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Analysis: Deficit may be biggest threat to healthcare reforms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mounting U.S. deficit could pose a much greater threat to the survival of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms than either the Supreme Court or 2012 elections.Many health experts say innovations in delivering medical care and the creation of ...

Republican Ryan backs new bipartisan Medicare plan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmaker Paul Ryan, who caused an uproar this year by proposing to privatize Medicare, unveiled a new bipartisan approach on Thursday to cut costs in the government's $525 billion health plan for the elderly.Ryan, chairman of the House ...

U.S. cracking down on Medicare painkiller abuse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities are directing Medicare prescription drug plans to withhold payments for popular painkillers when they suspect patient abuse, part of a wider effort to combat fraud.The Department of Health and Human Services noted evidence of "doctor shopping," ...

Mortgage servicers targeted for poor performance

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Wednesday it will keep the pressure on two big banks to help ease the foreclosure crisis, withholding payments to them under a foreclosure relief program.The Treasury said Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & ...

U.S. targets mortgage servicers for poor performance

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Wednesday it will keep the pressure on two big banks to help ease the foreclosure crisis, withholding payments to them under a foreclosure relief program.The Treasury said Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase & ...

Blacks with diverticulitis have worse outcomes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Blacks need emergency surgery more often than whites for a common type of intestinal disease, and they tend to fare worse afterwards, suggests a study of older Americans on Medicare.It's not the first time researchers find racial ...

Top court names lawyers to argue healthcare case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday named an attorney to argue that challenges to President Barack Obama's healthcare insurance requirements must wait until after that part of the law has taken effect in 2014.The high court also appointed a second ...

Supreme Court names lawyers to argue healthcare case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Friday named an attorney to argue that challenges to President Barack Obama's healthcare insurance requirements must wait until after that part of the law has taken effect in 2014.The high court also appointed a second ...

Obama administration launches $1 billion healthcare drive

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday said $1 billion of federal funds allocated in last year's health reform law will go toward innovation programs designed to boost jobs and improve patient care.The announcement is the administration's latest attempt to show ...

Supreme Court agrees to hear Obama healthcare law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July on the healthcare system's biggest overhaul in nearly 50 years.The decision had been widely expected since ...
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