Study: Feds must not rely on states for healthcare reform
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Haymarket Media
Mar 16, 2007
The federal government cannot leave healthcare reform to the states, a new study finds.
The emerging role of the citizen in healthcare reform
By
James Lomastro
Jun 29, 2016
As with other social movements – think about civil rights related to disability or race – change requires the engagement of those involved in it
AHCA pushes toward payment reform
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Oct 06, 2015
The American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living will soon face their “most formidable challenge of all,” in delivering a proposal for payment reform to Congress,...
Provider groups push for RAC reform
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John Hall
Feb 06, 2015
Hospital industry groups said Thursday they’d rather the government reform the Recovery Audit Contractor program than simply throw more money at fixing an onerous backlog of more than 800,000 Medicare...
Caning and caring: A model for LTC reform
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Tim Mullaney
Oct 07, 2013
A country famous for caning its youngsters ought to be better known for the way it cares for its elders. At least, that’s the argument of a new book by William Haseltine, a former Harvard Medical...
Giving an ear to healthcare reform debate
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Gary Tetz
Mar 28, 2012
Did you know you can download audio recordings of all oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court of the United States? I didn’t, and I haven’t been this excited since stumbling across all those...
Snowe lends a vote to reform—for now
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John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2009
Breaking a partisan logjam, Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe joined Democrats in voting a major healthcare reform bill out of the Senate Finance Committee.
Editors’ Blog: The details of healthcare reform
Oct 14, 2009
The bill that received the approval of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday contains a lot of provisions you don’t hear about.
Tort reform enters presidential debate
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Haymarket Media
Nov 26, 2007
A presidential candidate has staked out a position on tort reform, a divisive topic in Washington that consistently draws fire from varying lobbying groups.
LTC reform bill introduced in House
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Haymarket Media
Nov 07, 2007
The level of discourse about improving the quality of long-term care rose to a new level Tuesday, when three members of the U.S. House introduced the Long Term Care Quality & Modernization Act of 2007...