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Lawmakers press Accretive for documents, client list

By Melanie Evans | June 21, 2012 | Basic Web

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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Drug industry was at center of reform dealing, GOP investigators say

By Rich Daly | May 31, 2012 | Basic Web

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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House passes bill that cuts health programs while sparing defense

By Jessica Zigmond | May 10, 2012 | Basic Web

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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Fire spreads | Congress wants more on Accretive

By Melanie Evans | May 05, 2012 | Print Magazine

Accretive Health faces a congressional inquiry as executives moved to defend the company's business practices following a highly critical report from Minnesota's attorney general.
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Lawmakers request client list from Accretive

By Melanie Evans | May 02, 2012 | Basic Web

Members of the U.S. House asked Accretive Health's CEO for a list of clients and information on the company's policies on compliance with federal emergency room access, patient privacy and debt collection laws.
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Dems press for openness on essential benefits

By Jessica Zigmond | February 06, 2012 | Basic Web

A small group of House Democrats expressed concern about HHS allowing states to determine the definition of essential health benefit packages.
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Lawmakers seek hearings on medical devices

By Jessica Zigmond | October 12, 2011 | Basic Web

A small group of House Democrats has asked two influential House committees for hearings to examine medical devices that have developed serious defects after being implanted in patients.
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Squeezing drug costs | Rx spending targeted in Dems' deficit-cutting plans

By Rich Daly | July 25, 2011 | Print Magazine

Will an eventual deficit-reduction deal include savings from changes to federal prescription-drug programs? A growing number of Democrats are discussing that possibility and pushing their preferred approaches.
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Criticisms of FDA dismissed as ‘promotional'

By Rich Daly | July 20, 2011 | Basic Web

Recent analyses that concluded the Food and Drug Administration's device review process was overly burdensome and creating unnecessary obstacles merely amounted to “promotional pieces,” according to Democrat-requested analyses.
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Democrats to McKinsey: 'Prove it'

By Rich Daly | June 17, 2011

Democrats from the White House on down are pushing back hard on a recent study concluding that up to 30% of employers providing health insurance coverage to 180 million workers will drop it after more provisions of the 2010 federal healthcare law are implemented in 2014.
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