President Obama’s health-care summit on Thursday was hardly the bipartisan session he had hoped it would be, with Republicans calling for the White House to start over with the entire reform process. Obama said he hoped the event was not become just “political theater” and pleaded with the GOP to confront an issue he described as a catastrophic drag on the American economy. Continue reading GOP Tells Obama to Start Over on Health Care GOP Tells Obama to Start Over on Health Care originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:45:00. Filed Under: Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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President Obama has proposed a new plan to reform the health care system, but unless the polarized political climate changes dramatically in Washington, there’s little to suggest that Republicans will suddenly support any of Obama’s plans. Continue reading As Obama Unveils New Health Care Plan, Old Politics Await As Obama Unveils New Health Care Plan, Old Politics Await originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:30:00. Filed Under: Economy , Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Insurance company WellPoint, which is opposed to the health care reforms Democrats are promoting, handed them a public relations coup this week: It increased insurance rates on some individual policies by up to 39%. Wellpoint’s profits last quarter? A mere $2.7 billion. Continue reading Why Health Care Reform Is Needed: WellPoint’s 39% Rate Hike Why Health Care Reform Is Needed: WellPoint’s 39% Rate Hike originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:17:00. Filed Under: Company News , Healthcare , CIGNA Corporation , United Health Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Though millions of words have been written about the health care reform that may or may not become law in 2010, very few actually address the health of the American citizenry. Apparently it’s assumed that expanding health care insurance is the same thing as improving the health of the American people. Not true. As I hope to make clear, “improving health” is not the same as “providing health care insurance.” While health care insurance certainly improves access to treatment, it doesn’t necessarily improve the overall health of the American people. Continue reading Improving Americans’ Health, With or Without Health Care Reform Improving Americans’ Health, With or Without Health Care Reform originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:00:00. Filed Under: Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Ever since Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, there has been increased attention given to full-body imaging scanners. While some tout that the machines can prevent such potentially life-threatening incidents from happening again; others have denounced the machines as an infringement on citizen’s right to privacy. Now, concerns are growing that the scanners may actually pose a health risk by exposing passengers to radiation. Continue reading Health Risks of Full Body Scanners Questioned Following Report Health Risks of Full Body Scanners Questioned Following Report originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:00:00. Filed Under: Economy , Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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The price of health care is going to keep climbing, and the ascent is gong to be steep: According to the new National Health Care Trend survey , released by Buck Consultants, costs for the most popular types of health care coverage are projected to increase by more than 10% in 2010. Continue reading Health Care Costs Expected to Jump Over 10% in 2010 Health Care Costs Expected to Jump Over 10% in 2010 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:17:00. Filed Under: Economy , Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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No doubt, the loss of a Democratic Senator is not the kind of present President Obama wanted for his one-year anniversary. He would have preferred passage of his long-promised goal of health-care reform over this stunning defeat that puts any reform in jeopardy. Now that Republicans have gained filibuster power, can the Democrats still pull this one off? My colleague, Joe Lazzaro, thinks they might do it just yet . Investors, however, seem to have already started to bet against health-care reform. Already on Tuesday, the health-care and pharma sectors climbed higher, a trend that mostly continued on Wednesday. Continue reading Health-Care Sector Appears to Rally As Reform Chances Dim Health-Care Sector Appears to Rally As Reform Chances Dim originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:15:00. Filed Under: Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Though there is precious little consensus on fixing the nation’s health care system, most knowledgeable citizens agree that the current system’s skyrocketing costs are unsustainable. The facts are daunting: The U.S. spends 16% of its GDP on health care , 60% more than Germany and other Northern European “socialized medicine” states, and double what Japan devotes to health care. Continue reading Is Fee-for-Service What Ails America’s Health Care System? Is Fee-for-Service What Ails America’s Health Care System? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:00:00. Filed Under: Economy , Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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As the health care bill passed another hurdle early Tuesday morning with three more votes in the Senate, Botox maker Allergan Inc. ( AGN ) no doubt breathed yet another sigh of relief. Aiming to pass the bill before Christmas, legislators refrained from taxing elective cosmetic procedures, and instead opted for a tax on tanning salons. Continue reading ‘Botax’ Out, ‘Tan Tax’ In: Health Care Bill Offers a Lesson in Lobbying ‘Botax’ Out, ‘Tan Tax’ In: Health Care Bill Offers a Lesson in Lobbying originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:39:00. Filed Under: Company News , Healthcare Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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A week of change at Rodale Inc. concluded Friday with one very sad one: Ardath Rodale, former chairman and longtime matriarch of the health-publishing family, has died, according to a statement from the company . No cause of death was given. She was 81. Rodale spent more than 50 years working for the company that bears her family’s name. Rodale Inc. publishes such titles as Prevention , Organic Gardening and Men’s Health . Continue reading Ardath Rodale, Health Publishing Matriarch, Dies at 81 Ardath Rodale, Health Publishing Matriarch, Dies at 81 originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:09:00. Filed Under: People , Media Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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