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White House Works to Shape Debate Over Health Law

March 9th, 2012

The Obama administration has begun an aggressive campaign to use approaching Supreme Court arguments on the new health care law as a moment to build support for the measure…….click here to continue reading

Health-care system gets new name

February 17th, 2012

Presence Health has been chosen as the name of the new health-care system formed by the November 2011 merger of Provena Health of Mokena and Resurrection Health Care of Chicago…….click here to continue reading

Why Wyden-Ryan is a Game Changer on Medicare Reform

December 17th, 2011

Last week, I wrote a lengthy summary of the new bipartisan Medicare and health-care reform plan from Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.). Today, I’d like to address some of the objections to the plan from both conservatives and liberals. Wyden-Ryan isn’t perfect—no plan that can get through Congress will ever be—but it’s likely to be our best chance at getting both parties to ………click here to continue reading

For First Time, Poll Finds Most in U.S. Don’t Like New Health-Care Law

October 29th, 2011

Public opinion has tipped against the new health-care law, the Kaiser Family Foundations monthly tracking poll found…….click here to continue reading

Rural hospitals worry about health care overhaul

July 4th, 2011

BOB MOEN Associated Press CODY, Wyo. West Park Hospital, a 25-bed facility that serves a mostly rural area of northern Wyoming, is spending $4 million to upgrade its computer system. It didn’t want to spend that much, but under the new federal health care law the hospital says it didn’t have a choice. The $4 million is to make the hospital’s patient information accessible to other hospitals and ………click here to continue reading