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Aetna Government Health Plans of Hartford, Conn., appears to have gained an unfair advantage in competing for TRICARE’s North Region support contract, valued at $16.7 billion, by hiring a former chief of staff at TRICARE headquarters to help the company draft its winning proposal.
Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year in the state's largest health care program. Human... Medicaid - Health care - Health - Bill Richardson - Health Policy
The number of uninsured adults in Erie County has nearly doubled in the past 10 years. Many of them struggle to find care and wait to see if health-care reform will solve their problems.
It was just time for arGentis Pharmaceuticals LLC to "grow a little bit," said company CEO Tom I. Davis.Davis was referring to the Memphis-based drug developer's new office space in the Colonnade Center at 1661 International.In October, the company began moving from its space in Downtown's Memphis Bioworks Foundation building.But arGentis also grew its drug-development pipeline this month with ...
A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first U.S. Senate hurdle on Saturday as the last wavering senators said they would vote to begin debate on the legislation, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need.
Health officials on Friday reported a slight decrease in H1N1 flu activity nationwide.
The Telluride Foundation — in partnership with its Local Health Initiative, Bright Futures Early Childhood Regional Council and childcare providers and school districts in San Miguel, Ouray, Montrose and Delta counties — has received $301,410 for its Medicaid and CHP+ School and Childcare Based Outreach and Enrollment Program.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid won over the last of his party’s holdouts, bringing him to the verge of victory in the first big test of whether he can keep Democrats united behind health-care legislation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate voted Saturday to begin floor debate on an $848 billion healthcare bill backers say would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.
RALEIGH — Rep. Susan Fisher, D-Buncombe, followed other state legislators Wednesday in calling for an investigation into Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's campaign against a public health-insurance plan.
8 a .m. Ch. 9: "Fox News Sunday": Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Kit Bond, R-Mo., Arlen Specter, D-Pa., Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; Bernadine Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health.
A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first U.S. Senate hurdle on Saturday as the last two wavering Democrats said they would vote to begin debate on the legislation, giving them the 60 votes they need.
Cash-strapped Illinois has found some money to help pay Medicaid providers in the state.
If you've recently found yourself wondering, "What the heck is going on with the health care reform debate?", you're not alone. The American legislative process is unwieldy, and never more so than in the United States Senate. Now that the House has passed a bill, the Senate will try to do the same starting today.
Aetna and the parent company of Hartford Hospital, MidState Medical Center in Meriden and Windham Hospital have reached an agreement on reimbursement rates, ending the possibility that the hospitals would leave the insurer's network.
Stu Stoler was beside himself when his private Medicare Advantage plan notified him that it's closing at year's end. The 68-year-old Lewisville resident has liked his coverage, especially the lack of co-payments for his insulin.
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