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The recession and weak recovery are by far the biggest culprits behind recent record-slow growth in health spending, according to a new analysis.
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Nearly a year after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared that his state wouldn't tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Louisiana's Medicaid program, lawmakers will take their first vote on whether to challenge his stance.
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The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal deficits.
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As many doctors struggle to keep their practices financially sound, some are buckling under money woes and being pushed into bankruptcy.
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Indiana University Health wouldn't say anything more about shelving expansion plans for Methodist Hospital other than a brief e-mail that contained this: “Because of several external factors, such as lingering recession and healthcare reform-related uncertainties, IU Health has delayed the...
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Of the more than half-dozen hospitals in the New York area forced to close because of damage from Superstorm Sandy, only one has yet to reopen, idling hundreds of workers for months and forcing thousands of residents to travel farther for emergency healthcare.
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A sober discussion on trimming $4 trillion from the national debt got off to an unusual start. Erskine Bowles, who was co-chairman of a commission on fiscal responsibility convened by President Barack Obama, began with a shoutout to his personal orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Walter Beaver, who Bowles...
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The Senate passed a spending plan that retains the so-called sequester cuts that will drain 2% from Medicare reimbursement for services rendered after March 31.
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Hospital consumer prices increased 0.8% last month after the prior month's 0.2% rise, newly released federal figures show.
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“It hasn't always been smooth,” but major progress has been made on health IT, Marilyn Tavenner said.
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