Little hope for GOP to support health bill

RSS

New York Times, June 29, 2009

Congressional Republicans are objecting to Democratic healthcare proposals, illustrating the difficulty Democrats face in creating an overhaul that can attract enough Republican support to be portrayed as bipartisan. Republicans' primary objection is the Democrats' push for a public health insurance plan that would serve as an alternative to private coverage. Republicans say such a plan would cause the private insurance market to unravel.

Full Story

Top Democrats reject new plan to cut Medicare spending

Leading Congressional Democrats immediately recoiled Tuesday from a new proposal to cut $600 billion in Medicare spending over the next decade -- in part by raising the eligibility age. Sens. Joseph I...

AAMI: Meaningful use rewards early interoperability adopters

Evaluating hospital networks, data, drivers and device types should be completed before embarking on an interoperability strategy, said Bridget A. Moorman of BMoorman Consulting at the Association for the...

Opinion: HSAs lucrative for insurers, costly for consumers

In its ongoing attempt to weaken a key provision of the healthcare reform law -- the one that requires insurers to spend at least 80% of premiums on medical care -- the insurance industry is predicting dire...

Book: The Hospital Executive's Guide to Emergency Department Management

With 50-70 percent of hospital admissions coming through the emergency department, it’s the key driver of profitability for your hospital--and where community opinion about your...

go to complete list