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Kaiser Foundation

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Name: Kaiser Foundation

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Nonprofit health insurers often beat for-profits, but not in Portland: study

Nonprofit health insurers often beat the premiums of their for-profit competitors and usually provide better protections on out-of-pocket spending, according to a recent survey of six cities around the country, including Portland.Interestingly, in Portland ... [Published Oregonian - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Kaiser Foundation, Public Information, Affordable Care Act

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Help! say Allied Gardens SpringFest organizers

Allied GardensNeighborhood News Onstage plea is made at recent event By Liz Swain, May 22, 2013 The Allied Gardens SpringFest board will meet later this month to discuss the future of the two-day celebration, SpringFest president Sherry Kelly said in ... [Published San Diego Reader - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Organism, Steve Grimes, San Diego (California, United States), Kaiser Foundation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

Almost Half Of Seniors Poor, Modern Census Stats Show

Nearly half of the nation’s seniors are poor when Census Bureau officials deduct their health care expenses from their income, a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation has found.The Census Bureau began using an alternative gauge of poverty in 2011, ... [Published Provider - May 21 2013]

Entities: Census, Medicaid, Kaiser Foundation, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Aetna Inc

Insurers predict 100%-400% Obamacare rate explosion [Examiner, The (Wash., DC)]

New regulations, policies, taxes, fees and mandates are the reason for the unexpected "rate shock," according to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which released a report Monday based on internal documents provided by the insurance companies. The ... [Published Insurance News Net - May 21 2013]

Entities: Obamacare, Detonation, Kaiser Foundation, Aetna Inc

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

JeffLinks Tuesday

FoIB Jeff M sends along two very helpful ObamaTax items.First, courtesy of the Kaiser Foundation, a helpful (and free!) ObamaSubsidy calculator . This will no doubt help take some of the edge off those massive premiums hikes looming on the horizon.But ... [Published InsureBlog - May 20 2013]

Entities: Kaiser Foundation

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Maine Voices: LePage should back win-win plan to pay hospital debt, expand care

Accepting federal funds to cover more families will cut the bad debt and charity care costs facing hospitals.By Justin Alfond and Mark EvesAUGUSTA - In the coming days, the state of Maine has an opportunity to pay back the debt owed to our hospitals and ... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 20 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Health Insurance, Kaiser Foundation, Justin Alfond

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

First ever Tulsa Pulse comes to downtown Part II

The first ever Tulsa Pulse, being held May 11 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Guthrie Green Park in downtown Tulsa, is a partnership between MyHealth Access Network and the George Kaiser Foundation to bring ?greater awareness to the importance of physical fitness ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 12 2013]

Entities: Tulsa, Kaiser Foundation, George Kaiser

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Social service advocates make case for funding

CONCORD - Senate budget writers heard impassioned pleas to keep the state's social safety net intact as they held a public hearing Thursday on the state budget recently passed by the House of Representatives. Testimony in support of health and human service ... [Published Union Leader - May 10 2013]

Entities: Medicaid, Advocate, Testimony, Child Abuse

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Hospitals' fees vary widely for same care

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Newly released Medicare data shows big differences in fees for the most common medical procedures from one hospital to another.Hospitals kept their charges for medical procedures practically a secret. But a new massive federal database ... [Published KABC Los Angeles - May 09 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Kaiser Foundation, Todd Park, Acute renal failure

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

New report reveals stunning disparities in health-care costs

A joint replacement at one Los Angeles hospital costs $297,000; at another, 12 miles away, it's $84,000 – a gap that health-care experts say could help consumers, armed with such information, play a role in driving costs down. Everybody knows US medical ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 09 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Los Angeles, Kaiser Foundation, Health Insurance

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Healthcare: Reform or move on

Let’s be honest. Healthcare reform doesn’t quite sell itself. With few exceptions, more voters have disliked the plan than liked it in polls over the last several years. But at the same time, even fewer voters want the law repealed or defunded. Hence, ... [Published The Hill - May 08 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Health Care Reform, Kaiser Foundation, Affordable Care Act

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Funding and Support

Ensuring medication safety in pediatric emergenciesGeorgia Medical Care Foundation, Atlanta, GeorgiaImproving the safe use of medications by patients with diabetesKaiser Foundation Research Institute, Oakland, CaliforniaPredicting the risk of C. difficile ... [Published U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Birmingham, Kaiser Foundation, Care Foundation, isotretinoin, University Of Rhode Island

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...Steve B Miller, member of Surescripts' board of directors and Senior V P and Chief Medical Officer of Express Scripts, notes in the report that, "For what appears to be a compelling case (safer, more affordable and more convenient), the initial uptake (of eprescriptions) was much slower than originally anticipated. However, the growth in the last two years has been astonishing. We have reached the proverbial tipping point."

OptimizeRx's SampleMD Revolutionizing Prescription Drug Sampling [Published Seeking Alpha - 23 hours ago]

...He has co-edited three books, "Shaping a National Urban Agenda: The Role of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning;" Residential Apartheid: The American Legacy;" and "Regions that Work: How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together;" as well as a number of journal publications...

Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby III Named a Worldwide Who's Who Professional of the Year for Excellence i ... [Published 24-7PressRelease.com - May 22 2013]

...Ms Shecantbeserious has released a handy little FAQ sheet with timely (right) info on the SHOP (Small Business Health Options Program). "Course, that presupposes that these things will ever actually get off the ground .You can download the FAQ"

JeffLinks Tuesday [Published InsureBlog - May 20 2013]

...It was many years after his death, she said, "when I started to play with him. ... My experience is with the totally healthy man. It's the joy of my life."

Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new home in Tulsa [Published Kentucky.com - May 13 2013]

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Nonprofit health insurers often beat for-profit... [Published Oregonian - 4 hours ago]
Help! say Allied Gardens SpringFest organizers [Published San Diego Reader - 22 hours ago]
OptimizeRx's SampleMD Revolutionizing Prescript... [Published Seeking Alpha - 23 hours ago]
Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby III Named a Worldwide Who... [Published 24-7PressRelease.com - May 22 2013]
Insurers predict 100%-400% Obamacare rate explo... [Published Insurance News Net - May 21 2013]
Almost Half Of Seniors Poor, Modern Census Stat... [Published Provider - May 21 2013]
JeffLinks Tuesday [Published InsureBlog - May 20 2013]
Maine Voices: LePage should back win-win plan t... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 20 2013]
Woody Guthrie’s great American voice gets a new... [Published Wichita Eagle - May 19 2013]
Shooting victim wanted 'tribe' to be peaceful [Published WorldNetDaily - May 19 2013]
GILBERT: Ultimately, Medicaid expansion could b... [Published Oakland Press - May 17 2013]
Tulsa Pulse, health and fitness festival, at Gu... [Published KJRH-TV - May 13 2013]
Woody Guthrie's great American voice gets a new... [Published Kentucky.com - May 13 2013]
First ever Tulsa Pulse comes to downtown Part II [Published Yahoo! News - May 12 2013]
Social service advocates make case for funding [Published Union Leader - May 10 2013]
Billionaire George Kaiser's Friendly Foundation [Published BusinessWeek - May 10 2013]
Hospital pricing varies greatly between facilit... [Published SGV Tribune - May 10 2013]
Hospitals' fees vary widely for same care [Published KABC Los Angeles - May 09 2013]
New report reveals stunning disparities in heal... [Published Christian Science Monitor - May 09 2013]
Healthcare: Reform or move on [Published The Hill - May 08 2013]
Kaiser Uses Title Alone for Tax Status, Class Says [Published Courthouse News Service - May 08 2013]
Bending the Medicaid Cost Curve [Published Council of State Governments - May 08 2013]
Health IT experts frustrated with EHR adoption [Published SearchHealthIT - May 06 2013]
Political Horizons: A look at the Medicaid expa... [Published The Advocate - May 05 2013]
Teen Magazines & Their Effects on Teenage Girls [Published EHow.com - May 03 2013]
Not Looking Forward To 2014 [Published Republican National Committee - May 02 2013]
Red lines are not real for the Obama administra... [Published American Thinker - May 02 2013]
Failed by two systems [Published Pine Bluff Commercial News - May 02 2013]
Businesses may get sticker shock on health care [Published Greenfield Daily Reporter - May 01 2013]
Democrats, GOP continue fight over Medicaid exp... [Published Pharmacy Choice - May 01 2013]

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JeffLinks Tuesday [Published InsureBlog - May 20 2013] FoIB Jeff M sends along two very helpful ObamaTax items.First, courtesy of the Kaiser Foundation, a helpful (and free!) ObamaSubsidy calculator . This will no doubt help take some of the edge off those massive premiums hikes looming on the horizon.But ...
Nancy Pelosi backs up President Obama on Social... [Published Daily Kos - Mar 14 2013] President Obama told Republicans he means it when he says he wants to cut Medicare and Social Security, and now he's got Nancy Pelosi backing him up, at least on cutting Social Security benefits through the chained CPI."If we can demonstrate that ...
The Sequestering of Barack Obama [Published TAPPED - Feb 26 2013] AP Photo/Susan Walsh President Barack Obama urges Congress to come up with a plan to avert the automatic spending cuts set to kick in on March 1, 2013 last week. President Obama has miscalculated both the tactical politics of the sequester and the depressive ...
Use This Tech to Get Your Kids Off the Couch [Published Mashable! - Feb 25 2013] The doldrums of winter are upon us and adults aren’t the only ones capable of adding a cozy layer of winter hibernation fat -- kids are just as susceptible too. For those in cold climates, activity levels slow way down and there just aren't ...
In Georgia, a Blueprint for Battling Obamacare [Published The New Republic - Citizen Cohn - Jan 15 2013] p> Sharon Cooper is not a national political figure. She is a state legislator in Georgia, one I happened to encounter at a recent event in Atlanta. But Cooper is also an archetype of Obamacare's newest adversary: the state official fighting health ...