Healthcare Reform
New Jersey's Christie vetoes Medicaid expansion bill
- New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday vetoed a bill that attempted to make the state's expansion of Medicaid eligibility permanent under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday.
Senate Republicans warn NFL, other leagues about Obamacare
WASHINGTON - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is urging the National Football League and other professional sports leagues not to support President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, calling Obamacare divisive and unpopular.
Exclusive: GE looking to sell healthcare financing unit - sources
NEW YORK - General Electric Co is looking to sell its CareCredit healthcare financing business - a unit within its massive GE Capital financial arm - in a deal that may be valued at about $2 billion, people familiar with the situation told Reuters on Friday.
U.S. court accepts challenge to Obama contraception rule
- Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby may be exempt from a requirement in U.S. President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul to provide free contraception coverage in its employee health insurance plans, a federal appeals court ruled.
More than half of Americans disapprove of new health law: poll
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul will make things worse for their families and the nation overall, a poll released on Thursday found, highlighting the challenges his administration still faces in winning over the public.
Fiat ready to exercise further Chrysler option
MILAN - Fiat could exercise an option as early as Monday to buy a further 3.3 percent stake in Chrysler held by U.S. healthcare trust VEBA, Fiat's chairman said.
Some gay couples now due to receive benefits under 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's ruling on Wednesday that same-sex couples are eligible for federal benefits will mean more gays and lesbians can reap the benefits of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul that take effect January 1, advocates say.
Republican battles over Medicaid turn to God and morality
- Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, is no fan of President Barack Obama's health reform law. But he has become an unlikely proponent of one element of Obamacare - expansion of Medicaid healthcare coverage for the poor - and he has a warning for his fellow party members about the moral consequences of blocking it.
Hospital chain Tenet to buy Vanguard Health for $1.73 billion
- U.S. hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp said on Monday it will buy smaller rival Vanguard Health Systems Inc for $1.73 billion, putting it in a better position to benefit from the millions of Americans about to get insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform. | Video
Ford, UAW launch two-year pilot to cut blue-collar medical costs
DEARBORN, Michigan - Ford Motor Co is launching a two-year pilot program with the United Auto Workers and a UAW-affiliated retiree healthcare trust aimed at lowering medical costs for the second-largest U.S. automaker's active and retired hourly workers.
Facts and Background
- Details of final healthcare bill
- Bill would provide immediate benefits
- Healthcare overhaul has few final steps
- States and healthcare reform
- Healthcare winners and losers
- Milestones in Obama's quest for healthcare reform
- The impact on Medicare
- Glossary of terms in U.S. healthcare debate
- Health expenditures around the world
- Projected effects of passage of proposed healthcare reform provisions
- Graphic: Trends in healthcare costs
Top systems take centralized approach
An electronic system called an e-ICU lets critical-care physicians monitor patients from a central command center. Data shows it's saving lives. Full Article
HIV case exposes insurer policy
When Jerome Mitchell successfully sued his insurance company after it revoked his policy, he exposed a wrongdoing that could have repercussions for the entire health insurance industry. Full Article
Useful Links
- Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (pdf)
- Congressional Budget Office estimate
- House Ways and Means Committee
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Senate Finance Committee
- Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee
- Top 10 facts to know about healthcare reform
- How the House voted on the Senate healthcare bill
- Consumer's guide to health overhaul
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