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Athenahealth’s Bush Says Don’t Make Health IT Reform a Bailout

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  12 Dec 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Wall Street Journal,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bill Clinton

Freelancers Union Takes Health Insurance In-House

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  10 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Rockefeller Foundation,  Robert Wood Johnson

Payment Hassles, Not Just Stinginess, Turn Doctors Off Medicaid

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  18 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Congress,  Arnold Schwarzenegger,  Wall Street Journal

Uninsured Give but Rarely Receive Organs for Transplant

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  18 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Harvard University,  Wall Street Journal

Cigna Rolls Out Posh Health Plans for Individuals and Small Businesses

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  28 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Andrew Sullivan,  Wall Street Journal

Big Pharma Could Be Big Loser Under Obama Health Plan

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  23 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain

Universal Coverage Too High at Any Price for Some Employers

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  21 Oct 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  John McCain

Nearly 1 in 6 Online Health Insurance Shoppers Are ‘Uninsurable’

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  9 Oct 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Wall Street Journal,  Dow Jones,  Digg,  Facebook Inc.

Drug Coverage Options for Poor Medicare Recipients Dwindle

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  7 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Eli Lilly & Co,  Genentech, Inc.,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  John McCain,  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sharp Rise in Employee Health Costs in Store for Next Year

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 ...

From VANESSA FUHRMANS, Wall Street Journal,  22 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Hewitt Associates Inc

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