Healthcare Reform news and information

Modern Healthcare reporter Maureen McKinney talks with Michael Tarwater, CEO of Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, N.C.
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Washington is once again in the grip of scandal fever. The Benghazi e-mails; the IRS targeting of conservative groups; allegations that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius shook down healthcare companies to promote the insurance expansion in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The...
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The Oregon Health Authority released its benchmark-setting report tracking the progress of the state's Medicaid transformation program, which is projected to save $11 billion over the next 10 years.
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Democrats and Republicans played another game of political tennis this week when House Republicans served up another vote to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Democrats returned a litany of reasons why the 2010 law is good for Americans.
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The Republican-controlled Arizona Senate passed a state budget that includes expansion of the state Medicaid program.
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The chairmen of two House Ways and Means subcommittees this week pressed HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to address privacy concerns regarding workers who will help consumers buy health coverage through state insurance exchanges.
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For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Republican lawmakers asked the GAO to investigate HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' fundraising efforts for a private organization to help implement the healthcare reform law.
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When Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, told HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that he worried Obamacare’s implementation was headed for a “train wreck,” she publicly promised to bring him into the loop.
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Marilyn Tavenner was easily confirmed Wednesday as the first permanent CMS administrator since 2006.
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