| Above the Fold |
October 21, 2011 |
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| Senate rejects big piece of Obama jobs bill |
| By Andrew Taylor |
| President Barack Obama and his allies in the Senate promise to press ahead with separate votes on pieces of his failed $447 billion jobs measure despite unanimous opposition from Republicans. But there also are signs of slippage among Democrats and evidence the strategy isn't working with voters...Read more |
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| HHS releases final ACO regs |
| By Jenny Gold and Phil Galewitz |
| The Obama administration Thursday released its much-awaited final rule for Medicare accountable care organizations, which makes it easier for doctors and hospitals to participate by cutting in half the number of performance measurements, removing the electronic health records requirement and eliminating financial risks for some groups...Read more |
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| Wal-Mart cuts some health care coverage |
| By Anne D'Innocenzio |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is scaling back health care coverage for future part-time workers while raising premiums for some full-time workers...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
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 Certainly what retirees experience with income vs health care costs is no different than the rest of us. In fact, the rest of us are not so lucky that we would have our health care costs frozen in years when we get no wage increases.
-- James L. McGee, Medicare costs to reduce Social Security increase
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