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House Republicans moved to divert money from the healthcare reform law's prevention and public health fund to shore up a program the law created to give temporary relief to Americans who can't otherwise afford health insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
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Interest groups and lawmakers are asking the Obama administration to clarify what makes a reasonably designed wellness program.
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A federal investigation into the meningitis outbreak intensified as lawmakers grilled the FDA commissioner about why the agency didn't do more to prevent the outbreak.
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It's estimated that in 2010, providers who self-referred patients for advanced imaging made about 400,000 more referrals than they would have had they not had a financial interest in the imaging equipment and that these referrals cost the Medicare system an additional $109 million, according to a...
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As the fungal meningitis death toll rose to 14, House lawmakers requested a briefing from the owner of the compounding pharmacy linked to a tainted steroid responsible for the outbreak.
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House lawmakers have requested bipartisan briefings with officials from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to learn how the federal agencies are responding to the meningitis outbreak that has left 12 dead.
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It's time to take down your bet on Medicare and Medicaid reform happening this year. The combination of slow spending growth and the upcoming fall election has made reform of the two programs a long shot for the remainder of 2012.
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Lawmakers repeated a request for information from Accretive Health after the company did not comply with a request for internal documents and a client list.
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Among all health industry groups with which the White House was negotiating deals leading up to passage of the 2010 healthcare law, drugmakers were seen by Washington Democrats as the key group, according to a yearlong investigation by House Republican staff.
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Despite a veto threat from the White House, the House passed legislation that would prevent $78 billion in defense cuts and supplant them with steep cuts to domestic programs such as Medicare.
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