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Medicare charges vary widely at California hospitals, new data show
Federal officials are shedding new light on how much hospital bills vary across Southern California and the rest of the country. Medicare released pricing information Wednesday for more than 3,300 U.S. hospitals on the top 100 procedures and...
Tags: Pneumonia, Medicare, St. Joseph Medical Center, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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Healthcare puts Jerry Brown, Capitol Democrats on different sides
SACRAMENTO — With California's deficit wiped out and its economy starting to hum, this was to be a year when Gov. Jerry Brown was free of the budget logjams that have paralyzed the Capitol. But instead, the governor has a fight on his hands...Tags: National Government, Holly J. Mitchell, Barack Obama, Jerry Brown, Executive Branch
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NC protesters risk arrest to highlight concerns about GOP
The News & ObserverThe historians, doctors, preachers, lawyers, raging grannies, students and others gathered around the second-floor fountain inside the Legislative Building and belted out "This Little Light of Mine" and other songs. They were diverse in age and...Tags: Justice and Rights, Tea Party Movement, Entertainment, Wake County, Medicaid
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Oklahoma's alternative to 'Obamacare' unlikely before January 2015, consultant says
Tulsa WorldThe "Oklahoma Plan" alternative to "Obamacare" surely won't be ready to go in effect before the beginning of 2015, a consultant told the state's Medicaid oversight board Thursday. In the interim, the state should not give up on its Insure Oklahoma...Tags: Government Health Care, Private Health Care, Mary Fallin, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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IU Health leader Dan Evans discusses impact of health care law
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.IU Health's President and CEO Dan Evans said Thursday that after Jan. 1, when most Americans will have to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, hospital emergency departments will continue to provide care to those who refuse to buy the mandated coverage....Tags: Employment Opportunities, Healthcare Laws, Medicare, Health and Safety at Work, Health Insurance Cost
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Overselling Obamacare
WASHINGTON -- It's the great moral imperative behind the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"): People should not be denied health care because they can't afford insurance. Health status and insurance are assumed to be connected, and opponents have often been...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Prostate Cancer, Diabetes
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Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show
New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation's hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The...
Tags: Pneumonia, Medicare, Insurance, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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California calls for more disclosure of medical costs [video chat]
California officials are looking to build on a federal effort to disclose more healthcare pricing information to consumers. Medicare officials released new data this week that showed wildly different hospital charges across the nation for 100 of the...
Tags: Pneumonia, Medicare, Healthcare Laws, Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice
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CalPERS panel recommends 3 new HMO plans alongside Blue Shield
A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System backed its staff's recommendation to break up Blue Shield of California's statewide HMO contract. The agency's pension and health benefits committee voted Tuesday in favor of awarding...
Tags: General Motors Corp., California Public Employees' Retirement System, Collective Contract, Healthcare Contract Issues, Government
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IRS deals employers a setback in healthcare rules: lawyers
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employer-sponsored healthcare plans cannot include most "wellness programs" as part of minimum coverage requirements, dealing a setback to many businesses, according to new federal rules for U.S. President Barack Obama's...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Health and Safety at Work, Business, Judges, Barack Obama
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Obama's budget eyes health costs, cigarette tax
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the...
Tags: Medicare, Healthcare Laws, Business, Health Insurance Cost, Tobacco Products
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Aetna Beats Analysts' Expectations, Net Income Lower On Coventry Purchase
The Hartford CourantAetna beat analysts' expectations Tuesday, reporting strong operating income for the first three months of the year compared with 2012. Net income was lower, however, because of costs related to buying Coventry Health Care Inc. Aetna announced plans in...Tags: Medicare, Coventry Health Care Inc., Earnings, Aetna Inc., Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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