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Medicare to save $200B by 2016

Medicare will save $200 billion through 2016--largely attributed to healthcare reform, according to a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services actuary report. Medicare beneficiaries also will

Supreme Court grills government on individual mandate

In Supreme Court arguments yesterday, both sides got to argue the issue that's at the very heart of the healthcare reform debate: Can the government force Americans to buy health insurance? And is

A look at the Supreme Court health reform challenge

The healthcare industry is bracing itself, as the Supreme Court, whose final ruling will ultimately decide the constitutionality of President Obama's health reform legislation, will hear the

ACHE talks politics, healthcare reform at annual meeting

With the Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments on Affordable Care Act challenges next week and the Presidential election heating up, politics and reform were top-of-mind for attendees and speakers

Why hospital execs should be wary of politicized healthcare

Despite the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's recent reversal of its decision to stop funding a Planned Parenthood initiative for breast cancer screening and the resignation of the executive

Execs with tunnel vision not concerned about post-reform strategies

Although hospital and health system HR executives expect significant changes to their operations because of healthcare reform, they aren't implementing strategies to address them, according to a

Small business fights healthcare reform law

Healthcare reform has another opponent--small business. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) filed a motion with the Supreme Court yesterday to add new two plaintiffs--NFIB

$5B GE loans could signal healthcare lending boom

Riding a boom created by the coming wave of federal healthcare reform, GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services' loan portfolio showed double-digit growth over last year, reports the Washington Post.

Supreme Court to hear healthcare reform challenge

The highest court in the land agreed to hear arguments on the healthcare reform law by March 2012, which would decide on legality of the individual mandate by the end of June 2012, reports USA Today.

Congress grills IRS on hospital tax-exemptions

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has delayed some of its reporting requirements for not-for-profit hospitals, spurring some queries from Congress about the agency's actions, reports The New York