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The Washington Post (8/29, Aizenman) reports, “Momentum is building to modify and possibly repeal one of” healthcare reform’s “funding sources” in what “some see…as an opening for further changes to a law Democrats had been determined to leave untouched.” The provision, which “will require businesses to file 1099 tax forms reporting any purchases they make [...]
Minority Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) writes in a CNN (8/27) opinion piece, “For more than a year, Democrats in Washington have turned a deaf ear to the American people when it comes to health care.” For instance, “Americans told lawmakers in Washington that they wanted reforms that would lower costs; Democrats in Congress increased [...]
The Los Angeles Times (8/26, Helfand) reports, “California insurance regulators cleared the way Wednesday for Anthem Blue Cross to implement scaled-back rate hikes after a previous increase was canceled amid an uproar over its size.” The insurer “said it intends to put the new rates — averaging 14% and as high as 20% — into [...]
The Los Angeles Times (8/24, Hennessy-Fiske) reports in its “LA Now” blog that the “number of Californians who lost jobs and health insurance probably increased in every county last year, according to a study released Monday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.” The new analysis “found that 37 counties — including Imperial, Kern [...]
FOXBusiness(8/26, Peter Morici) Reports: “For President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, the reckoning is near. In hubris, they imposed a radical liberal agenda on an unwilling centrist electorate. Now, the economic recovery is failing and voters are set to rebuke Democrats in November. From electing Scott Brown in Massachusetts to vociferous dissent at town meetings, Americans [...]
Politico (8/20, Smith) reports, “Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend healthcare legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit, and instead stressing a promise to ‘improve it.’” According to Politico, “The messaging shift was circulated this afternoon on a conference call and PowerPoint presentation organized by” FamiliesUSA, “led [...]
The AP (8/19, Alonso-Zaldivar) reports, “Seniors will see a modest increase in their Medicare prescription premiums next year but benefits will also improve, federal health officials said Wednesday. The average monthly premium charged by Medicare drug plans for standard coverage will rise to an estimated $30 in 2011, an increase of $1 over 2010, or [...]
The Miami Herald (8/17, Weaver) reports, “A pair of Hialeah companies fraudulently billed Medicare thousands of dollars for $395 penis pumps, supposedly to help male patients combat impotence, authorities say,” yet, “women were also among the purported patients at Charlie RX and Happy Trips, which together billed $63,000 for vacuum-erection systems intended only for men.” [...]