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How 'political intelligence' can come from Congress itself
By Washington Post | May 07, 2013
A recent conference call reveals the extent to which a pipeline of valuable political insight exists between Capitol Hill and Wall Street, one that ordinary Americans and investors do not enjoy.
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Economy less of a factor in slow growth for healthcare spending, new studies say
By Melanie Evans | May 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The recession's drag on health spending didn't fully explain the recent record slow growth in health spending, say studies that aim to identify what, if anything, suggests the slowdown may last.
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Researchers, Commonwealth urge new Medicare option
By Jessica Zigmond | May 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health researchers and the Commonwealth Fund are recommending a new Medicare option they say could reduce total health spending by $180 billion over 10 years.
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Unusual billing patterns spur probe of inpatient hospice care
By Joe Carlson | May 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
HHS' inspector general's office is launching an in-depth investigation into cases where Medicare hospice beneficiaries get inpatient care, following unusual billing patterns that surfaced during recent research on the $1.1 billion industry.
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Reform Update: PCORI board notes need for better communication
By Maureen McKinney | May 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The need for better communication—with research applicants, patients and practicing clinicians—was a frequent topic of discussion at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's board of governors meeting on Monday.
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W. Va.'s Medicaid expansion aided by key Obama administration adviser
By Lawrence Messina / Associated Press | May 05, 2013
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's decision to open Medicaid to more low-income West Virginians was reached neither quickly nor easily, administration officials say.
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Calif. Democrats at odds over Medicaid expansion
By Judy Lin / Associated Press | May 05, 2013
California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states.
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Funds to help uninsured choose healthcare options could affect how many get coverage
By Washington Post | May 05, 2013
The wide variation in states' spending to hire and train navigators and others to assist consumers in the first year of the new marketplaces could have a major impact on how many people actually get coverage under the new health law, experts say.
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Debate rages after FDA ruling on morning-after pill
By Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
Allison Guarino understands the controversy over new rules allowing 15-year-olds to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. But as someone who teaches pregnancy prevention to ninth-graders in Boston, she thinks lowering the age will "help the girls who need the help the most."
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States fear loss of aid for high-risk pools
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press | May 04, 2013
Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say.
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