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Medicare proposes changes for imaging, dialysis
Highmark, West Penn hospitals reach new contract
Massachusetts’ pioneering health plan turns 1
Cleveland Clinic hooks up with Weight Watchers
How California budget deadlock affects healthcare
Court lets state keep TennCare files
Debate over health insurance bills continues in Michigan
Medicare pricing frozen as Congress leaves town
June 27, 2008
Doctors face payment cuts for patients on Medicare
New Jersey moves closer to universal healthcare
Group abandons petition for state universal healthcare in Michigan
SEIU pushes for healthcare
Deadline nears on Highmark talks with Johnstown, PA, hospital system
June 26, 2008
Healthcare groups turn against Schwarzenegger budget plan for California
Health insurance lags most in Southwest, CDC says
WellPoint employees rewarded for patient care
June 25, 2008
U.S. health insurers look to China for growth
Massachusetts bill seeks expansion of health benefits
Washington, DC, sues CareFirst, says provider must donate millions
June 24, 2008
Blue Cross offers no-co-pay drug plans
Buyer beware in individual insurance market
Drug costs in a PA dispute
Kaiser agrees to improve health benefits in Colorado
Poorer patients have poorer survival after cancer diagnosis
Rising employer premiums threaten health coverage in Washington state, AARP finds
Study: California HMOs raked in $4 billion in profits
Illinois workers protest against proposed hike in healthcare costs
Error puts 16,000 Massachusetts residents in dark about benefits
June 23, 2008
Medical care pricing a tangled web
Health insurers’ meeting abuzz with political forecasting, and protests
June 20, 2008
Live from AHIP: Survey Results Shine Light on Opportunity
Live From AHIP: Is Healthcare Reform on the Way?
Consumer advocate sought for review of Pennsylvania health insurers' merger
Kennedy fights for Massachusetts Medicaid
Supreme Court upholds ruling on health benefits
June 19, 2008
Pittsburgh-area healthcare advocates to keep up fight
Live from AHIP: Waking Up to a Health Problem
CalPERS panel OKs new health benefits premiums
June 17, 2008
New Jersey tightens oversight of healthcare program
Graduates get creative to find health coverage
AMA issues first report card on health insurers
June 16, 2008
Health-insurance buyers lack safeguards, study says
Connecticut governor vetoes health pool bill
June 13, 2008
Insurers’ rate increases pass new scrutiny in Washington state
Study: Florida patients need HMO shield
Tennessee governor signs TennCare anti-fraud bill
Blue Cross of Massachusetts plans Web access to records
June 12, 2008
Gingrich suggests insurance mandate for some
Proposal would help small businesses get affordable coverage
Pennsylvania insurers paying agency’s advisers
Private health plans targeted in Medicare bill
June 11, 2008
Senate Republicans tout alternative Pennsylvania healthcare plan
Aetna proposes insurance reform
Bristol City Council urges universal healthcare in Connecticut
Anxiety over health insurance shapes life choices
June 10, 2008
Georgia breast cancer plan aimed at uninsured
Massachusetts insurers expand use of doctor rankings
Ranks of underinsured are rising, study finds
June 9, 2008
Highmark to give ’cyber’ funds to doctors
Wal-Mart’s detractors come in from the cold
For managed-care industry, next two weeks could be telling
Minnesota-based insurer’s venture to focus on wellness
What can happen if Blues compete
Clinton’s exit deals setback to the push for healthcare mandates
New York Medicaid to deny payment for hospital errors
June 6, 2008
Web site will help the uninsured in North Carolina find resources
New Jersey moves to tighten healthcare programs for poor
June 5, 2008
Health insurers, businesses seek to limit costs in Massachusetts
June 4, 2008
Study: Kentucky families need more help with insurance programs
Seattle-based Group Health plans to raise rates
Connecticut governor urged to delay new health plan for uninsured adults
June 3, 2008
Hopkins says CareFirst owes $2 million in claims
California legislators revive plans to expand healthcare insurance
Massachusetts health insurance gains detailed
Five percent of Massachusetts taxpayers uninsured, some fined
June 2, 2008
Let Wal-Mart fix U.S. healthcare
More young people going without health insurance
Effort to find ineligible Medi-Cal recipients worries some
Consumers a focus under New Jersey insurance proposal
Massachusetts tab for private sector healthcare rises
McCain’s free-market health plan would boost role of high-risk pools