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Next Year's Health Plan Rates New York Times (blog) Republicans are doing their best to persuade Americans that the Affordable Care Act will drive health insurance premiums so high that consumers will experience "rate shock." That fear-provoking tale seems much less credible now that the rates proposed ... See all stories on this topic »

Tackling the New Health-Care Rules Wall Street Journal In late May, the state of California said 13 health-care plans will participate in its exchange, offering insurance in the state's 19 regions, and insurers in several other states are proposing rates and plans. The federal government will run exchanges ... See all stories on this topic »

Scott rebuffs Nelson on health insurance rate bill MiamiHerald.com TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a bill that removes the ability of state regulators to challenge health insurance rates for a two-year period. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson had called for the bill to be vetoed, saying the ... See all stories on this topic »

State Senate urged to expand Medicaid health insurance The Union Leader According to the report, "This randomized, controlled study showed that Medicaid coverage generated no significant improvements in measured physical health outcomes in the first 2 years, but it did increase use of health care services, raise rates of ... See all stories on this topic »

Ex-Policy Aide Emanuel Says No Concerns About IRS in Health Care Businessweek The Internal Revenue Service will be limited to certifying income levels to determine eligibility when people apply for health-insurance subsidies, Emanuel said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," airing this ... See all stories on this topic »

"Will Obamacare Increase the Costs of Health Insurance for Youngesters ... San Francisco Chronicle Website HealthInsuranceQuotes.me is an agent and expert written portal aimed at health insurance buyers from all states of the US. The website features consumer advice and guides, industry news and an FAQ section with weekly updates by our experts. See all stories on this topic »

Health insurance navigator bill advances Lincoln Journal Star Burke Harr, originally would have licensed navigators to help people sign up for health insurance -- many for the first time -- through exchanges that will be part of the Affordable Care Act. Exchanges bring together private health insurance companies ... See all stories on this topic »

New health care law appears to foster competition Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON — The new health-care law is injecting more competition into health-insurance markets nationwide, drawing additional insurance companies into states long dominated by a few carriers, Obama administration officials said yesterday. See all stories on this topic »

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Gutfeld: ObamaCare opposition about principle, not ... Description. Democrat plays race card in health care debate. Duration 1:58; Date May 31, 2013 ... video.foxnews.com

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Study: Immigrant workers 'heavily subsidize' Medicare Washington Post (blog) As Congress mulls changing America's border and naturalization rules, a study finds that immigrant workers are helping buttress Medicare's finances, because they contribute billions a year more than immigrant retirees use in medical services ... See all stories on this topic »

Analysts: Medicare costs may keep declining USA TODAY That report showed that costs for the two programs in 2012 were 5% less than projected in early 2010, and the CBO data are expected to foreshadow the spending projections in the annual Medicare trustees report scheduled to be released this week. See all stories on this topic »

Social Security, Medicare still face big challenge Boston.com WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. recovery slowly gathers steam, federal deficits are finally coming down from their nosebleed $1-trillion-plus heights. That will postpone until fall a new budget showdown between Congress and the White House — and also ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare charges higher in Palm Springs area The Desert Sun The amount Coachella Valley hospitals charged Medicare in 2011 fluctuated greatly depending on the treatment, but was generally higher than the state average across the board, recently released data show. On the other hand, Loma Linda University ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare For Eyelid Surgery On The Rise, According To Reports Huffington Post Of course, many of these surgeries were merited under the current regulations, Eaton confirms, since Medicare does cover eyelid lifts for those whose drooping eyelids hinder their vision. But the recent sharp increase points to cosmetic motivations, as ... See all stories on this topic »

Immigrants add billions to Medicare, study finds NBCNews.com (blog) By Susan Heavey, Reuters. Immigrants for years have paid far more into Medicare's coffers than they have pulled out, effectively subsidizing rising healthcare payments to the aging U.S. population, a new study shows. The analysis from Harvard Medical ... See all stories on this topic »

Variation In Medicare Costs Is Mainly Due To Post-Acute Care Forbes Health policy wonks have been pointing for a while now to large variations in Medicare spending across different parts of the country. Live in Miami, and the government is probably going to spend a heck of a lot more for you on Medicare than if you ... See all stories on this topic »

Immigrants Are Paying Our Medicare Bills ABC News If you're growing old and depending on Medicare, you have someone to thank for keeping the system afloat: Immigrants, including those who entered the country illegally. A study published in the medical journal Health Affairs on Wednesday found that ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare readmission rate falls, but cause unclear, study says ModernHealthcare.com The results were published Wednesday (PDF) in the online academic journal Medicare & Medicaid Research Review. Study authors examined six years of national data. Between 2007 and 2011, they documented a "remarkably stable" trend that 19% of all ... See all stories on this topic »

Study: Immigrants put billions more into Medicare than they use Washington Post (blog) The study, published Wednesday in the journal Health Affairs, showed a surplus for immigrants' contributions to Medicare every year between 2002 and 2009. It finds that immigrants have, over that time period, contributed $115 billion more to the ... See all stories on this topic »

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Daily Kos: Study: Immigrants contributed $115 billion more to ... By rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter) Here's a critical point of information in the immigration reform debate: Rather than being a drain on federal health care spending, immigrants have been keeping Medicare afloat for the past decade. That's according to a new study conducted ... Daily Kos

Immigrants help pay for your Medicare, new study finds — MSNBC By Emma Margolin According to the report, released Wednesday by the journal Health Affairs, both documented, and undocumented immigrants in the U.S. have between the years 2002 to 2009 disproportionately subsidized the part of Medicare that supports ... MSNBC

Study: Immigrants Put Billions More Into Medicare Than They Use ... By Seth Freed Wessler New research finds that immigrant communities keep federal health care programs afloat. The data strikes a heavy blow to conservatives who say the U.S. can't afford immigration reform. Colorlines

Immigrants put billions into Medicare, study says - NBC Latino By Jacquellena Carrero According to new research out of Harvard Medical School, immigrants have contributed billions of dollars more to Medicare than they have received in expenditures from the program. The study, which was published in the journal Health ... NBC Latino

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Health-care startups see an Obama bump MarketWatch Health care has not always been a popular industry for talented tech developers, who have often flocked to Silicon Valley to start sexier social networking and gaming apps, entrepreneurs and investors say. The political uncertainty related to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Health care overhaul opponent Bryant gives $1M state aid to call center for ... Washington Post Bryant made the announcement in Hattiesburg without mentioning the tie to the health overhaul. Bryant torpedoed an attempt by Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, a fellow Republican, to set up a state-run exchange, saying any entanglement risked ... See all stories on this topic »

Health care overhaul will leave millions of poor Americans uninsured World Socialist Web Site Millions of people living in poverty will have no access to health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). As promoted by the Obama administration, approximately half of those newly insured under the legislation would have ... See all stories on this topic »

Health insurance savings at $26B in Illinois pension reform plan Peoria Journal Star An Illinois Senate pension reform plan would reduce state indebtedness to current and future retirees by more than a rival House proposal if health insurance costs are counted, a new analysis by a league of union groups shows. A study by the We Are One ... See all stories on this topic »

European Health Insurance Card: Legal action as Spain deny British tourists ... Mirror.co.uk The European Commission is to take legal action against Spain after British tourists complained they were denied free emergency medical treatment. The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) entitles EU citizens to free healthcare in public hospitals ... See all stories on this topic »

Big Health Insurance Switch deadline looms Herald Sun "We believe we have done what we set out to achieve and that is to shake up competition around private health insurance at a time when prices are rising," OBS campaign director Christopher Zinn said today. Premiums rose by more than 5 per cent at the ... See all stories on this topic »

Share via e-mail Boston Globe An unusual alliance led by the state's fastest-growing health care company and its largest health care union will press for higher payments to community and safety net hospitals, saying Massachusetts faces a widening gulf between the quality of care in ... See all stories on this topic »

Explaining the Connection Between Obama's Health Care Law and the IRS National Journal As the investigation into the IRS' targeting of conservative groups begins, here's an explainer to answer the role that the tax-collecting agency plays in the health care law's implementation. Q: What role will the IRS play in implementing the ... See all stories on this topic »

UPMC Health Plan Wins 'Best Customer Experience' Award Sacramento Bee PITTSBURGH, May 30, 2013 -- /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC Health Plan has received the "2013 Team Award for Best Customer Experience Program" from the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI). The presentation was held earlier this month at the ... See all stories on this topic »

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For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds New York Times Immigrants have contributed billions of dollars more to Medicare in recent years than the program has paid out on their behalf, according to a new study, a pattern that goes against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care spending. See all stories on this topic »

Study: Immigrants Boost Medicare Hospital Fund Wall Street Journal (blog) In 2009 alone, immigrants made 14.7% of contributions to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, but they were responsible for just 7.9% of its expenditures, according to a study by professors from Harvard Medical School and the City University of ... See all stories on this topic »

Immigrants subsidize Medicare recipients, study says USA TODAY In 2009, the researchers found, immigrants contributed $13.9 billion more to the Medicare Trust Fund than they used, while U.S.-born people spent $31 billion more than they contributed. Immigrants, Zallman said, essentially subsidize U.S. health care. See all stories on this topic »

Immigrants are net contributors to US Medicare program : study Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Immigrants for years have paid far more into Medicare's coffers than they have pulled out, effectively subsidizing rising healthcare payments to the aging U.S. population, a study released on Wednesday showed. The analysis from ... See all stories on this topic »

Medicare: today is deadline to voice your opinion Houston Chronicle (blog) Holly Steinbrecher, regional vice president, UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement in Houston wrote this to encourage more local seniors to respond to the 2013 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers & Systems survey. The deadline is today. See all stories on this topic »

Eyelid Surgery Covered By Medicare Costs Taxpayers Millions Huffington Post Medicare does not typically cover cosmetic surgery, but the program makes exceptions when medical needs are involved, such as breast implants after a mastectomy. Experts worry that some are using the Medicare system to pay for elective eyelid surgery ... See all stories on this topic »

Fight Against Medicare Fraud Costing Doctors and Hospitals Billions Forbes The federal government hires "recovery audit contractors," popularly known as "RACs," to wade through millions of Medicare claims in search of fraud, waste, and mistakes. RACs are one of several programs the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ... See all stories on this topic »

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Futurity.org – Health gaps may explain varying Medicare costs By Karen Finney-UC Davis "Although data limitations may preclude ever developing the perfect casemix adjustment approach, our results suggest that the portion of the geographic variation that can be explained by patient health is much greater than previously ... Futurity.org

Bath Beach Medicare Scammer Spent Millions On Posh Lifestyle By Ned Berke A confessed Medicare scammer who swindled taxpayers out of $50 million through his Bath Beach medical clinic lived a life of luxury, spending millions on pricey sports cars and jewelry. Maksim "Max" Shelikhov, 29, pleaded guilty to ripping ... Bensonhurst Bean

Study: Immigrants Contributed $115B Surplus to Medicare | RACs ... By bob@beckersasc.com (Bob Herman) Immigration policy is in the spotlight in Washington, D.C., today, and a new study in the June issue of Health Affairs shows the pivotal role immigrants play within Medicare. Becker's Hospital Review

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Actually, immigrants are keeping Medicare afloat - The Week A new study blows a hole in the conventional wisdom that immigrants are sapping the nation's welfare programs. theweek.com/.../how-immigrants-are-keeping-medicare-afloat

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Health Care Reform: Us vs.Them Huffington Post (blog) It's no news flash to say health care reform is politicized. Our country is increasingly polarized, "us" versus "them" and "either/or" instead of "both/and." But it's one thing to say it, it's another to watch it play out in the implementation of ... See all stories on this topic »

Trustees OK sex-change surgery for UIC student health plan Chicago Tribune University of Illinois trustees Wednesday approved a student health insurance plan for the Chicago campus that for the first time covers gender reassignment surgery, a move that about three dozen other colleges have made in recent years. The insurance ... See all stories on this topic »

Health Care and Social Justice The Atlantic People in those states who have incomes from the poverty level up to four times that amount ($11,490 to $45,960 a year for an individual) can get federal tax credits to subsidize the purchase of private health insurance. But many people below the ... See all stories on this topic »

Organize health care as if it was war Philly.com (blog) Does the private control of drug development and health care in general bestow better health and prosperity on Americans? For people in the C-suites, their bluestocking shareholders and some others, it undoubtedly does. For most Americans, it doesn't ... See all stories on this topic »

The National Healthcare Quality Report and Essential Health Benefits ... Huffington Post Across the lifespan, health care helps people stay healthy, recover from illness, live with chronic disease or disability, and cope with death and dying. Quality health care delivers these services in ways that are safe, timely, patient centered ... See all stories on this topic »

Health insurance Co-Op flops Bennington Banner An ambitious plan to create a Vermont cooperative health insurance company (CO-OP) has crashed and burned, leaving egg on many prominent faces. During the 2010 debate in Congress, the Senate put into the ObamaCare bill an authorization for the ... See all stories on this topic »

Like your health care policy? You may be losing it Detroit Free Press And discontinued insurance plans could be another one. Also, it doesn't seem to square with one of the president's best-known promises about his health care overhaul: "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan." ... See all stories on this topic »

ObamaCare to usher in health insurance cancellation notices Fox News Other bumps on the road to the new health care law include potentially unaffordable premiums for smokers unless states act to waive them, a new $63-per-head fee that will hit companies already providing coverage to employees and dependents, and a ... See all stories on this topic »

Minnesota health insurance exchange to cost $58.1 million in 2014 Minneapolis Star Tribune The newly named board overseeing Minnesota's health insurance exchange got its first view into the finances of the operation on Wednesday, including the years 2015 and beyond when federal money dries up and the exchange must be fully self-supporting. See all stories on this topic »

Health insurance cooperative seeks license reconsideration BurlingtonFreePress.com SOUTH BURLINGTON — The officers of the Vermont Health CO-OP haven't given up their quest to become the first health insurance cooperative licensed in the state — despite rejection last week of their application by the Commissioner of Financial ... See all stories on this topic »

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