Health IT and the path toward better care and lower costs - A Health 2.0 panel tackles tech training, healthy homes ...

Health 2.0 marked the opening of its Northwest chapter with a panel discussion that looked at how health technologies can improve patient care and reduce costs. Brian Ahiera offers a rundown on the panelists and their key points.

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Health Care Reform: Is There a Doctor in the House?

Title: Health Care Reform: Is There a Doctor in the House? Category: Health News Created: 9/8/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/9/2010

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Health Insurers Challenged for Blaming U.S. Premium Increases on Obama Law

The health-insurance industry was criticized by the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for “falsely blaming� premium increases on the health law signed by President Barack Obama in March.

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Health insurance costs to rise under health-care reform

Health insurance spending will rise 12.9 percent in 2014, according to a new government analysis of the health-care reform law.

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Health Highlights: Sept. 8, 2010

Title: Health Highlights: Sept. 8, 2010 Category: Health News Created: 9/8/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 9/9/2010

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Health boss cautions insurers on rising rates

President Obama’s top health official warned the insurance industry yesterday that the administration will not tolerate blaming premium increases on the new health care law. Insurance - Barack Obama - Health care - United States - Business

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Health prof says strike action compromises access

Access to public health services is being compromised by health workers taking industrial action and requires review, Auckland University of Technology's dean of health and environmental sciences Professor Max Abbott says.

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Health care costs to rise under Obama's law

The nation’s health care tab will go up — not down — as a result of President Obama’s sweeping overhaul. That’s the conclusion of a government forecast yesterday, which also predicts the increase will be modest. The average annual growth...

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Health Spending Growth 0.2% Higher Through 2019 After Obama's Overhaul

America's health care bill will rise as a result of President Obama's health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law in March, according to an analysis from Medicare's Office of the Actuary, but by just 0.2% higher through 2019, and that includes an extra 32 million uninsured individuals gaining health care coverage. The analysis is published in the medical journal ...

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Health Tip: When You Feed Baby Formula

Title: Health Tip: When You Feed Baby Formula Category: Health News Created: 9/8/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/9/2010

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