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State exchanges report strong interest from young people
By Maureen McKinney | October 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A few states running their own insurance exchanges are touting high levels of interest from young people, a demographic group widely viewed as the linchpin of the healthcare reform law's success.
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Commonwealth Fund to track reform's progress
By Andis Robeznieks | September 12, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The head of the Commonwealth Fund announced that the 95-year-old foundation will adopt a new direction, including tracking the progress of the federal healthcare reform law and the performance of the nation's healthcare system.
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Reform Update: H&R Block, online insurance broker team up to sell health plans
By Jonathan Block | September 05, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
GoHealth, an online health insurance broker, said Wednesday it will develop a service for tax preparer H&R Block to enable consumers to purchase health insurance while getting their income taxes done.
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Working to keep reform on track | A changing industry poses challenges for healthcare leaders across all sectors
By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Now really, who else could it be? Is anyone else other than Kathleeen Sebelius managing a $941 billion budget and tasked with moving the massive reform law from paper to reality?
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Lobbying for change | Leaders of trade groups, associations work to spread their influence
By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As reform pushes healthcare into uncharted terrain, groups in different industry sectors are staking out new territory, defending their turf or just trying to survive.
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Reform Update: PCORI to award $300 million for research
By Jaimy Lee | August 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The organization created under the healthcare reform law to test the comparative effectiveness of treatment options is about to open the flow of money going to research projects.
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Targeting bad debt | Hospitals getting proactive on billing
By Beth Kutscher | August 17, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As patients are forced to pay a bigger share of their medical bills, bad debt will remain a concern for providers—even as more Americans gain insurance coverage under healthcare reform.
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Immigration safety net | Overhaul not likely to improve healthcare access
By Joe Carlson | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
If legislation to overhaul the U.S. immigration system ever becomes law, it's still likely to leave millions of citizens-to-be relying on safety net healthcare providers for years to come.
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The new normal? | Shift to outpatient care, payer pressure hit hospitals
By Beth Kutscher and Melanie Evans | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Three years ago, Henry Ford Health System began to overhaul how its doctors and nurses care for patients outside the Detroit-based system's six hospitals. Now it must face the economic strains of its own success, as fewer patients turn up to fill hospital beds.
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Reform Update: Immigration bill no help for uninsured on path to citizenship
By Joe Carlson | August 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is vowing to prevent a vote on immigration reform even though the latest reports from Capitol Hill suggest as many as 40 or 50 Republicans are willing to back some version of the legislation that passed the Senate last June.
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