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• in Politics
  Obama Announces a 40% Haircut!
  I'd rather take a 40% haircut on his promises than the 60% haircut that the European Union wants on its.
  by stephengfm / on Oct 25, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  Healthcare Reform in NHS - Is Competition Always Bad?
  Much is made of competition to improve healthcare. But does it need improving?
  by hugie / on May 29, 2011
• in Politics
  Because They Count Deaths, We GET Deaths.
  Patients (health care customers) GET what healthcare MEASURES: deaths, costs, complications & lawsuits.
  by uproothc / on Feb 24, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “healthcare reform”

 

• McCain Amendment, CBS News and World Leaders on Online Pharmacies

  
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  McCain Amendment. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced an amendment to the Pharmaceutical Drug User Fee Act authorization bill that would create explicitly legal access to and facilitate safe and affordable medicine from Canadian pharmacies through a government list of online pharmacies. Sen. McCain should be ...
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• Strong leaders - and cultures - start with self-awareness

  
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  During a session on great leadership at the Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago last Friday, four prominent healthcare executives talked about the characteristics of contemporary leaders and how they contribute to a multidisciplinary, team-based culture that is essential for success. Especially ...
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• iPad helps doctor improve work, connect with more patients

  
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  It is amazing to see how technology is changing the work physicians do each day. A great story below about how one doctor at Henry Ford Hospital is using an iPad and the Facetime application to connect with patients in a more timely manner.Dr. Craig Rogers explains that with Facetime he can check in with [...]
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• Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising

  
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  Americans are living longer even though obesity is rising thanks to prescription drugs and medical care. Unfortunately, fewer people can afford the healthcare required. The rising costs of healthcare are estimated at $190 billion per year and this preventable epidemic is bankrupting us as a nation. Slender For Life™ ...
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• UK Linkorama

  
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  The rise of resistant diseases is one of the biggest reasons I fear socialized medicine. Innovation is critical to the next century and I am afraid that price controls will kill it. Amazing pictures of the Kowloon City. This is why I read Joe Posnanski religiously. A post about nothing. And it’s ...
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• Will American Liberty Foil Barack Obama?

  
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  Will American Liberty Foil Barack Obama and repeal Obamacare? Photo Credit: ©2010 Miss Moneypenny Satire ~ Click to Enlarge Image Will American Liberty Foil Obama? On December 13th, 2010, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled the “individual mandate” of ObamaCare is unconstitutional citing that ...
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• Non-Discrimination Testing

  
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  Interested in knowing if you are discriminating against your employees? Each employer needs to be aware of the benefits available to all of their employees. The definition of non-discrimination is – fairness in treating people without prejudice. The Internal Revenue Code Section 105 (h) applies to self-funded plans ...
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• The 2013 Tax Increase obama Pledged Would Never Happen

  
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  If the White House and Congress don’t act this year, a huge, unprecedented tax increase described by Ben Bernanke as a “massive fiscal cliff” will slam American taxpayers. This looming tax hike will result mostly from letting long-standing tax policies expire at the end of 2012. Instead of waiting until after ...
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• Healthcare Costs for American Families in 2012 Exceed $20,000 For The First Time

  
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  Healthcare Costs for American Families in 2012 Exceed $20,000 For The First Time Every year the Milliman Medical Index (MMI) measures the total cost of healthcare for a typical family of four covered by a preferred provider organization (PPO) plan. For 2012 the MMI cost has reached $20,728, an increase of $1,335 or ...
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• Food Revolution Day

  
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  Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day is Saturday, May 19. This is your chance for you to help put an end to childhood obesity and an end to the preventable obesity epidemic that is escalating healthcare costs and budget deficits worldwide. You can make a difference by connecting with your community through events at ...
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• Sebelius Gets Education on the Constitution but Left Might Get a Weapon

  
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  The First Amendment is bandied about more often than just about any of the others, and it got a full work-out thanks to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) during his grilling of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. It definitely is worth viewing, even if you’ve seen it before: While that was undoubtedly ...
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• Local Dems running hard with student-loan issue

  
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  Democrats are running hard with the student-loan issue, including some efforts here in the Bay Area. The interest rate on need-based student loans will double to 6.8 percent July 1 unless a law is passed. Both sides of the aisle appear to favor freezing the interest rate, yet each side is using the question of [...]
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• $122.3 mil in grants to California health centers

  
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  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced almost $122.3 million in grants awarded to California community health centers – including about $24.9 million in the greater Bay Area – under the Affordable Care Act health care reform law. Grantees estimate these awards will help them serve ...
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• Less is More: HHS’s Austerity Care

  
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  By Tom Norton As the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) circles around the elements of health care that will actually be included in our new “Essential Health Benefits” ( EHB ), one aspect of the EHB offering has caused a tremendous stir among dozens of health groups.  Their collective concern is ...
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• Senator Scott Brown (R) acknowledges insuring his daughter through Obamacare... even though he wants to repeal it.

  
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  Senator Scott Brown, who won office vowing to be the 41st vote to block President Obama’s health care law, and who has since voted three times to repeal it, acknowledged Monday that he takes advantage of one of its components to keep his elder daughter on his congressiona …
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• The Income Divide in Healthcare

  
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  A survey of American adults indicates that 57% of those living in families that earn less than 133% of the federal poverty level were uninsured at some point in 2011. Just 12% of those living at 400% of the poverty …
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• Health insurers to issue more than $1B in rebates to customers, employers

  
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  If you sponsor a health plan, and you’re not self-insured, you could be getting a nice fat check from your insurance carrier this August. Beginning in the 2011 calendar year, the healthcare reform law has required insurers spend at least 80 cents of each premium dollar they take in over the course of a year — ...
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• Think Small?

  
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  I frequently joke with those that I work with that my dream job is to be the “Vice President of Big Thinking.”  It would be great to have the time to take all of the complex issues we are facing in healthcare, sit in a room and come up with big ideas and big solutions.  Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to ...
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• Fox’s Hannity Denies That Women Face Discrimination From Insurers In The Absence Of Health Care Reform

  
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    This week, Fox News host Sean Hannity scoffed at the idea that women face discriminatory practices from the health insurance industry, arguing that it is "disinformation" to claim that repeal of the health care reform law, which bans such practices, will again subject women to unfair and discriminatory treatment ...
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• Why Health Care Reform Could Leave Us All Worse Off

  
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