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Feds to put up $1.9B for Oregon health overhaul

May 4th, 2012

The Obama administration is buying into an ambitious health care initiative in Oregon, announcing Thursday it has tentatively agreed to chip in $1.9 billion over five years to help get the program off the ground…….click here to continue reading

CVS Caremark to Sponsor PoliticoPro Briefing on Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing on Affordable Care Act

March 21st, 2012

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CVS Caremark will sponsor a PoliticoPro Health Care Breakfast Briefing at the Newseum on Thursday, March 22, entitled “Supreme Court Preview: What to Watch,” ………click here to continue reading

Health care cost-cutting touted

October 21st, 2011

Michigan employers could look to Wisconsin for a model to drive down health care costs for workers, panelists at a Thursday conference told Michigan employers, health plan leaders and others gathered in Detroit…….click here to continue reading

Health care affordability urged

October 7th, 2011

WASHINGTON — An advisory panel of experts Thursday recommended that the Obama administration emphasize affordability over breadth of coverage when it comes to implementing a key insurance provision of the 2010 health care law…….click here to continue reading

Health care lawsuits tossed

September 10th, 2011

Richmond, Va. — The federal health care overhaul survived two lawsuits dismissed Thursday on technicalities, leaving President Barack Obama’s signature initiative headed toward a final resolution in the U.S. Supreme Court as early as next year…….click here to continue reading