Monday, March 22, 2010

Financing News Pulse: National Edition




















































Weekly Financing News Pulse
National Edition
March 22, 2010

 

















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Inside This Issue – News Headlines

Congress Passes Senate Democrats’ Health Care Reform Bill; House Approves Reconciliation Bill




Poll Finds Few Support Democrats’ Health Reform Proposal; Most Want Some Reform




Alpharma To Pay $42.5 Million To Settle Medicaid Fraud Suit









Inside This Issue – Studies Released

Urban Institute Report Finds Health Care Reform Would Reduce Uncompensated Care Costs




Reports Estimate Health Care Reform’s Impact on Local Hospitals’ Uncompensated Care Costs




U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Releases Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations, Including Cost-Saving Changes to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Programs




Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report Documents Rising Uninsurance Among the Middle Class




Avalere Finds Large Part D Insurers Raised Premiums
10 Percent in 2010





Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Examines Brand-Name Prescription Drugs in the “Doughnut Hole”




KFF Compares Expenditures in Individual and Employer-Sponsored Insurance




Preliminary United Benefit Advisors Survey Data Show Employers Favor Some Health Reforms, Oppose Mandates




Survey Finds Partisan Divide on Attitudes Towards the Uninsured




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