Officials To Announce New Health Information Technology Grants …

Senior administration officials will announce a new $1.2 billion initiative to expand the use of electronic medical records by doctors and hospitals today.

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Bending the Curve Requires Health Care Reform, Not Just Sick Care …

As President Obama and Congress struggle to bend the rising cost curve in order to make health care available to all Americans, the history of the first great expansion of health care coverage when Lyndon Johnson drove Medicare and …

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Will Emphasis on Prevention Bring Health Costs Down? – Kaiser …

To do that, legislation being debated in Congress requires Medicare and private health insurers to fully cover preventive services such as checkups and screening tests for cancer without any patient co-payments or deductibles. …

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Lawmakers, Officials Distort The Facts To Support Or Oppose Health …

“Confusing claims and outright distortions have animated the national debate over changes in the health care system,” the Associated Press reports.

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House Democrats Reach Accord Over Health Reform Deal; Energy And …

“Liberals and a small core of conservative Democrats set aside long-standing ideological differences early Friday to cut a deal that should allow the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve a sweeping health care bill, …

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