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WellPoint runs the country’s second largest insurance business; Blue Cross Blue Shield. Due to the drop in its earnings by 8 percent compared to 2010, the total compensation delivered to Chairwoman and CEO Angela Braly in 2011 dropped by 2 … Continue reading →

Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) shares an analysis which compares the prominent presidential candidates’ views on health reform. The report was prepared and offered by Mr. Reid Fletcher, a student at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

The House Budget Committee narrowly passed the new Ryan plan on Wednesday night despite opposition from the left and the right, as well as from the powerful senior citizens lobby, AARP.  The AARP’s chief executive, A. Barry Rand, said the … Continue reading →

A new report from the Commonwealth Fund concludes that accessibility, quality and costs of healthcare and health vary significantly from community to community around the country. In general, the highest- performing communities tended to be in the North while many … Continue reading →

Texas reduced its Medicaid budget and has limited the payment for the people who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. It is hurting the elderly poor and their doctors who are doing the right thing—treating the frailest of the … Continue reading →

A new report from the Pew Center on the States estimates that preventable dental conditions were the primary reason for 830,590 ER visits by Americans in 2009—a 16 percent increase from 2006. Shelly Gehshan, director for the Pew Center’s Children’s … Continue reading →

California’s biggest insurers are raising average rates by 8% to 14% for hundreds of thousands of Californians with individual coverage, outpacing the cost of overall medical care which has risen just 3.6% in the last year. Read more here!

More than a year ago, New York City’s public hospital system announced the creation of a management structure for its medical staff in an effort to save millions of dollars.  As part of this plan, the city agreed to pay … Continue reading →