http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/consumer-groups-fear-white-house-may-water-down-rule-on-user-friendly-health-plan-summaries.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/consumer-groups-fear-white-house-may-water-down-rule-on-user-friendly-health-plan-summaries.html#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:01:15 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/consumer-groups-fear-white-house-may-water-down-rule-on-user-friendly-health-plan-summaries.html WASHINGTON - One of the most popular provisions of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul — consumer-friendly summaries of what your insurance plan covers — suddenly seems to be at risk. Consumer groups say it's not Republican opposition they're w

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-26/consumer-groups-fear-white-house-may-water-down-rule-on-user-friendly-health-plan-summaries.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/house-gop-to-draft-bill-replacing-obama-health-law.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/house-gop-to-draft-bill-replacing-obama-health-law.html#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:01:07 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/house-gop-to-draft-bill-replacing-obama-health-law.html ...Barack Obama's health care overhaul if the Supreme Court strikes it down this summer. Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Pitts, chairman of a health care panel, says the GOP leadership wants to seize the opportunity if Obama's signature legislation is ruled unconstitutional....

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/house-gop-to-draft-bill-replacing-obama-health-law.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/ap-impact-health-overhaul-lags-in-states-3.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/ap-impact-health-overhaul-lags-in-states-3.html#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:01:22 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/ap-impact-health-overhaul-lags-in-states-3.html In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, Dan and Vicki McCuistion, of ... Here's a reality check for President Barack Obama's health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver on its pro

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-25/ap-impact-health-overhaul-lags-in-states-3.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-23/analysis-health-care-overhaul-lags-in-states.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-23/analysis-health-care-overhaul-lags-in-states.html#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:28 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-23/analysis-health-care-overhaul-lags-in-states.html WASHINGTON Here's a reality check for President Barack Obama's health overhaul: Three out of four uninsured Americans live in states that have yet to figure out how to deliver on its promise of affordable medical care. This is the year that will make or

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-23/analysis-health-care-overhaul-lags-in-states.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-22/ny-making-progress-on-meeting-new-health-care-law.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-22/ny-making-progress-on-meeting-new-health-care-law.html#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:01:16 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-22/ny-making-progress-on-meeting-new-health-care-law.html ...oversight of their health care. According to the nonpartisan Urban Institute, nearly 2.8 million New York state residents lack health insurance coverage. States are supposed to be partners in carrying out President Barack Obama's health overhaul, the biggest...

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-22/ny-making-progress-on-meeting-new-health-care-law.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-16/group-asks-supreme-court-throw-out-health-care-law-because-obama-may-not-be-president.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-16/group-asks-supreme-court-throw-out-health-care-law-because-obama-may-not-be-president.html#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:01:07 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-16/group-asks-supreme-court-throw-out-health-care-law-because-obama-may-not-be-president.html ...highly conservative watchdog group called the Western Center for Journalism has asked the Supreme Court to throw out the health care reform law (known variously as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare) — in part because Barack Obama may not be president legally....

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-16/group-asks-supreme-court-throw-out-health-care-law-because-obama-may-not-be-president.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-27/ap-health-law-cuts-seniors-doughnut-hole-expenses-40.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-27/ap-health-law-cuts-seniors-doughnut-hole-expenses-40.html#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:01:20 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-27/ap-health-law-cuts-seniors-doughnut-hole-expenses-40.html ...gap would have spent $1,504 this year on prescriptions. But thanks to discounts and other provisions in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, that cost fell to $901, according to Medicare's Office of the Actuary, which handles economic estimates...

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-11-27/ap-health-law-cuts-seniors-doughnut-hole-expenses-40.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/health-policies-entitlements-grab-headlines-in-gop-campaign-coverage.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/health-policies-entitlements-grab-headlines-in-gop-campaign-coverage.html#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:01:18 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/health-policies-entitlements-grab-headlines-in-gop-campaign-coverage.html Newt Gingrich's health policies are getting a thorough review as his standings in the polls improve. In the background, Mitt Romney blames President Barack Obama for the super committee's difficulties.
Boston Globe: Health Care? N.H. Residents Not Buying

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-11-21/health-policies-entitlements-grab-headlines-in-gop-campaign-coverage.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-08/appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-08/appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law.html#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:01:14 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-08/appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law.html WASHINGTON  — A conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges is upholding President Barack Obama's health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a split op

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-11-08/appeals-court-upholds-obama-health-care-law.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-04/health-care-law%c2%80%c2%99s-savings-for-seniors-with-high-prescription-costs-pass-1b-mark.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-04/health-care-law%c2%80%c2%99s-savings-for-seniors-with-high-prescription-costs-pass-1b-mark.html#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:01:44 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-04/health-care-law%c2%80%c2%99s-savings-for-seniors-with-high-prescription-costs-pass-1b-mark.html WASHINGTON — Medicare says seniors with high prescription costs have saved more than $1 billion thanks to the new health care law. President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul provides Medicare recipients in the coverage gap called the “doughnut hole” w

Bookmark / Share del.icio.us Digg Facebook StumbleUpon DZone Twitter

]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-11-04/health-care-law%c2%80%c2%99s-savings-for-seniors-with-high-prescription-costs-pass-1b-mark.html/feed 0