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The healthcare industry is on the cusp of its most dramatic transformation since the advent of Medicare and Medicaid. As the new editor of Modern Healthcare, I have been granted a precious gift.
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The headline on the cover of our magazine this week—“Forward”—is an obvious reference to the slogan used by the Barack Obama campaign during this election season.
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Last week offered the usual steady diet of reports, studies and analyses in the news, inside and outside of healthcare. But as is often the case today, the data are interconnected.
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In the scramble to find ways to slow rising healthcare costs, experts are finding good ideas from organizations that are virtually unknown beyond their hometowns.
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As we approach this year’s presidential election, Affordable Care Act health reform legislation will continue to take on life as one of the “hot potato” issues of the year due to its expanded role of government and accelerating costs over the next 10 years. This partisan debate...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is the only Blues plan in the country with its own state enabling legislation.
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"It is truly the first civil rights act of the 21st century." The words of Sen. Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, struck an optimistic note in 2008. After 12 years of struggle, congressional action to protect Americans from genetic discrimination was providing a rare respite in a period of...
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We no longer have to wonder about what the future under Obamacare may look like, as it has been forced on Massachusetts in legislation just passed as Senate Bill 2400.
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Last week, Massachusetts took the next significant step in reforming its healthcare system: a bill that will save the state as much as $200 billion in the next 15 years. Monday, Governor Deval Patrick signed it into law, saying that Massachusetts has "cracked the code" on controlling healthcare...
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Timing. That’s the crucial element missing from the rancorous debate, prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s healthcare ruling, over whether states will decide not to expand Medicaid.
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