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Feb 11, 2010
A Simple Health-Care Fix Fizzles Out
It sounds like such a simple concept: Study different medical treatments and figure out which delivers the best results at the cheapest cost, giving patients the most effective care. Even before Congress took up the now-stalled health-care overhaul, it appropriated $1.1 billion to fund these studies. Yet, an examination of one of the best-known examples of a comparative-effectiveness analysis shows how complicated such a seemingly straightforward idea can get.
Feb 10, 2010
Medicare Pay Fix For Doctors Hitches Ride On Jobs Bill
Physicians are the immediate beneficiaries of a provision in the jobs bill that would postpone a 21 percent cut in the amount Medicare pays them. Unless Congress acts by March 1, that haircut by the huge federal program for the elderly and disabled is automatic.
Feb 9, 2010
Obama rejects starting over on health care
President Obama on Tuesday said he is open to working with Republicans on a health care reform deal but said he is unwilling to start the legislative process over from scratch, instead arguing that on health care and much of his agenda the GOP minority is going to have to accept some ideas it does not like.
Feb 9, 2010
Democrats and Republicans trade barbs over health care’s cost to seniors
Democrats and Republicans have been using scare language in the last week to frighten seniors about Medicare reforms, despite a plea from President Obama to stop playing politics and fix the nation’s problem with runaway entitlement spending.
Feb 6, 2010
Democrats chafe as White House wavers on health care bill
Democrats on Capitol Hill and beyond say they have no clear understanding of the White House strategy – or even whether there is one – and are growing impatient with Obama’s reluctance to guide them toward a legislative solution.
Feb 6, 2010
Democrats Ask, Can Health Care Bill Be Saved?
President Obama’s pledge at a fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee to keep fighting for major health care legislation seemed altogether detached from the legislative realities on Capitol Hill, where dejected Democrats have been casting about for a way to salvage the health care bill.
Feb 5, 2010
Obama admits health care overhaul may die on Hill
The president's newly conflicting signals could frustrate Democratic lawmakers who are hungry for guidance from the White House as they try to salvage the effort to extend coverage to millions of uninsured Americans and hold down spiraling medical costs.
Feb 5, 2010
Obama Maps a Way Forward for a Health Overhaul
Speaking to enthusiastic supporters at a fundraiser here, President Obama on Thursday evening presented his clearest plan yet to move forward with comprehensive health care legislation, saying that he wanted to meet with Democrats, Republicans and independent experts, lay out the facts for the American people and move to a vote.
Feb 3, 2010
Democrats Change Health-Care Tack
House Democrats are turning to a targeted provision with populist appeal in search of a small victory. They say repealing the federal antitrust exemption would drive insurance prices down in regions where one health insurer dominates.
Feb 1, 2010
If health care dies, Obama's modest budget Plan B
President Barack Obama's modest health care budget may be a harbinger of what's ahead if his overhaul plan dies in Congress. The budget released Monday contains lots of respectable ideas to squeeze savings, expand coverage and improve quality, but no ambitious change that launches the nation on a path to health care for all.
Feb 1, 2010
With healthcare reform efforts on hold, Medicare ‘doc fix’ looms large again
Congress has just one month to move legislation preventing steep cuts in Medicare payments to physicians. At the end of February, a short-term measure enacted late last year will expire, exposing doctors who treat Medicare patients to a 21 percent reduction in their fees.
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