The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Jun 13, 2013
Arizona will expand Medicaid to cover nearly 300,000 poor residents next year after a bipartisan coalition passed a measure backed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) through the state legislature on Thursday.
Health, Barack Obama, health reform, health insurance, jan brewer, uninsured, medicaid, Families USA, Ron Pollack
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Jun 6, 2013
Company wellness programs for employees that include complementary medicine features like yoga can benefit bottom lines, according to Mark Bertolini, chief executive of the health insurer Aetna.
Health, health reform, health insurance, wellness, prevention, Aetna, Ezekiel Emanuel, Mark Bertolini, Rand Corp.
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Jun 6, 2013
Hospital prices for outpatient procedures like clinic visits, magnetic resonance imaging scans and ultrasounds vary greatly from facility to facility and often are many times what Medicare pays, according to new data released by the federal government.
medicare, Health, health insurance, CMS, medicaid, hospitals, HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, FAH, Chip Kahn, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Farrell Turner, Warren Averett, New York University Hospitals Center, Swedish Covenant Hospital, St. Bernard Hospital, Olympia Medical Center, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Russell Medical Center
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Jun 4, 2013
More than 1 in 5 Americans under age 65 had problems paying medical bills in 2011, and the burden disproportionately fell on the poor, the uninsured and those on government health care programs, according to survey findings released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tuesday.
medicare, Health, CDC, health reform, health insurance, uninsured, Poverty, medicaid, chip
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
Jun 3, 2013
*States that refuse to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law not only will deny health coverage to poor residents and lose access to a huge influx of federal dollars, they also will see increased spending on uninsured people's unpaid medical bills, according to a new report by the Rand Corp., a consulting firm.
Health, health reform, health insurance, uninsured, rick perry, terry branstad, medicaid, Bobby Jindal, Rand Corp., Carter Price, Christine Eibner
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
May 30, 2013
More than 120 health insurance companies have applied to sell coverage through federally run marketplaces under President Barack Obama's health care reform law next year, according to a memorandum released by the administration on Thursday.
Health, Barack Obama, health reform, health insurance, uninsured
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
May 24, 2013
Why would Orange Park Medical Center in Florida charge $117,445 to place a stent into a patient's artery, while the Mayo Clinic half an hour away in Jacksonville charges less than 45 percent of that amount?
medicare, Health, health insurance, CMS, Mayo Clinic, medicaid, hospitals, FAH, Chip Kahn, BCBSA, MedPAC, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Orange Park Medical Center, Farrell Turner, Warren Averett, Eddie Read, El Campo Memorial Hospital, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Michael Seibold, Maureen Sullivan
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
May 23, 2013
A 40-year-old Californian with a moderate income will pay between nothing and $219 a month for a basic health insurance plan next year under President Barack Obama's health care reform law, a state agency announced Thursday.
Health, health reform, health insurance, uninsured, Wellpoint, Anthem Blue Cross, Health Net, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield of California, California Association of Health Plans, Paul Markovich, Peter Lee, Covered California
The Huffington Post
Jeffrey Young
May 22, 2013
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is poised to become the ninth Republican governor to support expanding Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care reform law, the Dubuque Telegraph Herald reported Wednesday.
Health, Barack Obama, health reform, health insurance, uninsured, terry branstad, medicaid, Jay Nixon, John Kasich, rick scott, Mike Beebe, Pam Jochum
