by Jane Richey | Jan 24, 2013 | Health Care
The American Medical Association praised the reintroduction Wednesday of a bill to repeal the controversial Medicare payments board in President Obama’s healthcare law. Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) reintroduced his bill to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory...
by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care, Politics
A bill from Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) would order more than 30 federal actions to encourage healthier living, from a penalty on certain tobacco manufacturers to targets for reducing sodium in U.S. foods. Harkin, who leads the Senate Health, Education, Labor and...
by Jane Richey | Jan 20, 2013 | Health Care
The Obama administration is re-branding the central component of its signature healthcare law. The Health and Human Services Department suddenly stopped referring to insurance “exchanges” this week, even as it heralded ongoing efforts to prod states into setting up...
by Jane Richey | Jan 16, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
Pregnant women in one southwestern Pennsylvania town will soon need to look elsewhere to deliver their babies, after a local hospital announced it will end the practice in March — blaming ObamaCare in part for the decision. The Windber Medical Center will stop...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Health Care
More than 80 percent of Medicare providers will face penalties for failing to meet quality thresholds if current performance trends continue, according to a new study. The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found Tuesday that fewer than one in five Medicare...
by Jane Richey | Jan 10, 2013 | Health Care
Congress is scrutinizing the private firms hired to implement parts of Obamacare, — particularly a subsidiary of insurance firm UnitedHealth Group, which will hold the customer data for health care plans in the exchanges required under the law — but the...
