Leslie Nicholson: Health insurance savings are a home run for kids - Enterprise News

Leslie Nicholson: Health insurance savings are a home run for kids Enterprise News, MA - 27 minutes ago But here’s why this inside baseball could be a home run for Massachusetts children. GIC stands for “Group Insurance Commission” — the entity that provides ...
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Report: State has options to widen health care The Olympian, WA - 8 hours ago Tinkering with insurance markets to let younger adults buy reduced-benefit
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Attorneys General in Massachusetts, Minnesota Take Action Against ... - Kaiser network.org

Attorneys General in Massachusetts , Minnesota Take Action Against ... Kaiser network.org, DC - 23 hours ago ... health care provider Partners HealthCare illegally conspired since 2000 to increase the costs of health insurance statewide, the Boston Globe reports. ...
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Politico Report: Obama Should Act Quickly on Health Overhaul CQPolitics.com, DC - 1 hour ago Under Wyden’s legislation consumers would choose their health insurance coverage from a pool of plans.
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Momentum Gathers for Truly Universal Health Care - AlterNet

Momentum Gathers for Truly Universal Health Care AlterNet, CA - 8 hours ago ... to put forward a Massachusetts -style plan, adopting an approach the state initiated in 2006. It mandated that each resident purchase health insurance , ...
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Boston Globe Patrick cuts budget Berkshire Eagle, MA - 8 hours ago He also expressed his disappointment to the governor that cities and towns do not have the authority to design health insurance plans on
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Kennedy's 40-Year Push For Universal Coverage (WBUR Boston)

When Sen. Ted Kennedy files a highly anticipated bill that would ensure all Americans have health insurance, he may cap a campaign that began, for him, in 1969.
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Power to the towns Boston Globe, United States - 13 hours ago Allowing municipalities more leeway to design health insurance plans for their workers is the most effective way to bring fiscal relief, according to ...
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Patient choice should drive health reform - Boston Globe

Patient choice should drive health reform Boston Globe, United States - 11 hours ago Almost all buyers of health insurance purchase plans with limited cost-sharing mechanisms, such as co- insurance , deductibles, or co-payments. ... Editorial: Hospital power plays Providence Journal Viewpoint: Socialized medicine and the Massachusetts mess Mineral Wells Index all 3 news articles
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Quality of rural health care varies widely, says report Amador Ledger-Dispatch, CA -
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Health Provisions Among Public's Top Priorities For Economic Stimulus - SYS-CON Media

Boston Globe Health Provisions Among Public's Top Priorities For Economic Stimulus SYS-CON Media, NJ - 2 hours ago Americans rank helping the newly unemployed afford health insurance coverage second (picked by 33% as a top priority) behind helping businesses keep or ... Visions for Change in US Health Care — The Players and the ... New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) Washington outlook: This time they mean it ModernHealthcare.com Congress Takes Up Children’s Health Program — Again
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High stakes in health battle - Boston Globe

Current World News High stakes in health battle Boston Globe, United States - 13 hours ago ... Shield of Massachusetts over the reimbursement rate for doctors at the hospital is Exhibit B of the dysfunction of the state's health insurance system. ... Tufts Medical Threatens to Drop Massachusetts Blue Cross Over Pay Wall Street Journal Blogs Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation Awards $635000 ... Earthtimes (press release) OUR OPINION: Some reasonable questions in this unreasonable
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Massachusetts Ups Penalties for Lack of Health Coverage - Workforce Management

Massachusetts Ups Penalties for Lack of Health Coverage Workforce Management, Ca - 19 hours ago Massachusetts residents who are not covered under a health insurance plan in 2009 face higher financial penalties under newly proposed rules. ...
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Boston Globe Fiscal woes already mean wait, worry for ailing elders Boston Globe, United States - 8 hours ago Programs taking the biggest reductions, nearly $300 million, include the state's Medicaid
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A health insurance plan that you can count on - Wicked Local West Roxbury

A health insurance plan that you can count on Wicked Local West Roxbury, MA - 12 hours ago By JON KINGSDALE There's health insurance and then there's real coverage. Everyone in Massachusetts who has a health card probably thinks they have real ...
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Fresh News SCHWARTZ: Liberty is best prescription for health care Rocky Mountain News, CO - 9 hours ago Obama’s health insurance proposals fail these standards
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Massachusetts uninsured rate drops to less than 3% - SmartBrief

Massachusetts uninsured rate drops to less than 3% SmartBrief, DC - 1 hour ago An Urban Institute study found that less than 3% of Massachusetts residents don't have health insurance . Supporters of the state's 2006 mandatory health ...
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Massachusetts Health Officials Approve Guidelines for Subsidized ... Kaiser network.org, DC - 40 minutes ago The Massachusetts Health Insurance Connector Authority Board on Saturday approved guidelines for contracts with managed
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