| Above the Fold |
August 5, 2011 |
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Medicare windfall for
Mass. hospitals questioned
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| By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
| An obscure provision tucked into the federal health care law has turned into a jackpot for Massachusetts hospitals, but officials in other states are upset because the money will come from their hospitals...Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Benefits backers denied NJ union endorsement
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| By Angela Delli Santi |
The AFL-CIO took revenge on New Jersey legislators who supported a pension and health benefits overhaul by voting Thursday not to endorse any lawmaker who supported the deal, including fellow union members and the Legislature's most powerful Democrat...Read more
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17,000 seniors got free preventive care
under Medicare
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| By Heather Trese |
| New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that 17 million people have received free preventive care this year. This data comes in the wake of the announcement that prescription drug premiums will not increase in 2012...Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| The next role for brokers |
| By Art Brooks |
| It may not have been happening fast enough for some, but elements of health care were being "reformed" even before the term officially entered the picture.
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 Do you really think doctors are going to take a 30% cut? Nope, one reason: Strong Lobby. Those cuts will just be passed on to the deficit by more borrowing. No one up for re-election wants the AMA to come out with attack ads in their district accusing them of cutting doctor pay, thus treatment for the most vulnerable. 
-- Jeff, Budget fight on health care cuts just beginning |
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