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Managed Care January 2001	Political Activity Gets Mass. HMOs Into Hot Water The Massachusetts secretary of state is waging war on the state's not-for-profit HMOs, which financed the bulk of a campaign to defeat a ballot proposal that would have required the legislature to create a universal-care system in the state...
Managed Care December 2000	Massachusetts Voters Reject Universal Care Backers of one of this year's most closely watched ballot initiatives say money had everything to do with its defeat...
Managed Care July 2000 Bob Carlson	What Legislature? Health Care Issues Increasingly Going Straight to Voters Residents of Massachusetts and Washington State may have a chance to opt for universal health care, in the form of physician-led ballot initiatives, this November.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Rite Aid Revival? Will tomorrow's earnings news make it three bad quarters in a row for the retail pharmacy? Investors, take note.
Managed Care March 2000 Bob Carlson	State Insurance Commissioners Weigh PBM Regulations This Month A payment delay by PCS causes concerns about under regulation of prescription benefit managers.
Managed Care March 2001	Bush: Medicare Drug Benefit Tied To Overall Reform Working quickly, President Bush has drafted the first half of his prescription drug plan for Medicare and sent it to Congress...
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Matthew Crews	Rite Aid's Baby Steps If Rite Aid does manage 5% operating margins, this pharmacy chain's shares will get the love they deserve.
Managed Care April 2002 John Carroll	Universal Care Making Rounds In State Houses and on Ballots This time, activists say their best chance to move universal care forward is with state legislatures, and they've begun pressing to make universal care a leading issue for candidates to address...
Managed Care May 2002	Primary Care Suffers Under M+C, Study Says Medicare+Choice compares unfavorably with traditional fee-for-service Medicare in 9 out of 11 features linked to primary care, according to a study funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that is generating interest and controversy
Managed Care November 2000	Quality of Care Varies Widely In Fee-for-Service Medicare In what may be the largest known attempt to gauge quality of care in fee-for-service medicine, a Health Care Financing Administration study has found dramatic variance in treatment of Medicare enrollees for six medical conditions...
Managed Care October 2000	Quick Fix May Be in Store for M+C, But Meaningful Change Likely To Wait Whatever diversion prescription drug proposals have provided, Medicare+Choice is back on Congress's radar screen. While sentiment is again running strong among legislators to address the wounded program, Congress is now racing a clock ticking ever closer to the elections...
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2009 Andrew Dick	Understanding Federal Healthcare Laws Commercial real estate professionals who work with medical office development must be aware of the federal healthcare fraud and abuse laws.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2011 Ilan Moscovitz	Rite Aid Is Cheaper Than You Think Rite Aid tends to generate much more free cash flow than net income, suggesting that -- while things may not exactly be going swimmingly -- the company's stock might be a bit cheaper than many investors realize.
HBS Working Knowledge July 13, 2009	Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative With deep experience in health insurance reform, HBS faculty describe how improved competition in insurance plans could improve value for patients.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	Rite Aid Will Now Support Apple Pay And Google Wallet "By accepting mobile payments, we're able to offer Rite Aid customers an easy and convenient checkout process, which we know is important to them," Rite Aid CEO Ken Martindale said in a statement
Managed Care May 2007 John Marcille	Pay for Performance Proceeds at Proper Pace The incrementalist pay-for-performance will be with us long after Medicare private fee-for-service plan is history.
Managed Care April 2002 Frank Diamond	Medicare+Choice: Uncertain Future for Unstable Program While policy makers haggle over President Bush's budget request for the system, an ominous question looms: Can money solve all the problems?
Managed Care April 2002 John A. Marcille	Nobody Wants M+C To Die, So Why Can't We Make It Work? Money alone can't solve all of Medicare+Choice's woes, and structural problems will need to be addressed...
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Matthew Crews	Rite Aid: Comps Mean Competition The pharmacy chain reported positive same-store results for November. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Not Ready for Rite Aid Can the drugstore chain hold a candle to the competition? Its shares are trading at 22 times forward earnings, making it a seemingly less-than-advantageous time to place a bet on them.
Managed Care December 2003 John A. Marcille	Will a Gift From Congress Rebuild Public Confidence? Medicare reform is another way of digging out from under the PR muck. Make it work, make it better than it was before and even the industry's harshest critics will have to admit that managed care does good while it does well. Failure is not an option.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2010 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Prescription for Rite Aid Investors Here's what you need to know before earnings come out tomorrow.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Navjot Kaur	Should You Write Off Rite Aid? Rite Aid posts a relatively better quarter as wellness rewards the company.
BusinessWeek July 14, 2003 Howard Gleckman	This Medicare Reform Is No Cure The theory: The shift will improve treatment and save taxpayers money, helping to rein in ballooning Medicare costs while offsetting the expense of the drug benefit. Those are laudable goals. Unfortunately, Congress isn't likely to achieve them.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Rite Aid Hasn't Fully Recovered Rite Aid needs to be nursed back to health after its acquisition of Brooks Eckerd.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Seth Jayson	Rite Aid Wretched? Value investors may be interested in Rite Aid.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Rite Aid: Not Quite Rad, but Not All Bad Better results are possible, but there might be better ideas for investors.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2008 Todd Wenning	A Value Stock to Avoid in This Market Rite Aid is one "value" to avoid in this market.
CIO April 27, 2009 James Niccolai	Home Healthcare Devices Help Patients Stay out of the Hospital Remote devices allow patients to monitor their health at home and reduce hospital visits.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Shubh Datta	All Is Not Yet Right at Rite Aid Drug retailer Rite Aid posts losses in its first fiscal quarter and sees further losses ahead.
BusinessWeek June 23, 2011 Drew Armstrong	The Simplest Rx: Check on Your Patient Doctors and insurers cut costs by sharing information.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Forecast: Does Rite Aid Have the Right Rx? The retail pharmacy is set to release it second-quarter financial results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
Knowledge@Wharton	Prescription Drug Coverage for Seniors Faces Uncertain Future The discussion about adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare will be put on hold...
Managed Care August 2000	Competing Bills Put Drug Benefit In Medicare Analysts say chances of a Medicare drug benefit passing the Senate are slim. The Senate began debate on competing bills after the House narrowly passed a Republican-backed prescription benefit proposal.
The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Rite Aid's Generic Sales The drugstore chain gradually increases sales, and catches up to the big boys in one way. Investors, take note.
Salon.com September 8, 2000 Alan Berlow	Prescription politics What's the difference between the Bush and Gore health plans?
The Motley Fool June 29, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Rite Aid's Recent Remedy Will increased market clout lead the drugstore operator to new highs? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Chris Jones	The First Symptom of Health-Care Troubles? Rite Aid's problems imply bad news for consumers and the health-care system.
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn	Medicare Choices What are Medicare private fee-for-service plans and why did their fortunes rise and fall so dramatically? Most important, if these plans survive in their current form, should advisors suggest them for clients enrolled in or approaching Medicare eligibility?
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Robert M. Hayes	Preserve Medicare Medicare is a roadmap for the future healthcare of America. It should be fine-tuned and improved, not undermined and privatized as the Washington power brokers are now attempting to do.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Rite Aid Looks a Little Peaked Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better for the drugstore retailer; it has quite a bit of work to do to convince investors it can successfully manage the empire that it has acquired.
Managed Care July 2000 Michael Levin-Epstein	Congress Asked To Take Action As HMOs Flee Managed Medicare Thanks mainly to the increasing cost of providing a prescription drug benefit, HMOs are exiting Medicare+Choice, the system that was supposed to manage the health of the nation's senior citizens, in droves. Only an act of Congress can save Medicare+Choice, but is seems doubtful that will happen.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has Rite Aid Become the Perfect Stock? The company needs to turn itself around first before anyone will seriously expect superior results from Rite Aid.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Rite Aid's Right-Size Ambitions If the retail pharmacy chain can improve its net margins, reduce debt, and smoothly integrate its latest acquisition, the stock's upside would be substantial.
Managed Care May 2007 Frank Diamond	Medicare Advantage Hits Jackpot with Private Fee-for-Service Plans The secret to the success of Medicare private fee-for-service plans is as old as gold. Will beneficiary satisfaction force Congress to keep the faucet turned on?
Managed Care August 2000	Medicare+Choice pullouts' deep, deep sting The health plan exodus from Medicare+Choice will affect 934,000 people in 2001 -- more than were affected in 1999 and 2000 combined, according to the Health Care Financing Administration.
Managed Care January 2001 David Ricks & Joe Suminski	Nowhere To Go but Out? Tracking Medicare+Choice Managed Medicare's trouble may have something to do with underfunding or rich benefits, but for health plans, market share has a lot to do with it, too...
Managed Care May 2007	Headlines On Deadline ... AARP will expand its relationship with UnitedHealth Group and create a new relationship with Aetna... Savings from using the mail order option offered by PBMs help the member, but results in minimal cost reductions for the insurer...
Managed Care February 2001	In Medicare Bill, HMOs Got What They Wanted When the dust cleared over how $35 billion in Medicare "givebacks" would be divided, the Republicans prevailed -- Medicare HMOs got a bigger cut than Democrats wanted to give them. Now, President Bush may be poised to give Medicare managed care plans more...
Managed Care July 2004	Headlines On Deadline ... In a major victory for HMOs, the Supreme Court voted unanimously on June 21 that patients may not sue health plans in state courts for refusing to pay for medical care recommended by physicians.