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Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision

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Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision

By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer– Everybody agreed hospitals would be the biggest business losers if the Supreme Court overthrew the health care reform act. But the ruling that preserves most of the law — along with the promise of billions in extra hospital revenue — raises new problems for the industry. Hospital bosses applauded and […]

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Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act

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Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act

By PHIL GALEWITZ and MARILYN WERBER SERAFINI, KHN Staff Writers– The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step. But governors will be under strong pressure to take the […]

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Analysis – ‘Medical Cost-Shifting’ The Ripple Effect Of Uncompensated Health Care

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Analysis – ‘Medical Cost-Shifting’ The Ripple Effect Of Uncompensated Health Care

By WENDELL POTTER, iWatchNews– If I were trying to persuade the Supreme Court later this month that Obamacare should not be declared unconstitutional, I would tell the story of the woman who was the original named plaintiff in the lawsuit filed by the National Federation of Independent Business, one of the fiercest critics of the […]

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U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown

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U.S. Health Care Reform Law Heads to High Court Showdown

Key elements of the U.S. Health Care Reform will go before the nation’s highest court next spring, and any decision could become an election year bombshell. The United States Supreme Court announced 14 Nov. 2011, that it will hear oral arguments on a total of four specific questions raised in federal circuit court decisions that […]

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Few Small Businesses Use Valuable Obama Health Care Tax Credit

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Few Small Businesses Use Valuable Obama Health Care Tax Credit

While small business owners frequently complain about the cost of providing health insurance for the their employees, few are taking advantage of valuable health care tax credit, according to published reports. According to the IRS, the small business health care tax credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of covering their employees. […]

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Business Health Care Tax Credit for Small Business Employers

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Business Health Care Tax Credit for Small Business Employers

The small business health care tax credit helps small businesses and small tax-exempt organizations afford the cost of covering their employees. Eligibility Rules Providing health care coverage. A qualifying employer must cover at least 50% of the cost of health care coverage for some of its workers based on the single rate. Firm size. A […]

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Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 9%

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Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 9%

Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health care insurance coverage increased 9% from 2010 to $15,073 this year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust 2011 Employer Health Benefits Survey released Tuesday, 27 Sept. 2011. On average, workers pay $4,129 and employers pay $10,944 toward those annual premiums. Premiums increased significantly faster than […]

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Poll: Significantly Fewer U.S. 18- to 25-Year-Olds Uninsured

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Poll: Significantly Fewer U.S. 18- to 25-Year-Olds Uninsured

First a little bit of good news on health insurance in the United States. There are fewer uninsured people thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act, which allows children as old as 26 to remain on their parents’ health care insurance plans appears have an immediate effect on the number of Americans […]

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