Keck School of Medicine Dean Carmen A. Puliafito has launched a Council on Health Reform to keep the USC community informed about and engaged in the health reform discussion. This Web site offers our USC faculty, staff, students and friends a destination for daily updates from the health reform front and for opportunities to join the debate through commentary on this site, attendance at special meetings, speaker events and more. Click on the link below to register for the Dean’s Council on Health Reform so that you may lend your suggestions for enhanced Web content, speakers and other relevant activities.
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Friday, January 27
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Health Reform Headlines
- Friday, January 27, 2012
Medicare nominee praises Berwick, touts work on healthcare law
Source: The HillPresident Obama’s nominee to lead the Medicare agency touted the administration’s progress implementing healthcare reform Thursday. Read the Article>Add a Comment - Friday, January 27, 2012
New Hampshire Democrats Launch Petition To Block Health Care Reform
Source: The Huffington PostAdd a CommentNew Hampshire Democrats are hoping a campaign strategy centered on opposition to a controversial health care bill will pay off in 2012 elections across the Granite State.
Read the Article> - Friday, January 27, 2012
In retiree-heavy Florida, health reform not a popular topic
Source: ReutersThere's one small-government idea that Republican presidential candidates are reluctant to discuss in this retiree-heavy state: their plans to rein in health care costs for the elderly. Read the Article>Add a Comment - Friday, January 27, 2012
Feds Reject Texas' Request to Delay Insurance Reform
Source: The Texas TribuneThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rejected the Texas Department of Insurance’s proposal to delay implementation of a federal health care reform provision aimed at curbing rising premiums. Read the Article>Add a Comment - Friday, January 27, 2012
GOP prepares replacement plan
Source: The HillRep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health panel, gave reporters a preview of the year’s healthcare agenda on Wednesday — including the GOP's preparations for a Supreme Court ruling on the reform law's individual mandate. Read the Article>Add a Comment - Friday, January 27, 2012
Health care reform: House GOP waits for Supreme Court
Source: PoliticoAdd a CommentHouse Republicans have tried to repeal various pieces of President Barack Obama’s health reform law, but they haven’t touched the least popular piece: the individual mandate. One reason for that: They don’t want to give the Supreme Court a reason not to strike it down.
Read the Article> - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Advocates rush to defend health law's endangered CLASS Act
Source: The HillLong-term-care advocates lost no time rushing to the defense of the healthcare reform law's endangered CLASS Act after the House set up a vote to repeal it next week.Add a CommentRead the Article> - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Healthcare swing vote Kennedy attends Obama speech
Source: The HillAssociate Justice Anthony Kennedy was one of four Supreme Court justices to attend Tuesday night's State of the Union address. Read the Article>Add a Comment - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
House vote on repeal of long-term care program set for next week: Boehner
Source: Business InsuranceAdd a CommentThe U.S. House of Representatives next week will vote on legislation that would kill a health care reform law provision to establish a voluntary long-term care program, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday.
Read the Article> - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Results mixed for US healthcare companies
Source: Financial TimesHealth insurers, which faced harsh criticism during the debate over US healthcare reform legislation, have performed well in the last year as patients tried to avoid medical procedures amid a weak economy. Read the Article>Add a Comment
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