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Analysis: Slow growth in health spending largely due to recession, weak economy
By Melanie Evans | April 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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La. lawmakers set to challenge Jindal on Medicaid expansion
By Associated Press | April 20, 2013
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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Simpson and Bowles offer modified budget plan
By Associated Press | April 19, 2013
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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Doctors driven to bankruptcy
By CNNMoney | April 09, 2013
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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Blog: Hospital construction delayed; blame the economy, reform
By Melanie Evans | March 25, 2013
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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N.Y. town eyes hospital reopening months after Sandy
By Frank Eltman / Associated Press | March 23, 2013
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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Healthcare called key driver of federal deficit
By Andis Robeznieks | March 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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Senate spending plan keeps healthcare sequester cuts
By Rich Daly | March 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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 CPI growth quickens in February; doc prices stay flat
By Melanie Evans | March 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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CMS chief lauds progress on IT
By Andis Robeznieks | March 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
“It hasn't always been smooth,” but major progress has been made on health IT, Marilyn Tavenner said.
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