Monthly Archives: March 2011
Health-Care Networks Allowed to Form Under White House Cooperation Rules
Hospitals and groups of doctors will be able to form networks [accountable care organizations] with the aim of cutting health-care costs by pooling services under regulations the Obama administration released.
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One Year Later: Better Benefits, Better Health
A year ago today, President Obama signed the landmark Affordable Care Act into law. In just one year, the law has already given Americans more freedom and control over their health care choices and insurance companies no longer call all the shots.
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Poll: Americans Split Over Healthcare Law
PRINCETON, N.J., March 22 (UPI) — U.S. residents remain split on the healthcare law a year after President Obama signed the legislation into law, a Gallup poll released Tuesday indicates.
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Obama Administration Appeals Healthcare Ruling
(Reuters) – The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a judge’s ruling in Florida that struck down its landmark healthcare overhaul law as unconstitutional because it required Americans to buy healthcare insurance or face a penalty.
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House Votes to Repeal 1099 Provision
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal an unpopular tax-reporting requirement affecting small business owners, in what would be the first substantial change to the sweeping health-care package signed into law last year.
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Judge stays healthcare ruling, gives White House deadline
A judge on Thursday put on hold his ruling that President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul was unconstitutional, allowing the White House to continue implementing the landmark legislation for now.
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HHS Secretary Sebelius announces Senate confirmation of Marilyn Tavenner
HHS: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this afternoon, that the United States Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “I’m pleased to announce that the Senate voted today to confirm Marilyn Tavenner as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services making her the first CMS administrator to be confirmed in over nine years. Marilyn brings with her a breadth of experience and expertise from virtually all angles of health care policy and delivery, having served as a hospital CEO, a state health official, and a registered nurse. Marilyn will serve in a critical role at CMS as we work to improve the health care for hundreds of millions of Americans.”
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Administration announces $1 billion initiative to launch Health Care Innovation Awards to provide better health care and lower costs
HHS: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a nearly $1 billion initiative that will fund awards and evaluation to build on the Obama administration’s work to transform the health care system by delivering better care and lowering costs. Made possible by the Affordable Care Act, the Health Care Innovation Awards provides another opportunity to improve the quality of health care and bring down costs for taxpayers and patients.
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