Vermont passes health insurance exchange, pushes forward on single payer – CivSource

May 17th, 2012

Vermont Public Radio

Vermont passes health insurance exchange, pushes forward on single payer
CivSource
Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a new health care bill into law that will create a health insurance exchange and continue the state's push toward a single payer health system. Several hundred million dollars in federal subsidies will be ...
With Governor's Signature, Health Care Bill Becomes LawVermont Public Radio

Vt. governor signs health "exchange" billCBS News

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Nearly 62000 ‘uninsurable’ patients could lose coverage if the health care law … – The Republic

May 17th, 2012

The Associated Press

Nearly 62000 'uninsurable' patients could lose coverage if the health care law ...
The Republic
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR AP WASHINGTON — Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack ...
Fate of some patients hinges on Supreme CourtHouston Chronicle


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Arizona eyes new role on health insurance reviews – CBS News

May 17th, 2012

Arizona eyes new role on health insurance reviews
CBS News
PHOENIX — Arizona is one of more than two dozen states challenging the federal health care overhaul, but Republican Gov. Jan Brewer's administration is moving to implement part of the contested law by reviewing health insurance rates to see if they ...

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Nurses playing crucial role in American health care (5/17/2012) – PennLive.com

May 17th, 2012

Nurses playing crucial role in American health care (5/17/2012)
PennLive.com
Our Opinion: The community should take a moment to salute its nurses, who are an integral part of health care both in and outside of hospitals. We would have to look long and hard to find someone in Berks County who has not been cared for by a nurse, ...

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Legislatures Push Health Care Changes In Disabled, Immigrant Care, Medical Boards – Kaiser Health News

May 17th, 2012

GoLocal Worcester

Legislatures Push Health Care Changes In Disabled, Immigrant Care, Medical Boards
Kaiser Health News
State lawmakers grapple with health care issues including establishing a new monitor for disabled care in New York, avoiding cuts for undocumented immigrant care in DC and a Massachusetts revamp of the state medical board. The State Senate unanimously ...
Health Care: No, the State Doesn't Know BestPatriot Post

GOP's post-SCOTUS plan takes shape - Both sides settle into debt fight ...Politico
Mass. health care debate pits cost vs. quality — and young vs. oldBoston Globe
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Ad attacks Obama health care, tax, debt promises – CBS News

May 17th, 2012

Ad attacks Obama health care, tax, debt promises
CBS News
In June 2009 Obama tells the American Medical Association in Chicago, "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan." The narrator declares that promise broken, adding, "Millions could lose their health care coverage ...

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New Bedford predicts surprising drop in health insurance costs – SouthCoastToday.com

May 17th, 2012

New Bedford predicts surprising drop in health insurance costs
SouthCoastToday.com
By NATALIE SHERMAN NEW BEDFORD — The city is expecting budgeted health insurance costs to decline by almost 10 percent next year, a surprising projection that experts called aggressive and unrealistic. The decrease, which represents $3.8 million in ...

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Families paying $20000 a year for health care – Gaston Gazette

May 17th, 2012

Families paying $20000 a year for health care
Gaston Gazette
That family will rack up $20728 in 2012, said the group, which publishes an annual medical index to measure average healthcare costs. It looks at 14 of the nation's largest cities. Because of the way employer-sponsored health insurance is paid for, ...
Miami has highest healthcare costs in country for private insuranceMiamiHerald.com


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State receives health care grant; plans to wait – Rapid City Journal

May 17th, 2012

WINA AM 1070

State receives health care grant; plans to wait
Rapid City Journal
The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that $181 million in grants has been awarded to six states – South Dakota, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington – to help develop a health insurance exchange program, ...
Understanding Health Insurance ExchangesMedscape

State receives new grant for health insurance marketplaceStatesman Journal
Senate rejects health insurance exchangeAlexandria Town Talk
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Senate rejects health insurance exchange – Alexandria Town Talk

May 17th, 2012

Senate rejects health insurance exchange
Alexandria Town Talk
AP BATON ROUGE -- A proposal that would have set up a body of elected and appointed officials to craft the health insurance exchanges that anchor President Barack Obama's health overhaul has failed to gain traction in the Louisiana Senate.

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