Health Change Bulletin             |          August 19, 2010              |           Volume Two Issue Thirty Six
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News

  

Health Reform's 1099 Headache
Joseph Mccafferty, CFO.Com, August 19, 2010

 

Filling The Medicare Doughnut Hole
The Ledger, August 19, 2010

 

Physician Payment Reform: What It Could Mean to Doctors
Leslie Kane, Medscape, August 18, 2010

 

US Health Reform Spurs Change for Big Employers-Survey
Jon Lentz, Reuters, August 18, 2010

    

States Get Federal Help to Keep Health Insurance Affordable
Joseph Picard, International Business Times, August 18, 2010

    

Virginia Chooses Health Reform Initiative Advisory Council
Gov Monitor, August 16, 2010

      

GOP Should Rethink Opposition to Health Care's Cost-Control Board
Ezra Klein, The Washington Post, August 15, 2010

           

Blogs

  

CMS Announces Modest Hike in Medicare Part D Premiums
Mike Lillis, The Hill Blog, August 18, 2010

    

Commissioners OK Health Rate Plan
Sarah Kliff, Politico, August 17, 2010

   

Tweets

 

House GOP wants to repeal and replace ObamaCare will common sense solutions that will drive down the cost of
Congressional Republican Minority Leader John Boehner, http://twitter.com/GOPLeader, August 18, 2010

     

Blog from HHS Sec. Sebelius on making sure that your #hc premiums pay for health care, rather than admin costs
HealthCare.Gov, http://twitter.com/HealthCareGov, August 18, 2010

      

Medicare trustees project Annual Part B spending will grow by more than 60% by 2019, topping $350 billion. Stats
American Medical News, http://twitter.com/amednews, August 18, 2010

Video

    

How Businesses Can Prepare for Health-Care Law

Fox Business, August 18, 2010

  

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