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This is a PDF version of President Obama’s new federal budget plan for FY2010, as published by the Office of Management and Budget, Feb. 26, 2009. Of special interest to healthcare providers: see p. 127, Table S-6. This table outlines how the federal government plans to change payments to the health care industry, thereby securing […]
Wall Street Journal – Feb. 27, 2009. Most U.S. doctors still use paper records, but the federal stimulus bill aims to change that by introducing big incentives for docs to buy and use electronic medical records. Click title to read more… The WSJ’s Andy Jordan is taking a road trip to look at how the […]
This is a PDF Transcript of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director of CBO, on Options for Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs. Here are some sobering thoughts on efforts to cut health costs. Not only are health-care costs growing, but a lot of the ideas out there to cut them may not result in savings […]
Health care costs will continue to grow and most ideas to cut them may not result in savings for the federal government withing a decade, according to Senate Testimony given by Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf on Wednesday, February 25. Find his testimony here. Click title to read more… Mr. Elmendorf provided a […]
kaisernetwork.org – Feb. 19, 2009. Summaries of some the potential effects of the recently enacted economic stimulus package appear in this article, including COBRA subsidies, effectiveness research, effects on hospitals and states. Click title to read more… Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report provides the following analyses: COBRA subsidies: Some employers have raised concerns that a […]
kaisernetwork.org – February 22, 2009. The American College of Emergency Physicians last week said that a University of Chicago Medical Center initiative to divert patients from its emergency department is “dangerously close to patient dumping,” which would violate federal law, the Chicago Tribune reports. ACEP said the medical center is “failing in its obligation to […]
kaisernetwork.org – February 22, 2009. Modeling the U.S. health care system after Massachusetts’ health insurance law would leave many residents without affordable health coverage, according to analysis by three Harvard Medical School physicians and a letter signed by 500 state physicians sent to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), the Boston Globe‘s “Political Intelligence” blog reports. According […]
Kaisernetwork.org – Feb. 23, 2009. President Obama on Thursday plans to announce his FY 2010 budget proposal, which will include funds for health care programs, the Wall Street Journal reports (Bendavid, Wall Street Journal, 2/19). The Obama “administration is not prepared to submit a full budget, complete with the thick volumes of appendices and historical […]
