%2FStories%2F2010%2FJune%2F16%2Fhigh-risk-pools-shorttake.aspx%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Federal officials, hurrying to prepare for one of the signature programs of the new health law, have told states that they must provide more information by the end of next week on how they intend to run the high-risk health insurance pools. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673344 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673345&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0610%2F38566.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A Republican effort to repeal the individual mandate in the Democrats’ health care overhaul failed Tuesday afternoon on a largely partisan vote. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673345 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673348&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F14%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F14health.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The White House on Monday will issue new rules that strongly discourage employers from cutting health insurance benefits or increasing the costs of coverage to employees, administration officials say. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673348 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673347&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F15%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F15health.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd State insurance officials say they fear that health insurance companies will cancel policies and leave the individual insurance market in some states because of a provision of the new health care law that requires insurers to spend more of each premium dollar for the benefit of consumers. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673347 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3673346&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F13%2FAR2010061304348.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Doctors with Medicare patients will start seeing a 21 percent pay cut this week after Congress failed to defer the cuts by two more years. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3673346 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3673346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653361&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.suntimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fcurrency%2F2381628%2CCST-NWS-MHealth11.article%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Nearly one million U.S. workers will be able to take early advantage of the health-care reform law that extends health insurance coverage to adult children up to age 26, a new Hewitt Associates survey finds. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653361 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:40:26 +0100 3653361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653362&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthleadersmedia.com%2Fcontent%2FPHY-252277%2F7-Changes-for-Medical-Schools-to-Train-Doctors-for-Reform-Era-Care%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The U.S. must aggressively reform the way it trains its physicians if they are to competently provide care to meet the mandates, hopes, and expectations of health reform, according to a report from The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653362 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653364&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F09%2Fobamacare-hmo-health-lifestyle-health-reform-tanning.html%3Fboxes%3Dbusinesschannelsections%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Did your last tanning session cost more? Are you more self-conscious ordering a scone at Starbucks because the menu board says it is 490 calories? Is your kid allowed to stay on your health insurance even though he turned 25? (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653364 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653363&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fos-medicare-checks-20100607%2C0%2C4486355.story%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Seniors and disabled people eligible for Medicare who are struggling to pay for their medications will soon find $250 checks in their mailboxes. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653363 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653367&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F07%2FAR2010060704258.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II told a federal judge Monday that he should let a suit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health-care law proceed and deny a request by the Obama administration that the case be dismissed. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653367 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653366&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0610%2F38219.html%23ixzz0qGROHDzY%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Part of the health care overhaul due to kick in this September could strip more than 1 million people of their insurance coverage, violating a key goal of President Barack Obama’s reforms. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653366 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653365&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F08%2Fus%2F08medicaid.html%3Fref%3Dpolitics%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Having counted on Washington for money that may not be delivered, at least 30 states will have to close larger-than-anticipated shortfalls in the coming fiscal year unless Congress passes a six-month extension of increased federal spending on Medicaid. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653365 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3653368&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2F2010-06-06-doctorsfees_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A growing number of doctors across the country are boosting revenue by asking patients to pay new fees for services they say insurance doesn't cover, insurance and physicians' groups say (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3653368 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3653368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630601&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F04health.html%3Fref%3Dtodayspaper%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd After squaring off as political foes for more than a year, the Obama administration and the health insurance industry have suddenly discovered that they need each other. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630601 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 12:41:06 +0100 3630601 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630602&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703340904575285034002114118.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Health secretary Kathleen Sebelius Thursday rejected criticism of the Obama administration's nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, saying Republicans were being unfair to Donald Berwick and she was confident he would be confirmed. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630602 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630602 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630605&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fnews%2F101103-white-house-defends-healthcare-law-as-reducing-budget-deficit%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The White House on Wednesday rushed to defend the healthcare reform law after conservatives seized on Congressional Budget Office comments warning about unsustainable health spending. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630605 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630604&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F02%2FAR2010060204452.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd At the Department of Health and Human Services, the team charged with writing new health insurance rules has ditched the fridge and microwave in their break room so they can have more work space. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630604 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630603&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaiserhealthnews.org%2FStories%2F2010%2FJune%2F03%2FCOBRA-Subsidy-Starts-Running-Out-For-Some-As-Congress-Grapples-With-Extension.aspx%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Howard Kornblum has been watching every penny for the past 15 months and it's about to get worse. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630603 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630610&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticle.nationalreview.com%2F435339%2Fthe-republican-retreat-on-health-care%2Fthe-editors%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Every week brings fresh bad news about Obamacare. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630610 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630610 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630609&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F02%2FAR2010060200344.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Public health officials say a tobacco tax loophole in President Barack Obama's children's health insurance program is costing the U.S. Treasury more than $250 million a year. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630609 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630608&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaiserhealthnews.org%2FStories%2F2010%2FJune%2F02%2FWhat-The-Health-Law-Means-To-You.aspx%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The new health law signed by President Obama this spring contains the most sweeping changes to the American health system in a generation. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630608 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630607&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2FAR2010060103700.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Implementing a controversial provision of the new health-care law is proving harder than planned. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630607 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630606&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fap%2Ffinancialnews%2FD9G3BRD00.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd An association charged with shaping a key insurance regulation as part of health care reform has told the Obama administration it needs some more time. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630606 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630615&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F31%2FAR2010053101876.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd If you own a small business and are struggling to pay for employees' health insurance, the new health-care law could provide quick financial help. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630615 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630614&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F31%2FAR2010053102756.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Pounded by the Obama administration for raising premiums, health insurers now must reckon with a foursome of longtime industry watchdogs who are helping steer the federal government's effort to overhaul the private insurance market. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630614 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630613&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0510%2F37990.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama spent the last year insisting he doesn’t want to turn the American health care system into a carbon copy of the government-run British system. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630613 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630612&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0510%2F37980.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd As health reform regulations begin to take shape, Planned Parenthood has begun a quiet campaign to ensure that birth control is counted among the free preventive services that health insurers must cover under the Affordable Care Act. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630612 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630611&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattlepi.com%2Fnational%2F1153ap_us_health_overhaul_repeal.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Anxious backers of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are starting to see a flicker of hope. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630611 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3630616&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2Fhealth%2F01landscape.html%3Femc%3Dtnt%26tntemail0%3Dy%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Amid a flurry of publicity, dozens of the nation’s insurers announced this spring that they would put into effect a popular provision of the new health law ahead of schedule. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3630616 Mon, 31 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3630616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608499&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F05%2F28%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F28insure.html%3Fref%3Dtodayspaper%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, said Thursday that employers should immediately offer or continue health insurance coverage for workers’ children up to the age of 26, at little or no additional cost. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608499 Sat, 29 May 2010 12:40:26 +0100 3608499 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608502&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D127109714%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd When it comes to health care, even the simplest things can get very confusing. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608502 Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3608502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608501&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F05%2F27%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F27health.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The new health care law does not allocate nearly enough money to cover the estimated 5.6 million to 7 million Americans with pre-existing medical conditions who will qualify for temporary high-risk insurance pools, according to a report scheduled for release on Thursday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608501 Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3608501 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608500&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F26%2FAR2010052605326.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The federal government will bear virtually the entire cost of expanding Medicaid under the new health-care law, according to a new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that rebuts governors' protests about the impact on strapped states. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608500 Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3608500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608504&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F24%2FAR2010052404073.html%3Fhpid%3Dmoreheadlines%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The Obama administration asked a federal judge Monday to dismiss Virginia's challenge of the health-care overhaul law, arguing that the state has no standing to sue over the law and that Congress's power to regulate interstate trade makes the measure constitutional. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608504 Tue, 25 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3608504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608503&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2010-05-24-children-coverage_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A federal law that President Obama signed early last year to expand health insurance to 4 million more low-income children has gotten off to a slow start because of budget problems in the states. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608503 Tue, 25 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3608503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3608505&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F23%2FAR2010052304098.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Now that Congress has imposed new requirements on health insurance plans, regulators are trying to resolve another big question: Which plans must comply with the requirements? (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3608505 Mon, 24 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3608505 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3586891&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5g6IuFisWpc_P8LMNItMIh4HAZoTwD9FQQSJ82%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd More than 40 percent of employers surveyed by the consulting firm Mercer expect health care reform to raise health care costs by a modest 2 percent or less next year. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3586891 Sat, 22 May 2010 12:40:21 +0100 3586891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3586892&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2F2010-05-20-emergency20_st_N.htm%3Floc%3Dinterstitialskip%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A kiss gone awry isn't the typical route that lands a person in the emergency room, but that's just how Maggie Craytor ended up in the University of Virginia Medical Center's emergency department in August. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3586892 Thu, 20 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3586892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3586894&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703950804575242601354634026.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The share of Americans who get health coverage through their jobs has been declining gradually for years, dropping to 63.3% of working-age adults in 2008. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3586894 Mon, 17 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3586894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3586893&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F05%2F18%2Fhealth%2F18land.html%3Fscp%3D2%26sq%3Dhealth%2520reform%26st%3Dcse%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Ever since Thomas DeLorenzo was accepted to three law schools outside his home state of California, he has spent entire days on the phone with health insurers in other states, compiling information that he enters on a giant spreadsheet. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3586893 Mon, 17 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3586893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564776&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fswampland.blogs.time.com%2F2010%2F05%2F13%2F%25e2%2580%259crationing%25e2%2580%259d-is-back%2F%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd If you're still mourning the loss of the health care debate's heated rhetoric, don't despair. It's about to get another lease on life thanks to the upcoming confirmation hearing for Donald Berwick, Obama pick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564776 Sat, 15 May 2010 12:40:02 +0100 3564776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564777&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0510%2F37155.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The Obama administration has previewed its legal defense of health care reform in its response to a case in Eastern Michigan that sought to declare the individual mandate unconstitutional (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564777 Thu, 13 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3564777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564778&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5i0wB-o7OjZq7Bh5k_D542BO8fq_wD9FLIJHG1%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A chunk of spending on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is actually money for current federal programs, congressional budget scorekeepers said Wednesday, in a twist to the partisan dispute over the law's price tag. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564778 Wed, 12 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3564778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564780&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F05%2F11%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F11health.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The White House issued rules on Monday allowing young adults to remain covered by their parents’ health insurance policies up to age 26. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564780 Mon, 10 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3564780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564779&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0510%2F37045.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The Obama administration told Congressional leaders on Monday that it has made "significant progress" implementing the health care overhaul, including a load of consumer friendly provisions that could ease negative perceptions of the plan among a skeptical public. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564779 Mon, 10 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3564779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564782&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5iz4hKrCdqQUlq922zIdX0NTfLUMwD9FJE4BO1%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Health insurance cuts a dividing line right through the Thompson family. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564782 Sun, 09 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3564782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3564781&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaiserhealthnews.org%2FStories%2F2010%2FMay%2F10%2Fretiree-insurance.aspx%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The White House unveiled details last week of a $5 billion program to provide financial relief to companies that offer health coverage to early retirees. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3564781 Sun, 09 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3564781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543673&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sltrib.com%2FD%3Dg%2Fci_15035840%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Utah and Rhode Island remain the only states undecided about whether to set up temporary high risk insurance pools for the uninsurable as mandated under the new federal health overhaul. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543673 Sat, 08 May 2010 12:40:35 +0100 3543673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543675&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F04%2FAR2010050404336.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Lawmakers introduced a measure Tuesday that would allow the Office of Personnel Management to extend health-care coverage to the adult children of federal workers before the new federal health-care law takes effect next year. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543675 Wed, 05 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543674&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5jHKmOorIUl9F-HT9M-va8nJw9huwD9FG5VCO4%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Trying to entice employers to keep early retirees on their medical plans, the Obama administration announced Tuesday it's making $5 billion available until the safety net of the new health care law is in place. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543674 Wed, 05 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543680&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0510%2F36703.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd It’s a simple question, but one with a complex answer: In health insurance, what counts as a medical expense? (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543680 Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543679&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F30%2FAR2010043001999.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Gerard Anderson and Bradley Herring of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health answer questions about the new health-care law. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543679 Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543678&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F30%2FAR2010043002007.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd In many respects, American doctors today labor much the way their counterparts did 50 years ago. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543678 Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543677&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F05%2F03%2FAR2010050304072.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Eighteen states have said they will not administer a stopgap program to provide insurance coverage to people whose preexisting conditions have left them uninsured, forcing the federal government to do the work. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543677 Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543676&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSN0413073620100504%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Americans have negative opinions about the U.S. healthcare system despite good personal experiences and they admit they are not especially well-informed, according to a survey released on Tuesday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543676 Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3543681&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ama-assn.org%2Famednews%2F2010%2F05%2F03%2Fgvl10503.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd As health system reform enters the implementation phase, insurers and policymakers are starting to exchange blows over exactly how new regulations and restrictions on health plans will roll out. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3543681 Mon, 03 May 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3543681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520631&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F30%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F30health.html%3Fscp%3D1%26sq%3Dstates%2520decide%2520on%2520running%2520new%2520pools%2520for%2520insurance%26st%3Dcse%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The fight over the new health care law shifted Thursday to the states, as some governors claimed federal money to run a new insurance pool for people with serious medical problems, while officials in other states said they would not operate the program. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520631 Sat, 01 May 2010 12:40:58 +0100 3520631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520633&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fmoney%2Fperfi%2Finsurance%2F2010-04-29-healthirs28_CV_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The IRS processed more than 230 million tax returns last year, paid 127 million refunds and received about 68 million phone calls. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520633 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520632&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth%2F2010-04-29-health-care-law-undercuts-risk-pools_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd About 200,000 Americans whose illnesses have kept them from getting regular health insurance will not be allowed to enroll this summer in a new lower cost federal program for people like them because they already buy pricey state-run plans. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520632 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520634&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fla-fi-0428-insure-rescission-20100428%2C0%2C5187685.story%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Stung by criticism and facing tougher federal regulation, two of the nation's largest health insurers say they will stop the practice of dropping sick policyholders. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520634 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520634 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520636&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FBusiness%2FwireStory%3Fid%3D10484103%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was supposed to take care of a major worry for parents of 20-year-olds making the transition to work: keeping the kids insured. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520636 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520635&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-04-27%2Fhealth-insurers-may-meet-medical-cost-mandate-under-health-law.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Health plans led by WellPoint Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. can subtract taxes and include as costs “activities that improve health care quality” to meet mandates in the U.S. health-care overhaul on how much they spend on medical care, a draft report says. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520635 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520637&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F27%2Fbusiness%2F27health.html%3Fsrc%3Dbusln%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd When major companies declared that a provision of the new health care law would hurt earnings, Democrats were skeptical. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520637 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3520638&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F25%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F25scam.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd In Illinois, a telemarketer recently sold an elderly woman a fraudulent health insurance plan that supposedly protected her against “death panels,” the state insurance director says. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3520638 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3520638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499796&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5gnysT9_pxMwvpDM2YjJZCyRe4EYQD9F8BQ3O4%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Nearly 4 million Americans — the vast majority of them middle class — will have to pay a penalty if they don't get insurance when President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional estimates released Thursday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499796 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:44:31 +0100 3499796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499797&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F22%2FAR2010042205371.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The White House named Stephanie Cutter, a veteran Democratic operative, to oversee the White House's messaging strategy on health care, among other large policy matters, in advance of the November midterm elections. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499797 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499801&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fspecials%2Fpackages%2Farticle%2F0%2C28804%2C1983409_1983408_1983400%2C00.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Add confusion to the list of emotions Americans are feeling about the new health-reform law. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499801 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499800&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F20%2FAR2010042005258_pf.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd For two decades, Donald Berwick has made a career of finding innovative ways to improve health care and then persuading hospital administrators and doctors to adopt his recommendations. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499800 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499799&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F21%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F21health.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Fearing that health insurance premiums may shoot up in the next few years, Senate Democrats laid a foundation on Tuesday for federal regulation of rates, four weeks after President Obama signed a law intended to rein in soaring health costs. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499799 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499798&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2010-04-21-health-care-democrats_N.htm%3Floc%3Dinterstitialskip%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd House Democrats who switched their votes to help pass the new health care law saw their political contributions rise this year, a USA TODAY analysis of new campaign-finance reports show. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499798 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499803&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F17%2FAR2010041702658.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The idea was simple enough: Make sure that health insurers spend the vast majority of their revenue on patient care, instead of using it for things such as advertising, profits and executive pay. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499803 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499802&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F19%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F19health.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The success of the new health care law depends to a large degree on a handful of Obama administration officials, who are scrambling to make the transition from waging political war on Capitol Hill to managing one of the most profound changes in social policy in generations. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499802 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476825&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304510004575186082454662468.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The Internal Revenue Service won't audit you to make sure you have purchased health insurance under provisions of the new health-care law—but it may withhold your tax refund if you can't demonstrate that you are insured, an IRS official said Thursday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476825 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:40:31 +0100 3476825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499804&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5j9fVog5qzDS3NedditZFqUS2M67QD9F480581%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul hasn't ended, it's simply shifted to a wider arena. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499804 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3499804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476827&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F15%2FAR2010041503855.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Some of the largest U.S. health insurers are changing their accounting practices to book administration costs as medical costs in an attempt to circumvent new industry reforms, according to a U.S. Senate panel's report released on Thursday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476827 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476826&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F15%2FAR2010041500693.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law jumped after he signed it - a clear indication his victory could become a liability for Democrats in this fall's elections. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476826 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476830&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304506904575180331528424238.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hps_MIDDLEFifthNews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The new federal health-care law has raised the stakes for hospitals and schools already scrambling to train more doctors. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476830 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476829&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F13%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2F13health.html%3Ftntemail0%3Dy%26emc%3Dtnt%26pagewanted%3Dprint%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd It is often said that the new health care law will affect almost every American in some way. And, perhaps fittingly if unintentionally, no one may be more affected than members of Congress themselves. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476829 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476828&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Ffeatures%2Fhealth%2Fla-na-health-premiums13-2010apr13%2C0%2C6241013.story%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The new law doesn't prevent rate hikes such as Anthem Blue Cross' double-digit increase last year. 'It is a very big loophole,' says Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is pushing regulatory legislation. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476828 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476833&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaiserhealthnews.org%2FStories%2F2010%2FApril%2F12%2Fconsumer-hotline-health-reform.aspx%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd David wanted to know how the new health care overhaul law would impact retiree health care coverage. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476833 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476832&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5gK8UACQa5gEv1cZ-SRxXDc3XDwRwD9F1CTD80%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The nation may be divided over the wisdom of President Barack Obama's big new health care law, but it largely delivers on more than 30 specific promises he made as a candidate. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476832 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476831&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fblog-briefing-room%2Fnews%2F91619-boehner-repealing-health-bill-must-be-gops-number-one-priority%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Repealing healthcare reform will be Republicans' "No. 1 priority," their House leader said Monday. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476831 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455083&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F04%2F08%2FAR2010040805476.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Anger over the health-care overhaul has led to a nearly threefold increase in recent months in the number of serious threats against members of Congress, federal law enforcement officials said. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455083 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:40:43 +0100 3455083 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3476834&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F10%2Fhealth%2F10patient.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A primary goal of the health care overhaul was to provide insurance for more people, namely those who could not afford coverage and those with pre-existing conditions for whom insurance was too costly. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3476834 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3476834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455085&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D125600156%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The high-risk pools in most states are largely viewed as a failure. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455085 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3455085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455084&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Ffeatures%2Fhealth%2Fla-na-taxesbox8-2010apr08%2C0%2C6069718.story%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The new healthcare law imposes several tax increases, but most do not take effect immediately, and most apply only to upper-income Americans. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455084 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3455084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455086&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0410%2F35465.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The Obama administration is trying to make the nation’s new health care system user-friendly, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday, calling her department a “nationwide health insurance reform help desk.” (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455086 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3455086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455088&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D125624004%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Consumers and employers who buy health insurance are scrambling to understand what will change in their premiums and benefits once provisions of the recently passed law go into effect. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455088 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3455088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455087&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F07%2Fbusiness%2Feconomy%2F07leonhardt.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Deep down, Americans tend to believe that more care is better care. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455087 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3455087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3455089&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5gtiezKSVGqfr98sLcE6nvho5ck2QD9ESD8C81%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The question of whether to extend coverage to illegal immigrants was so politically contentious that, under the approved legislation, they will not even be able to buy health insurance in the newly created purchasing pools called exchanges if they pay entirely out of their own pocket. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3455089 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3455089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433782&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F04%2F02%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F02rates.html%3Fref%3Dtodayspaper%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd With the encouragement of Gov. Deval L. Patrick, Massachusetts insurance regulators took the extraordinary step Thursday of rejecting nearly 9 out of 10 rate increases requested by the state’s health insurers. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433782 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:40:22 +0100 3433782 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433784&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F31%2FAR2010033102331.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Seniors aren't celebrating President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433784 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3433784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433783&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5juui7didNwh_vzBmJyrbjxkeF-IgD9EQF7TO0%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Urging a wary public not to judge his ambitious health care overhaul until they see its effects, President Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed those who remain stridently opposed to a legislative victory just one week old. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433783 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3433783 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433785&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304739104575153773524925064.html%3FKEYWORDS%3Dhealth%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama signed into law a bill Tuesday putting the finishing touches on a sweeping overhaul of the country's health-care system and a shake-up of the student-loan marketplace. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433785 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3433785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433788&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303737704575148503748287716.html%3FKEYWORDS%3Dhealth%2Breform%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Donald Berwick, President Barack Obama's choice to lead the agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, would face the major challenge of overseeing sweeping changes to both programs required under the recently enacted health-care overhaul, if elected. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433788 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3433788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433787&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthleadersmedia.com%2Fcontent%2FQUA-248665%2FEight-Health-Reform-Provisions-That-Could-Improve-Womens-Health-Coverage%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The healthcare reform legislation approved by Congress last week created one of the largest changes in American social policy in more than 40 years—making a major impact for one population group: women. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433787 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3433787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3433786&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSN2922617020100329%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Democrats are pushing to shore up support for the U.S. healthcare overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama, but the final public verdict will largely depend on how smoothly it is put into effect. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3433786 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3433786 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405003&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F25%2FAR2010032500006.html%3Fhpid%3Dtopnews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Congress agreed Thursday to amend the nation's new health-care law, concluding its long and contentious quest to pass major reforms, and prepared to head home for a two-week recess and to hear from skeptical voters about the legislation. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405003 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:40:41 +0100 3405003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405009&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F26%2Fopinion%2F26cohn.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Making the most out of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will depend on something a little less exciting: putting the existing plan into action. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405009 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3405009 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405008&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F26%2Fopinion%2F26ryan.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd But a serious fix for what ails health care in America will entail far more than merely tweaking the new law of the land; we will need to repeal the entire faulty architecture of the government behemoth and replace it with real reform. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405008 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3405008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405007&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704094104575143723100528284.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd In the wake of Washington's health-care overhaul, some companies are taking big one-time charges for anticipated costs, fanning tension with the administration over the legislation's impact on corporate America. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405007 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3405007 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405006&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2010-03-25-health-care-moments_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The proposal to overhaul the nation's health care system started a year ago with optimistic predictions that the "stars were in alignment" for an idea that had been a Democratic promise for decades, and became President Obama's defining legislative initiative. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405006 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3405006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405005&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0310%2F35057.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd With the 22 strokes of President Barack Obama’s pen this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius became vastly more powerful, with huge responsibility — and leeway — as the bill’s massive changes are implemented. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405005 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3405005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3405004&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704094104575143951112969586.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama returned Thursday to the city where he launched his health care plan nearly three years ago to sell the final product, part of a broader economic agenda that is gaining legislative steam in Washington. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3405004 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3405004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409235&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2010-03-24-abortion_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Both sides in the abortion debate came to a rare agreement on Wednesday: The executive order on abortion signed by President Obama, they said, was basically meaningless. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409235 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409237&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fwashington%2F2010-03-23-health-poll-favorable_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd More Americans now favor than oppose the health care overhaul that President Obama signed into law Tuesday, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds — a notable turnaround from surveys before the vote that showed a plurality against the legislation. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409237 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409237 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409236&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704896104575139522743971904.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health-care system, as the yearlong political brawl over the measure entered a new phase that might only be settled in this fall's elections. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409236 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409236 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409240&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704841304575138140159336402.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Opponents of the health-care overhaul awaiting President Barack Obama's signature said Monday they would quickly file legal challenges, potentially giving the U.S. Supreme Court a fresh opportunity to reopen questions about the limits of federal power. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409240 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409239&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704117304575138060902427830.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd With the health bill passed, the focus now turns to enacting the most-massive changes to the health system in more than four decades. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409239 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409238&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F22%2FAR2010032203729.html%3Fhpid%3Dtopnews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Although they shared Obama's desire to vastly expand the nation's health-care system, they were divided over how to salvage his signature policy proposal. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409238 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409238 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409243&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704117304575137370275522704.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd A look at the key parts of the bill and when they go into effect. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409243 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409242&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704454004575135902210363476.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd After more than a year battling Democratic health-overhaul proposals, insurers face changes that will reshape their market. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409242 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3409241&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F22%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F22health.html%3Fhp%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd House Democrats approved a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health system on Sunday, voting over unanimous Republican opposition to provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans after an epic political battle that could define the differences between the parties for years. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3409241 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3409241 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383893&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F18%2FAR2010031801153.html%3Fhpid%3Dtopnews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Pushing toward a Sunday vote that could transform the nation's health-insurance system, House leaders announced a $940 billion compromise Thursday that would extend coverage to the vast majority of Americans, cut billions of dollars from Medicare, and impose new taxes on the wealthy and the well-insured. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383893 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:40:43 +0100 3383893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383894&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F19%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F19arizona.html%3Fref%3Dhealth%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Arizona on Thursday became the first state to eliminate its Children’s Health Insurance Program when Gov. Jan Brewer signed an austere budget that will leave nearly 47,000 low-income children without coverage. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383894 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383895&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704059004575128133740125158.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_WSJ_US_HealthCareReform26_4%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Democrats can point to extensive precedent for the "deeming" maneuver they might use to pass their health-care overhaul, but Republicans—and some legal scholars—say the tactic has never been employed for such a major piece of legislation, and may be unconstitutional to boot. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383895 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383896&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2010%2F03%2F17%2Fmiddle-class-losing-healt_n_501098.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd It's the biggest "doughnut hole" of them all: Members of the middle class are losing their health insurance faster than any other income group, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383896 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383900&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F15health.html%3Fref%3Dtodayspaper%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd The yearlong legislative fight over health care is drawing to a frenzied close as a multimillion-dollar wave of advertising that rivals the ferocity of a presidential campaign takes aim at about 40 House Democrats whose votes will help determine the fate of President Obama’s top domestic priority. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383900 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383899&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F2010-03-14-healthstates_N.htm%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd In a backlash against President Obama's health care legislation that stretches from Virginia to California, lawmakers in more than two-thirds of the states are scrambling to undercut the bill before it even passes Congress. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383899 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383899 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383898&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FAR2010031500552.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383898 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3383897&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upi.com%2FHealth_News%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2FReport-If-no-reform-premiums-could-double%2FUPI-46721268678224%2F%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd If healthcare is not reformed, uninsured Americans could pay twice as much for health insurance in 10 years, a U.S. foundation says. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3383897 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100 3383897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360209&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Faponline%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2FAP-US-Health-Care-Overhaul.html%3F_r%3D1%26scp%3D9%26sq%3Dhealth%2520reform%26st%3Dcse%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Top Democrats say they are resolving disputes over President Barack Obama's health overhaul plan, but they face decisions on subsidizing coverage and are still hunting votes to push the vast package through Congress. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360209 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:40:25 +0100 3360209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360210&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F11%2FAR2010031103144.html%3Fhpid%3Dtopnews%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Democratic leaders said Thursday that they were increasingly inclined to release a final health-care bill that could accomplish two of President Obama's top domestic priorities: guaranteeing coverage to 30 million uninsured Americans and vastly expanding federal aid for college students. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360210 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360210 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360212&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2010%2F03%2F10%2FAR2010031003444.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Members of Congress do not like to be rushed. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360212 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360212 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360211&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0310%2F34235.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama is pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to go further than Obama has previously disclosed to strip the final health care reform bill of the narrow deals aimed at appeasing specific senators. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360211 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360214&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704145904575112103505931106.html%3FKEYWORDS%3Dhealth%2Breform%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Some of the largest U.S. business groups announced a multimillion-dollar television advertising campaign aimed at defeating the Democrats' pending health-care legislation, as both backers and opponents of the initiative sought to target wavering lawmakers in what is expected to be the final phase of the legislative process. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360214 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360213&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0310%2F34159.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd It’s taken Democrats a year to finalize their health care bill, so it should come as no surprise that they’re now fighting about the endgame — including an increasingly public spat about when a final push for passage should take place. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360213 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360216&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703936804575108080266520738.html%3FKEYWORDS%3Dhealth%2Breform%2Bpasses%2Bthe%2Bcost%2Btest%2Bdavid%2Bcutler%26mg%3Dcom-wsj%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Many people are worried that the health-care reform proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats will fail to bend the "cost curve." (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360216 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360215&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessweek.com%2Fnews%2F2010-03-09%2Fobama-criticizes-insurers-in-bid-to-sway-public-on-health-plan.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama and his top health official are stepping up attacks on the nation’s insurers as they work to sway public opinion and persuade lawmakers to back U.S. health-care legislation. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360215 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360215 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360218&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0310%2F34044.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Obama shakes hands with health care professionals after talking about health care reform in the East Room of the White House. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360218 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3360217&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748704706304575107752217143056.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_latestheadlines%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd Some House Democrats wavering over whether to back a health-care overhaul questioned whether it would effectively curb the country's health costs, highlighting a difficult issue that the White House and congressional leaders must address in the final negotiations on the measure. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3360217 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3360217 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3336356&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Faponline%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2FAP-US-Health-Overhaul-Abortion.html%3F_r%3D1%26scp%3D11%26sq%3Dhealth%26st%3Dcse%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd On the other side of the obstacle course that President Barack Obama must clear to get his health care overhaul, a final trapdoor is lurking: the divisive politics of abortion. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3336356 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:40:05 +0100 3336356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3336357&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F03%2F05%2Fhealth%2Fpolicy%2F05health.html%3Fref%3Dtodayspaper%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Obama, beginning a full-court press for his health care overhaul, met Thursday with insurance industry executives and House Democrats as party leaders on Capitol Hill struggled to figure out whether they could meet the president’s timetable for enacting legislation within a few weeks. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3336357 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3336357 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3336359&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.salon.com%2Fwires%2Fallwires%2F2010%2F03%2F04%2FD9E7TINO0_us_health_care_overhaul%2Findex.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd House Democratic leaders are pushing to finish far-reaching health legislation and hold a climactic vote in the next three weeks, aiming to overcome reluctance from the rank-and-file lawmakers while answering President Barack Obama's challenge for swift action. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3336359 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3336359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3336358&cid=s_36557_4_f&fid=36557&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052748703862704575099561273510680.html%3Fcid%3Dxrs_rss-nd President Barack Obama opened the final act of a year-long drama over health-care legislation Wednesday, calling on Democrats in Congress to approve the sweeping bill despite political risks and Republican opposition. (Source: RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage) RWJF News Digest - Health Insurance Coverage news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3336358 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 3336358