Affordable Care Act (ACA)

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EHealth To Obama: We Can Run HealthCare.gov

Ken Terry | InformationWeek Healthcare | October 31, 2013

eHealth, which operates a leading online health insurance site, ehealthinsurance.com, has proposed that it temporarily take over the enrollment process for HealthCare.gov while government contractors try to fix the federally run insurance exchange, which has had multiple problems in signing people up for health insurance. Read More »

Electronic Record Keeping A Change That Has Some Doctors Cringing

Kristi L. Nelson | knoxnews.com | June 2, 2013

For more than 40 years, paper records have worked just fine for Dr. Bob Proffitt and his patients... Read More »

Employers Can Dump Workers To HIX For A Price

Jay Hancock | Government HealthIT | May 28, 2014

Nothing stops employers from canceling company plans and leaving workers to buy individual policies sold through the exchanges — as long as they pay the relevant taxes and penalties, said Christopher Condeluci, a Venable lawyer specializing in benefits and taxes. 

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Epic EHR Implementation Cited in Denver Health CEO’s Departure

Kyle Murphy, Ph.D. | EHR Intelligence | April 1, 2016

Is the forthcoming retirement of Denver Health CEO a sign of bad things to come for the health system which is set for an Epic EHR go-live in a week's time? Two reports lean well toward the affirmative. On Wednesday, the hospital's CEO Arthur Gonzalez announced his decision to step down from office on June 30...

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Eric Holder's Lawless Legacy: Column

James Bovard | USA Today | February 4, 2015

Eric Holder is reaping applause as his six-year reign as Attorney General comes to a close. But Holder's record is profoundly disappointing to anyone who expected the Obama administration to renounce the abuses of the previous administration...

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Err Engine Down

David Auerbach | Slate | October 8, 2013

Of all the terrible websites I’ve seen, healthcare.gov ranks somewhere in the middle. It has been difficult if not impossible to sign up, and customer service has been inadequate. [...]  So healthcare.gov’s failures are not uncommon—they’re just exceptionally high-profile. Read More »

ERs Seeing Increase In Patients Under Obamacare

Laura Ungar | The Courier-Journal | June 16, 2014

It wasn't supposed to work this way, but since the Affordable Care Act took effect in January, Norton Hospital has seen its packed emergency room become even more crowded, with about 100 more patients a month...

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Even NPR Agrees That Obamacare Has Failed

William Tate | American Thinker | March 2, 2016

A thorough repudiation of the (un-)Affordable Care Act comes from, of all places, state-run National Public Radio.  Timed to be buried by Super Tuesday coverage, NPR this week released a new study that indicates that Obamacare has failed on almost all levels. The poll, by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, shows that three quarters of Americans think health care in their state has not improved under Obamacare...

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Every Person Deserves Access To Health Care

Julie Pease | Bangor Daily News | August 5, 2013

On the occasion of Medicare’s 47th birthday, we urge the immediate expansion of Medicare to everyone in the United States. We need a health care system that provides access to every one of us, no matter how sick, poor, old or unemployed we may be. We need reduced costs. We need improved health outcomes. Read More »

Everyone Wants To Stir The Meaningful Use Pot

Marla Durben Hirsch | Fierce EMR | March 13, 2014

When I cook a recipe for the first time, I usually don't modify it. But the next time around, I tend to tinker with it so it's better, more to my liking. Add a little garlic, reduce the salt. It's a learning process.  I must be in good company, since it seems that everyone these days wants to tinker with the Meaningful Use program.

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Ex-Felons Are About To Get Health Coverage

Michael Ollove | Pew | April 5, 2013

Newly freed prisoners traditionally walk away from the penitentiary with a bus ticket and a few dollars in their pockets. Starting in January, many of the 650,000 inmates released from prison each year will be eligible for something else: health care by way of Medicaid, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. Read More »

Exchange Plans Hide Your True Financial Exposure

Don McCanne | Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) | November 5, 2013

[...] How much protection does health insurance offer and how can consumers know? Read More »

Exec: Resurrecting Healthcare.Gov Meant Dealing With Bureaucracy, Incompetence, Politics

Rich Miller | Data Center Knowledge | September 17, 2014

The U.S. government’s IT infrastructure is broken, and it’s hurting the country. Applying basic engineering skills that are common at Internet companies could change that situation...

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Executive Spotlight: Don Mestas, Harris VP On Healthcare Offerings, M&A Activity And Ongoing VA Work

David J. Barton | ExecutiveBiz | March 20, 2013

Don Mestas serves as vice president of government healthcare solutions at Harris Corp., where he manages the company’s business with the departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, Health and Human Services and other government customers. Read More »

Experts Say Healthcare.gov Could Be Hacked

Danielle Wiener-Bronner | The Wire | January 16, 2014

Cyber security experts are prepared to slam government officials over the embattled Obamacare website during today's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hearing on its "own security concerns about healthcare.gov," citing vulnerabilities they think make the site easy to hack. Read More »