Sebelius Faces Tough Health Law Questioning Next Week
Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner will testify on Tuesday before a House panel, followed by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday. Lawmakers press for enrollment figures and blame for website failures before the October launch. Representative Marsha Blackburn calls the website build incompetence staggering.
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Five tips for health care shopping and price comparisons
The guide outlines shopping within a doctors network, using tools to compare costs by coverage, and verifying prices. It cautions that higher prices don’t guarantee better care and stresses considering provider experience and infection or readmission rates alongside cost. The piece quotes lawmakers on reform timing and privacy concerns with the health system.
Republicans balk at delaying health care tax hike
GOP senators resisted Democrats bid to delay a new health care fee. The fee would charge employers insurers and other plan sponsors 63 dollars per insured person next year. Senator Pat Toomey urged that changes would undo Obamacare by favoring labor unions and undermining the law.
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Fee plan faces Republican backlash from large employers
Opponents include major employers and traditional GOP allies who fear the impact of the proposed fee on workers, arguing it will be passed along to employees in many cases.
Few talk about budget solutions in the 2014 race
In Atlanta area coverage Bill Barrow notes candidates focus on finger wagging over the debt deal and show little on long term budget fixes. Voters enjoy public benefits and credits, while debt nears 17 trillion dollars as Obama and Congress seek restraint amid tax cuts, wars, and deficits. Former Senator Alan Simpson says voters and campaigns lack alternative approaches after years of recessions and policy shifts.
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