March 3 at 3:31 p.m.
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Health care,
Policy,
Politics,
Updated
By Reuters
A U.S. judge Thursday put on hold his ruling that President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was unconstitutional, allowing the White House to continue implementing the landmark legislation for now.
But U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson failed to dispel widespread uncertainty about the fate of the highly-politicized health care reform law. He gave the Obama administration seven days to ask an appeals court to quickly review his Jan. 31 ruling and said the law could be declared void if it failed to meet the deadline. Get the full story »
Nov. 9, 2010 at 11:19 a.m.
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Earnings,
Health care
By Associated Press
Health care information technology company Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. said Monday that its third-quarter net income plunged on a boost in costs and charges. Get the full story »
Sep. 2, 2010 at 2:03 p.m.
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Insurance,
Work culture
By Los Angeles Times
Strained by rising health care costs and the sour economy, U.S. employers are pressing workers to shoulder the added burden alone as employees pay higher insurance premiums and more out-of-pocket expenses for their medical care.
The average employer-provided family health plan now costs workers nearly $4,000 a year, up 14 percent from last year, according to a survey by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust.
That is the largest annual increase since the survey began in 1999 and a marked change from previous years when employers generally split the cost of rising premiums with their employees.
