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Hospital executives worry about the what-ifs of reform
Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care poised to profit after cost cuts, new services
Bus tour, campaign-style events to promote healthcare reform
Health bill would cut drug spending for many on Medicare, budget office says
Healthcare overhaul's quandary: Costs vs. fairness
Poll: Americans more confident on healthcare costs
Clinic at Atlanta airport to add kiosks for flu shots
Poorly performing hospitals found near travel hot spots
Hospitals expanding duties of chaplains
Reactions to health bill make some Democrats wary
August 28, 2009
Medtronic defends payments to physicians
UnitedHealth discounts some drug copays
University of Miami medical school gets $20 million gift to fight autism
Amid the acrimony, Congress has consensus on some healthcare issues
H1N1 flu sends more African Americans, Hispanics to hospitals
Health compromise to see changes before vote, House Dems say
Kids 14 times more likely than elderly to get swine flu
Some Roman Catholic bishops assail Obama's health plan
Dealing with being the healthcare villains
August 27, 2009
Medical price shopping hits Web in Minnesota
Organization, not experience, may play chief role in trauma patients' survival
Hospitals may benefit under healthcare reform
Kennedy's cancer puts focus on quality of life
Pharmacy war heats up on Walgreen-Caterpillar deal
News on federal deficit likely to be used against Obama's agenda
Cooperatives' record is up for debate
How competitive is the health insurance market?
Health reform: Looking back at LBJ and Medicare
Abortion is new front in health battle
Kennedy death adds volatile element to health fight
Two-thirds get medical tests with radiation dose
White House enlists help of doctors in healthcare overhaul
August 26, 2009
Edward Kennedy, Senate stalwart and healthcare reform leader, dies
San Francisco universal healthcare praised
Sebelius: Vaccinations are main swine flu defense
Feds put focus on swine flu vaccines
Minnesota offers $47 million in grants to reduce obesity, smoking
WellStar, Aetna reach agreement
Health reform provision aimed at union retirees
Competition lacking among private health insurers
Care costs for undocumented immigrants stack up
European officials lay out priorities for swine flu vaccine
CDC urges caution on estimates of swine flu
Half of health workers reject swine flu shot
VA wrongly tells veterans they have ALS
August 25, 2009
Healthcare innovation booming in rural PA
The return of house calls?
Swine flu could infect half of U.S.
Pitching patient safety and hospital transparency on YouTube
Hospitals own up to errors
Grassley airs doubts about health bill
GOP tees up Medicare manifesto
Group aims at 8 senators for public option
Research trove: Patients' online data
Policy experts call fear of medical rationing unfounded
August 24, 2009
No push for national medical-errors database
Casa Olga Intermediate Care Facility to close
Health insurers' profits induce ire
Healthcare insurers get upper hand
Overuse of antivirals could make H1N1 pandemic even worse
Developing world's parasites, disease hit U.S.
Obama challenges critics of healthcare overhaul
Insurers' employees counter criticism
Senate Democrats consider tactic to push through government health plan
Lieberman says many changes to health care system can wait
Mass General to target adult autism
August 21, 2009
Health premiums up 95% since 2000
U.S. to dole out $1.2 billion for health records technology
Study questions U.S. flu vaccine guidelines
Officials warn of fall swine-flu outbreak
Key senators discuss trimming health bill
Faith in Obama drops as reform fears rise
Britons fault health service, until others do
Elderly concerned about health reform
Obama faults GOP in health debate
A floundering campaign on healthcare
August 20, 2009
Grassley urges scaling back on healthcare reform effort
HCA proposes building hospital in Virginia
Obama calls health plan a moral obligation
Insurers asked about pay, practices
New Rx for health plan: Split bill
Health insurers eye social networking
U.S. grants $1.2 billion for electronic health records
In New Jersey, testing a new doctor-pay method
Sides await ruling on Spring Hill, TN, hospital
Healthcare co-ops emerging as viable alternative
Doctors group to close Chicago hospital, join NorthShore University Health System
August 19, 2009
Los Angeles County supervisors move to reopen MLK Hospital
Medical groups promoted HPV vaccine using drug company money
Public option was not intended as major focus for Obama administration
The next healthcare battle: Cutting Medicare Advantage
Democrats seem set to go it alone on a health bill
Latest New Orleans hospital design heavy on parking
Hospital finances showing a rebound
Piedmont, Emory sue to ban heart procedure at Lawrenceville, GA, facility
University of Chicago organ transplant services comes to Evanston Hospital
Health co-ops' fans like cost and care, but successful models still rare
Poll: Myths endure on healthcare, highlighting doubts on overhaul
Conrad defends health co-ops plan
Tackling the mystery of how much healthcare costs
August 18, 2009
Public option called essential
Cooperatives being pushed as an alternative to a government plan
Alternate plan as health option muddies debate
Lack of Medicare appointee puzzles Congress
Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care set to sell part of lab work
Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull
Developers of Dallas medical complex sell land to physicians group
Nursing reform effort moving slowly in California
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial seeks OK for $73 million project
Obama shuts e-mail tip list
Is economic growth back?
August 17, 2009
Obama administration hints that public option is not only way to go
HHS takes on health records
Competing ads on healthcare plan swamp the airwaves
Tennessee experiment's high cost fuels healthcare debate
Medicare test pays for hospital performance
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to end ties with hospital
Illegal immigration enters the healthcare debate
Cedars-Sinai offers a model for fighting some diseases where they start
University of Chicago Medical Center's chief stepping down to rejoin faculty
Immigrants to soon lose Massachusetts health insurance
Voicemail puts Boston hospitals' aggressive recruiting efforts in spotlight
UK health system, maligned in United States, draws praise at home
August 14, 2009
Obama to take on healthcare critics
Obama proposal to create Medicare panel meets with resistance
Senators investigate hospital purchasing
Ad campaign counterattacks against overhaul's critics
Massachusetts-based Partners Healthcare showing signs of recovery
Study urges action to get patients to follow prescriptions
In the battle over health reform, do not miss the real story
Healthcare credit cards causing some pain
California board votes to drop healthcare coverage for 60,000 children
Colorado city a microcosm of efficient healthcare
Beverly (MA) Hospital narrows CEO hunt
Doctor fired over America Dies on Dunkin sign
End-of-life provision loses favor
At Indiana forum, skepticism of overhaul reigns
August 13, 2009
For lawmakers, health-plan anger keeps coming
Under pressure, Obama defends healthcare plan
Poll numbers steady on healthcare debate
Schwarzenegger vows to boost patient protections
Connecticut officials seek end to increases in health insurance rates
Nashville medical trade center hires adviser with Vanderbilt ties
Obama heading West to plug healthcare reform
Dakotas hospitals: Merger will not mean layoffs
Chicago retail clinic to be staffed by doctors instead of nurse practitioners
Massachusetts takes extra steps to battle flu in fall
Obama injects himself into health talks, despite risks
Health reform rhetoric gets personal for Britons
August 12, 2009
Obama faces 'scare tactics' head-on
Survey finds high fees common in medical care
Senator goes face to face with healthcare dissent
Kaiser Permanente to cut more than 1,800 jobs in California
Many seniors are not sure healthcare system needs repair
University of California-SF Medical Group joins forces with Hill Physicians
'No shows' cost the NHS millions
California woman gets eight years in prison for recruiting patients for unnecessary surgeries
Medical space real estate sector remains healthy
Los Angeles-area uninsured flood a clinic at sports arena
Obama sees savings in hospital readmission payments
August 11, 2009
White House adapts to new playbook in healthcare debate
Obama heads to town-hall meetings to discuss healthcare
Texas Health Resources lays off 33 workers
Debate heats up on healthcare for illegal immigrants
Louisville, KY-based Jewish Hospital opens outpatient center
University of South Florida plans $4 million surgery center
Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive
Vaccine trials off to fast start for pandemic flu
'Ventilation outage' delays surgeries at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Do hospitalists improve the quality of care?
August 10, 2009
TennCare has new way to pursue crooked providers
Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals get stable bond ratings from Standard & Poor's
Lifepoint Hospitals misses expectations in 2Q
Democrats say no to cost cap for drug makers
A primer on the details of healthcare reform
Tumultuous environment makes a healthcare compromise more unlikely
Expanding preventive care may add to costs, CBO says
Seniors remain wary of healthcare reform
Poll: Americans divided on healthcare overhaul
Within healthcare hides massive, avoidable death toll
Isotope shortage means a healthcare crisis
South Florida doctors paid thousands by Eli Lilly
Atlanta-based St. Joseph's hospital's deadline insurance deal keeps patients insured
Health system merger in the Dakotas could expand services
In health fight, government and insurers are cast as villains
Tax on high-end health plans threatens wider group
Healthcare still adding jobs
U.S. health bill might aid rural Maryland
August 7, 2009
Senate healthcare negotiators hope to keep deal alive during break
Democrats weigh the calculus of public insurance
Governors fear added costs in healthcare overhaul
Connecticut hospitals announce plans to affiliate
France fights universal care's high cost
Senators hear concerns over costs of health proposal
Connecticut regulators OK rate hikes lower than Anthem sought
Michigan AG, Blue Cross agree to rate hike for 163,000
Insurance options for small firms studied in Massachusetts
Stanford experiments with drive-through emergency room
August 6, 2009
Senators closer to health package
Centrist Democrats upbeat on healthcare bill
United Agricultural Benefit Trust spotlighted as model for healthcare cooperatives
Pennsylvania heart-surgery report finds improvements
Blue Island, IL-based MetroSouth Medical Center boosted by investments
Joint Commission urges parents of hospitalized kids to be vigilant
California nurses protest lack of swine flu equipment
Healthcare debate: How many are actually uninsured?
Countdown to reform: Here come the co-ops
Key hearing set in lawsuit over Florida Medicaid
Bristol (CT) Hospital agrees to reopen medical clinic
GOP activists pack town-hall meetings, shake support for healthcare bills
White House affirms deal on drug cost
August 5, 2009
Health lobbyists blitz Congress
Obama pushes Democrats for unity on health plan
Groups take health-reform debate to airwaves
White House using Internet campaigns to try to influence healthcare debate
For health insurers' lobbyist, good will is tested
More than half of ER nurses have been assaulted on job
New certification for doctors in obesity
Florida Medicaid clients dropped in computer failure
Medicare to cap home health payments amid rampant fraud
Health fund for Massachusetts jobless runs low
To ensure they get paid, doctors seek entire bill for patient share upfront
Medical papers by ghostwriters pushed therapy
August 4, 2009
Health plan opponents make voices heard
Senate Democrats willing to bypass GOP on health bill
Health, clerical workers reject University of Chicago contract offer
Lawmakers ask: What if patients shared in medical decisions?
Doctors in Cuba start over in the U.S.
Dallas-based Parkland hospital replacing McDonald's with healthier fare
Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia will cover H1N1 vaccines
Obama gives powerful drug lobby a seat at healthcare table
A high-tech cure for health costs
New epidemic fears: Hackers
August 3, 2009
Democrats find rallying points on health reform, but splinters remain
Two sides take healthcare debate outside Washington
Obama seeks to rally healthcare support by promising less
California deal leaves more kids uninsured
Debating prevention's place in healthcare bill
Dallas region ranks among top U.S. spenders for healthcare, leading hospitals, insurers to seek cures for rising costs
Health insurers fighting overhaul plan with cash
Atlanta-based St. Joseph's, United Healthcare contract may end
Split on Winchester, MA, hospital proposal
Massachusetts health centers use teamwork in patient care
Agencies seek to use stimulus funds to find cheaper healthcare
Eli Lilly's payments to doctors revealed