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House Passes First Version of Health Reform Bill, to be Signed Into Law This Week
(Matching tags: AMA,healthcare reform,insurance,House,HFMA,AHA,reconciliation) The House of Representatives on Sunday passed on a vote of 219-212 the same version of the health reform bill the U.S. Senate passed in Dec. 2009, opening the way for full enactment of the bill, according ... -
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BCBS of Michigan Abandons Plans to Purchase Physicians Health Plan After Threat of Antitrust Suit
(Matching tags: insurance,DOJ,antitrust,Blue Cross-Michigan,Physicians Health Plan) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's subsidiary, Blue Care Networks of Michigan, abandoned its attempt to purchase Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan after the Department of Justice informed the companies ... -
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COBRA Health Insurance Subsidies for Laid-Off Workers Due to Expire
(Matching tags: insurance,COBRA,uninsured patients) Unless Congress acts, the federal COBRA subsidy to help laid-off workers pay for health insurance will expire May 31, and on Feb. 28 new applicants won't have access to the subsidies, according to the ... -
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Minnesota Attorney General Suing Firms Selling Discount Health Insurance Cards
(Matching tags: Minnesota,insurance,Attorney General,Family Care,discount cards) The Minnesota Attorney General is suing two Texas-based companies that sell discount health insurance cards, claiming they used deceptive marketing practices, according to a release from the Attorney General. ... -
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Washington State Considers 'Public Option'
(Matching tags: insurance,public option,Washington,Health Care Authority) Washington state's Health Care Authority is asking private health insurers to help it craft a public insurance coverage option that would cost about $100 a month, according to a story in the Puget Sound ... -
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Rising Deductibles Exacerbating Year-End Demand for Healthcare
(Matching tags: insurance,elective surgery,out-of-pocket expensive) The usual year-end demand for elective surgeries and medical tests is being exacerbated by demand from the growing numbers of patients with high-deductible health plans, according to a report by the Minneapolis ... -
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N.C. Physicians Object to Contract Changes by Blue Cross Blue Shield
(Matching tags: insurance,North Carolina,Blue Cross Blue Shield,North Carolina Medical Society,contract) The North Carolina Medical Society, along with other state physician groups, oppose a contract addendum sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that the physicians say would allow the insurance ... -
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Senate Democrats Release $849B Health Reform Bill
(Matching tags: healthcare reform,Senate,insurance,taxes,uninsured) The Senate Democratic Leadership has released its health reform bill for floor debate and eventually a vote by the full Senate, following passage earlier this month of a companion House bill, according ...
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