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Health reform lobbyists paid $1.4 million daily by industry

by: Grant Huang Jul 6, 2009

The next five weeks will be do-or-die for Sen. Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) goal of getting a health reform bill on President Obama's desk by August. As the Senate debate intensifies over the details of health reform, it's important to remember that the health care industry is doing much more than watching from the sidelines.

Physician office jobs grow despite widespread losses

by: Grant Huang Jul 2, 2009

The country lost nearly half a million jobs in June - about 25% more than economists expected - but you and your peers kept hiring for the 11th straight month, according to a Part B News analysis of the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Wal-Mart backs employer mandates for health insurance

by: Grant Huang Jul 1, 2009

In a surprise move, the retail giant Wal-Mart says it supports government mandates on employers to either provide health insurance or directly defray the costs to workers. Wal-Mart has taken considerable heat in the past for providing poor employee benefits, including accusations of skimping on health care benefits. This idea of "employer mandates" was one of the more controversial components of the comprehensive health reform package currently under hot debate in Congress.

Arguments over public plan heat up House hearing

by: Grant Huang Jun 25, 2009

Should a health reform package include a government-backed public insurance plan? The question of the so-called "public option" has clearly become the greatest obstacle to passing a bipartisan health reform package.

AAFP responds to Senate HELP committee on reform

by: CHARLES FIEGL Jun 23, 2009

The American Accademy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has outlined where it stands on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee's health reform bill titled the Affordable Health Choices Act.

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