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Health, Insurance
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
As the Obama administration begins to enact the new national health care law, the country’s biggest insurers are promoting affordable plans with reduced premiums that require participants to use a narrower selection of doctors or hospitals. The plans, being tested in places like San Diego, New York and Chicago, are likely to appeal especially to [...]
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Business
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Tanning salon owners on the Cape feel burned by a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning that went into effect last week. While dermatologists support the tax, which was part of the national health care reform act, salon owners say it discriminates against small businesses already coping with an economic recession.
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Health
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
WASHINGTON — A government analysis of the new health care law says it will not slow the overall growth of health spending because the expansion of insurance and services to 34 million people will offset cost reductions in Medicare and other programs. The study, by the chief Medicare actuary, Richard S. Foster, provides a detailed, [...]