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Rising Healthcare Costs Hurting Industries with Most Employer-Sponsored Insurance
Bus tour, campaign-style events to promote healthcare reform
Health bill would cut drug spending for many on Medicare, budget office says
Healthcare overhaul's quandary: Costs vs. fairness
Poll: Americans more confident on healthcare costs
Reactions to health bill make some Democrats wary
August 28, 2009
Sebelius: Health Reform Will Reduce Medicare Costs, Coverage Threats
Is HIPAA's New Harm Threshold Good News or Bad?
Public Backs Healthcare Reform, But No Consensus on Specifics
UnitedHealth discounts some drug copays
Amid the acrimony, Congress has consensus on some healthcare issues
Some Roman Catholic bishops assail Obama's health plan
Dealing with being the healthcare villains
August 27, 2009
Medical price shopping hits Web in Minnesota
Seniors' Healthcare Costs Soar, Even With Inflation Adjustment
Can Healthcare Reform Become Reality Without Sen. Kennedy?
Pharmacy war heats up on Walgreen-Caterpillar deal
Cooperatives' record is up for debate
How competitive is the health insurance market?
Abortion is new front in health battle
August 26, 2009
Healthcare Costs Expected to Rise 10.5% in Next 12 Months
Latest CBO Estimates Show Need to Tackle Rising Healthcare Costs
New Efforts to Insure Young Adults May Beat Reform Proposals to the Punch
Announcing the 2009 Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare
San Francisco universal healthcare praised
WellStar, Aetna reach agreement
Health reform provision aimed at union retirees
Competition lacking among private health insurers
VA wrongly tells veterans they have ALS
August 25, 2009
Americans Doubt Healthcare Reform Will Improve Quality, Cost
Grassley airs doubts about health bill
GOP tees up Medicare manifesto
Group aims at 8 senators for public option
August 24, 2009
Public Plan, Co-ops Remain on Health Reform Plate
Health insurers' profits induce ire
Healthcare insurers get upper hand
Obama challenges critics of healthcare overhaul
Insurers' employees counter criticism
Senate Democrats consider tactic to push through government health plan
Lieberman says many changes to health care system can wait
August 21, 2009
No Health Reform Plan Features Major Medicare Changes
Public Plan is Being Swiftboated
Taxing Health Benefits Would Hurt Poor Working Families More Than The Rich
Health premiums up 95% since 2000
Key senators discuss trimming health bill
Faith in Obama drops as reform fears rise
Elderly concerned about health reform
Obama faults GOP in health debate
A floundering campaign on healthcare
August 20, 2009
Co-opting Public Plans
Grassley urges scaling back on healthcare reform effort
Obama calls health plan a moral obligation
Insurers asked about pay, practices
New Rx for health plan: Split bill
Health insurers eye social networking
Healthcare co-ops emerging as viable alternative
August 19, 2009
OIG Audits Find More Providers Overcharging Medicare
Public option was not intended as major focus for Obama administration
The next healthcare battle: Cutting Medicare Advantage
Democrats seem set to go it alone on a health bill
Health co-ops' fans like cost and care, but successful models still rare
Conrad defends health co-ops plan
Tackling the mystery of how much healthcare costs
August 18, 2009
Public option called essential
Cooperatives being pushed as an alternative to a government plan
Alternate plan as health option muddies debate
Lack of Medicare appointee puzzles Congress
August 17, 2009
Four Lessons: Grand Junction Stands Out in the Healthcare Reform Debate
Obama administration hints that public option is not only way to go
Tennessee experiment's high cost fuels healthcare debate
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to end ties with hospital
Immigrants to soon lose Massachusetts health insurance
UK health system, maligned in United States, draws praise at home
August 14, 2009
Senate Finance Expected to Kill House's End-of-Life Care Provision
Bioethicists Counteract Three Healthcare Reform Myths
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Puts Bank Up for Sale
BCBS Study Shows Low Health Plan Administrative Costs
Obama to take on healthcare critics
Policymakers Can Learn From California's Failed Insurance Exchange
Ad campaign counterattacks against overhaul's critics
California board votes to drop healthcare coverage for 60,000 children
At Indiana forum, skepticism of overhaul reigns
August 13, 2009
For lawmakers, health-plan anger keeps coming
Under pressure, Obama defends healthcare plan
Connecticut officials seek end to increases in health insurance rates
Obama injects himself into health talks, despite risks
Health reform rhetoric gets personal for Britons
August 12, 2009
AHIP Criticizes 'Exorbitant' Out-of-Network Charges
Utah Tests Health Exchange Idea
Obama faces 'scare tactics' head-on
Survey finds high fees common in medical care
Senator goes face to face with healthcare dissent
Many seniors are not sure healthcare system needs repair
Los Angeles-area uninsured flood a clinic at sports arena
August 11, 2009
HHS Fires up Rhetoric Against Health Insurance Industry
BCBS Companies Took Loss in 2008
Prevention May Prove Costly
White House adapts to new playbook in healthcare debate
Obama heads to town-hall meetings to discuss healthcare
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants
Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive
August 10, 2009
A primer on the details of healthcare reform
Expanding preventive care may add to costs, CBO says
Seniors remain wary of healthcare reform
Poll: Americans divided on healthcare overhaul
Atlanta-based St. Joseph's hospital's deadline insurance deal keeps patients insured
Tax on high-end health plans threatens wider group
August 7, 2009
Insurers' Rating Outlooks Take Tumble Because of Health Reform
Senate Finance Committee's Cooperatives Can't Replace Public Option
Senate's Proposed Employer Mandate has 'Deep Flaws'
Senate healthcare negotiators hope to keep deal alive during break
Democrats weigh the calculus of public insurance
Governors fear added costs in healthcare overhaul
France fights universal care's high cost
Senators hear concerns over costs of health proposal
Connecticut regulators OK rate hikes lower than Anthem sought
Michigan AG, Blue Cross agree to rate hike for 163,000
Insurance options for small firms studied in Massachusetts
August 6, 2009
Is There a Healthcare Reform Ad That Will Resonate with the Public?
Could A Massachusetts-Style Individual Mandate Work Across the Nation?
Senators closer to health package
Centrist Democrats upbeat on healthcare bill
United Agricultural Benefit Trust spotlighted as model for healthcare cooperatives
Healthcare debate: How many are actually uninsured?
Countdown to reform: Here come the co-ops
Key hearing set in lawsuit over Florida Medicaid
GOP activists pack town-hall meetings, shake support for healthcare bills
August 5, 2009
Voters Reject Deficit Spending for Healthcare Reform
More Than 50% of Poor Residents in Some Counties are Uninsured
Health lobbyists blitz Congress
Obama pushes Democrats for unity on health plan
Groups take health-reform debate to airwaves
For health insurers' lobbyist, good will is tested
Florida Medicaid clients dropped in computer failure
Medicare to cap home health payments amid rampant fraud
Health fund for Massachusetts jobless runs low
August 4, 2009
AHIP Decries Demonization of Private Health Insurance
Comparing the Three Main Health Reform Bills
Health plan opponents make voices heard
Senate Democrats willing to bypass GOP on health bill
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia will cover H1N1 vaccines
August 3, 2009
Health Card Companies Defrauding Hospitals and Patients Shut Down
Democrats find rallying points on health reform, but splinters remain
Two sides take healthcare debate outside Washington
Obama seeks to rally healthcare support by promising less
California deal leaves more kids uninsured
Health insurers fighting overhaul plan with cash
Atlanta-based St. Joseph's, United Healthcare contract may end