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Obama Unveils Health Reform Plan
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, February 22, 2010
In President Obama's healthcare proposal released today, three days before the bipartisan summit for congressional leaders called at Blair House, many similarities are appearing in the new bill such as ways to close the a donut hole in Medicare and fighting fraud and abuse.
A new twist, in light of recent days, is a proposal to create a Health Insurance Rate Authority to provide oversight and assistance that will help states conduct reviews of "unreasonable rate increases."
Janice Simmons is a senior editor and Washington, DC, correspondent for HealthLeaders Media Online. She can be reached at jsimmons@healthleadersmedia.com.
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