Articles by VANESSA FUHRMANShttp://labs.daylife.com/journalist/vanessa_fuhrmansArticles by VANESSA FUHRMANS, aggregated by daylife.comen-usMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:27:20 GMTMon, 23 Nov 2009 22:27:20 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comAthenahealth’s Bush Says Don’t Make Health IT Reform a Bailouthttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/aBs6M70XhcA/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. Besides being an entrepreneur in online billing services for doctors, athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush is a proud first cousin of President Bush and a lifelong Republican. But on a recent visit to The ...Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:13:17 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/aBs6M70XhcA/George W. BushBarack ObamaWall Street JournalU.S. Republican PartyBill ClintonFreelancers Union Takes Health Insurance In-Househttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/oPG93UX3DcU/For years, Freelancers Union has provided health coverage to thousands of self-employed workers, particularly in New York, where you can’t ride the subway for long without seeing one of the group’s clever ads. The nonprofit organization has wielded ...Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:29:05 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/oPG93UX3DcU/Rockefeller FoundationRobert Wood JohnsonPayment Hassles, Not Just Stinginess, Turn Doctors Off Medicaidhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/3xQSLEbbOlc/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. As Democrats in Congress consider covering more of the uninsured kids by expanding Medicaid, they may want to consider this: Fewer doctors are accepting Medicaid patients not just because fees are so ...Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:57:38 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/3xQSLEbbOlc/U.S. Democratic PartyU.S. CongressArnold SchwarzeneggerWall Street JournalUninsured Give but Rarely Receive Organs for Transplanthttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/VpU7tnMBFyg/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. The uninsured are far more likely to give than receive the gift of a organ for transplant. Call it the ultimate inequity in health care. A team of Harvard researchers finds that people without health ...Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:45:41 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/VpU7tnMBFyg/Harvard UniversityWall Street JournalCigna Rolls Out Posh Health Plans for Individuals and Small Businesseshttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/xKc8voZ0vjE/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. The bells and whistles include discounts for fitness club memberships, coverage of acupuncture and 24-hour health information lines. Prices can vary, depending on a person’s medical history and state ...Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:52:14 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/xKc8voZ0vjE/Andrew SullivanWall Street JournalBig Pharma Could Be Big Loser Under Obama Health Planhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/yK2aE7L8arc/The latest comparison of the two presidential candidates’ health plans offers a twist: a look at how they’d affect some of the biggest players feeding at America’s $2 trillion-plus health care trough. If Barack Obama wins Nov. 4, it’s the pharma ...Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:45:23 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/yK2aE7L8arc/Barack ObamaJohn McCainUniversal Coverage Too High at Any Price for Some Employershttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/g8GH_pmW37g/If you thought that getting more employers to provide health coverage to their workers was just a matter of making it cheap enough, think again. A new survey from the consulting group Mercer finds that the majority of employers that don’t offer health ...Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:20:39 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/g8GH_pmW37g/George W. BushBarack ObamaJohn McCainNearly 1 in 6 Online Health Insurance Shoppers Are ‘Uninsurable’http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/p0LJJVAbr_w/WSJ’s blog on health and the business of health. A number of health reformers, including Sen. John McCain, call for insurance tax credits that people could use to shop for individual health policies on the open market. Competition and freedom of ...Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:35:49 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/p0LJJVAbr_w/John McCainWall Street JournalDow JonesDiggFacebook Inc.Drug Coverage Options for Poor Medicare Recipients Dwindlehttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/RBe8OtF9z64/Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are starting to look a lot like the girl no one wants to take for a spin on the dance floor. In a growing number of states, many will have fewer drug plans to choose from next year. Only 308 Medicare drug plans have ...Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:03:43 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/RBe8OtF9z64/Eli Lilly & CoGenentech, Inc.GlaxoSmithKline IncJohn McCainDana-Farber Cancer InstituteSharp Rise in Employee Health Costs in Store for Next Yearhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/400163974/As American workers watched their health-care costs double over the past six years, they could at least take consolation in the fact their employers’ share of the cost was rising even faster. Well, that’s over. A survey from Hewitt Associates confirms ...Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:27:53 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/health/feed/~3/400163974/Hewitt Associates Inc