Lobbyists lash out on NY health-care taxes - Bizjournals.com

New York Times Lobbyists lash out on NY health -care taxes Bizjournals.com, NC - 2 hours ago Among them are an estimated $770 million in new or raised taxes and fees on health care and health insurance . And potential mandates are looming over the ... HEALTH REFORM: False Choices: Health Reform or the Economy? New America Foundation Universal Health Insurance Coverage or Economic Relief — A False ... New England Journal of Medicine (subscription) NEJM Perspective
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Tribune poll: Most Utahns back making health coverage mandatory - Salt Lake Tribune

Tribune poll: Most Utahns back making health coverage mandatory Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 15 hours ago Unable to afford health coverage - her employer didn't offer it - she turned to Medicaid. "If I were in a situation to do that [buy health insurance ], ...
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Blues Plans Are Expected to Add Individual Products and Brace for ... Atlantic
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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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Swiss, Dutch health systems models for universal insurance coverage - eMaxHealth.com

ScienceMode Swiss, Dutch health systems models for universal insurance coverage eMaxHealth.com, NC - 21 hours ago ... systems with an individual mandate and insurance market reforms that are similar to the Massachusetts universal health insurance coverage law. ... Commonwealth Fund Study Examines Swiss, Dutch Health Systems Kaiser network.org all 4 news articles
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Health care, arts, PCBs may be impacted in Obama administration Berkshire Eagle, MA - 8
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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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Universal coverage? First, look at the disaster in Massachusetts - Washington Examiner

Universal coverage? First, look at the disaster in Massachusetts Washington Examiner, DC - 2 hours ago Mitt Romney, a Republican, promised that “every uninsured citizen in Massachusetts will soon have affordable health insurance .” Yet just two years later, ...
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Get ready to spend more on your company’s health insurance Cape Business Publishing Group, MA - Jan 12, 2009 Passage of health reform legislation in
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Probe handshake health deal - Attleboro Sun Chronicle

Probe handshake health deal Attleboro Sun Chronicle, MA - 7 hours ago Now that state law mandates that every citizen of the Commonwealth must buy health insurance coverage, the cost of health care and health insurance is an ...
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Advocates, Latinos share health care reform ideas MetroWest Daily News, MA - Jan 7, 2009 In Massachusetts , where residents must have health insurance , Latinos are more likely to
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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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Jobless turn to health lifeline

The economic crisis has produced a tsunami of newly unemployed Massachusetts residents seeking financial help with health insurance coverage.
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Thanks to an excellent series of articles in the Boston Globe, we now have some clear insight into what is driving the unconscionable increases in health insurance in Massachusetts: Secret agreements between the Partners HealthCare system ... all dwarf the costs of medical malpractice
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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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