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Managed Care April 2002	Ruling Makes Class-Action Suit More Plausible The idea of a class-action lawsuit against HMOs was boosted by a recent decision in a federal court in Florida. Meanwhile, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has sounded the alarm that efforts to increase health plan liability may be launched in at least eight states...
Managed Care March 2001	Privacy Up, Liability Down In State Houses This Year Privacy proposals will be one of the most prevalent -- though not the most hotly debated -- issues related to health coverage in state houses this year, according to a survey by the Health Insurance Association of America...
Managed Care November 1999 Allen Briskin & Gerry Hinkley	HMO Liability Battleground Moving to Courts, Statehouse The adage "all politics is local" may, in the end, become the motto that sinks ERISA. HMO executives should assume protection will evaporate.
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CFO June 1, 2009 Alix Stuart	Prescription for Progress? The enormous changes being contemplated for health care, and the staggering costs associated with them, which could draw heavily upon corporate coffers, ensure that even if the road to reform is fast, it will not be smooth.
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Managed Care April 2007	Comparing Congressional Health Care Proposals A review of health care reform bills proposed by Congress shows that many of them would cover more uninsured Americans than the current administration proposal.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 Amy S. Choi	Why Small Biz Is Skittish About Health-Care Reform Despite a charm offensive by Obama, health-care proposals leave entrepreneurs wary
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Managed Care March 2001 Bob Carlson	State Experiences Suggests Thompson, Bush a Tough Team People who know George W. Bush and Tommy Thompson best predict that between them, these former governors will get a patients-rights bill through Congress and make the federal health care bureaucracy work better...
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Managed Care February 2001	Rate of uninsured falls, but underlying factors remain shaky The percentage of uninsured Americans fell from 1998 to 1999, for the first time in a decade. But, according to a study prepared by the Health Insurance Association of America, the underlying factors affecting coverage have not changed -- and that could mean the decline is just an illusion...
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Managed Care November 2002	Bush's Drug-Patent Move Makes Generics Hot Topic The inability of President Bush and Congress to come to terms on such hot-button health care issues as HMO liability and Medicare drug coverage has helped to push another topic to the fore: the availability of generic drugs.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Order In The Torts Despite company plans to settle asbestos claims, business continues to seek federal civil-suit limits. The states, however, may have the final word.
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Managed Care January 2001	Private Proposals Aim To Reduce Lack of Coverage Two new proposals to solve the conundrum of Americans without health coverage would build on the country's existing health system...
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Managed Care May 2001 Cyril F. Chang	Covering Risk But Not Risky Behaviors A critical review of the arguments for insurance coverage for smoking-cessation therapies...
Managed Care September 1999	Bipartisan Bill Gains Momentum, Worries Industry Congress this month will take up a bipartisan managed care reform bill, perhaps the first this year to truly worry the insurance lobby....
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Managed Care August 2000 Michael Levin-Epstein	Will Fifth Circuit's Decision Spur Action on Patient Rights? The recent Fifth Circuit Court decision on Texas's statute allowing patients to sue HMOs for denial of physician-recommended care is helping to clarify where state and federal interests in patient rights lie -- and what Congress could do to spell out those interests.
Managed Care November 1999	U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Suit Against HMOs Over Incentives Can HMOs be sued for the practice of offering bonuses to physicians who help them keep the cost of care down?...
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Managed Care May 2002 John Carroll	Efforts To Kill Coverage Mandates Run Up Against Powerful Forces State coverage mandates were a popular feature on legislative agendas throughout the '90s. But when the economy soured last year and premiums shot up at a double-digit pace, a few legislators began launching bills in the hopes of rolling back mandates. Not so fast
Managed Care July 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	Tilt of Senate to Democrats Speeded Debate on Patients' Rights The Senate debate over the Patients' Bill of Rights made for great theater, but was the outcome ever in doubt?
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InternetNews October 7, 2005 Roy Mark	The Hype in The Broadband Pipes Politicians' bold talk of telecom reform is so far just so much hot air. Next year, though, is an election year, so appealing voter issues such as anti-spyware and data-breach disclosure laws will take center stage.
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