If things go according to insurers' plans they'll be the biggest beneficiaries of health care reform.
(The Network Journal) — President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul hit its first major legal roadblock Monday, thrown into doubt by a federal judge’s declaration that the heart of the sweeping legislation is unconstitutional. The decision handed Republican foes ammunition for their repeal effort next year as the law heads for almost certain eventual […]
(Wall Street Journal) — Big employers faced with incorporating the first round of health-care changes next month are grappling with how to comply with the long list of new rules. Many companies are hiring consultants to help sort though the mountain of new mandates, which include extending dependent coverage to children up to age 26, […]
(Read Write Web) — IBM staff storyteller Chris Luongo has created a great infographic explaining the different ways that healthcare could become data driven in the future. The IBM Smarter Planet blog calls it Smarter Healthcare. We’ve embedded the infographic below in Microsoft’s new web page viewer Zoom.it. Read More…
(BusinessWeek) — The health-care reform law, all 2,400-plus pages of it, will take eight years to be fully implemented. Some self-employed people and small employers will begin to feel the impact almost immediately. Others won’t notice changes for a few years. Here are the major adjustments. Read More…
March 17 (Bloomberg) — Congressional Democrats, racing to finish work on an overhaul of the U.S. health system, are facing delays as they strive to meet deficit-cutting targets. The Democrats, who had expected a final cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office as early as last week, must show that a bill amending legislation the […]