Tag Archives: Healthcare reform in the United States

Walmart announces Healthcare Begins Here

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While we wait for the first Walmart Black Friday 2014 announcements, the retailer surprises with a move to bring Healthcare Insurance to its customers.Walmart is working with DirectHealth.com to...

$1,000-a-Pill Sovaldi Shakes Medicaid

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Medicaid is in somewhat of a fix. The extremely costly Sovaldi pill which comes for $1,000 is an anti-Hepatitis C drug. But the sheer cost prohibits its common use for the treatment of the poor....

Medicare: Why A Medicare Reformer Resigned?

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One of the major figureheads responsible for transforming and virtually revolutionizing the Medicare system under the Obama administration has called it quits. Jonathan Blum is a Medicare director...

Obamacare enrollments exceed the 6 million mark!

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The numbers of Americans who have signed up for Obamacare is now more than 6 million. Obamacare which is President Obama’s private health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act has been a...

Health Insurance Deadline is Getting Nearer

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The Affordable Care Act and Obamacare are showing the world that the USA is all set to be a health-conscious and medically advanced country. The deadline set for signing up for health privileges is...

Two Gamers Aim To Transform Hospital Performance Evaluation

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Key evidence suggests that as hospital systems in the US reach a crisis point – involving the transition to value-based purchasing and tying Medicare and Medicaid dollars to performance – quality of...

AP Exclusive: Health law cybersecurity challenges

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer...

Aetna CEO Bertolini Outlines ‘Creative Destruction’ Of Healthcare At HIMSS14

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As CEO of Aetna – #312 on Forbes Global 2000 list – Mark Bertolini knows something about sustainability. According to his keynote at HIMSS14 earlier today, back in 2001, Aetna was losing $1...

Why Your Insurance Company Will Pay You to Take Your Medicine

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Imagine your insurance company paying you for healthier behavior, such as taking your vitamins or medications as directed, going for daily walks, or not eating that second dessert.  That day may...

Health Insurance Downgraded

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It all began with the Affordable Care Act. The bringing into being of the program was inadequate. The enrollment was insufficient and there have been blunders at the source. Furthermore, the...