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Consumer-directed U.S. health insurance surges

April 19th, 2012

There may not be a consensus in the nation's capital on how to control the cost of health care, but businesses and their employees are not sitting around waiting for clarity. They are voting with their ………click here to continue reading

Kaiser Permanente Receives Two Awards for Leadership in Electronic Health Record Implementation

February 22nd, 2012

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kaiser Permanente, the nation's leading health care provider, with the largest private-sector electronic health record system in the world, received two awards ………click here to continue reading

Wal-Mart trims health care coverage for some

October 22nd, 2011

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest private employer, is scaling back the eligibility of health care coverage offered to future part-timers and dramatically raising premiums for many of its full-time workers…….click here to continue reading

House OKs health care

March 25th, 2011

MONTPELIER — The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill calling for a single-payer system Thursday afternoon, putting the state on a path to become the first in the nation to adopt universal access to health care…….click here to continue reading

Recession slows health care spending in ’09

January 6th, 2011

Associated Press WASHINGTON — It sounds like good news: The recession slowed the growth of the nation’s health care bill to the lowest levels ever measured…….click here to continue reading