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| December-01-2008 | Arizona Health Survey Released | Arizona |
| December-01-2008 | More On Carondelet's Sahuarita Hospital - Delay Or Cancellation? | Arizona |
| December-01-2008 | NYT's Comments On Janet Going To Washington - 'Lucky Country - Poor Arizona' | National |
| December-01-2008 | A Former Congressman's Take On The Baucus (Obama?) Plan | National |
| December-01-2008 | Looking At The Obama Health Plan - Should The Carriers Be Wary? | National |
| December-01-2008 | UnitedHealthcare Launching Consumer Health Web Site (See Aetna Comments) | National |
| December-01-2008 | Will The Janet Appointment Come Today? | Arizona |
| December-01-2008 | Arizona May Show A 3% Decline In Births For 2008 - Is It The Economy? | Arizona |
| November-29-2008 | Poudre Valley Construction On Target | Colorado |
| November-27-2008 | New Cases Of Cancer On The Decline | National |
| November-27-2008 | New Medicaid Rules Allow Premiums & Higher Co-Payments | National |
| November-26-2008 | Auto Insurance Rates Going Up To Cover More Medical Costs | Colorado |
| November-26-2008 | Anthem BCBS Marketing VP Weighs In On Employer Based Insurance And Offers Some Historical Insights | Colorado |
| November-25-2008 | An Obama Appointment For Republican Secretary of State Jan Brewer? | Arizona |
| November-25-2008 | Poudre Wins Baldrige Award! | Colorado |
| November-24-2008 | Medicare Advantage Plans Make Medicare More Expensive & Complex | National |
| November-24-2008 | Carondelet Shelving Plans For Two Outlying Hospitals & Announces CEO Changes | Arizona |
| November-24-2008 | The Five Myths Of Health Care That Are Holding Up True Health Care Reform | National |
| November-24-2008 | UnitedHealthcare Makes Grants Available In Arizona & Colorado For Fighting Childhood Obesity | Colorado |
| November-24-2008 | Mesa Family Dontates $10 Million Toward New Banner Children's Hospital | Arizona |
| November-24-2008 | Insurers See Opportunities In the 'New' Health Care Environment | National |
| November-24-2008 | Interesting Look At The Future Of Publicly Traded Health Plans - More Mergers Ahead? | National |
| November-22-2008 | How Would Arizona Fare Under A New Republican Governor? | Arizona |
| November-22-2008 | Sisters of Charity Buys Building On Old Children's Campus | Colorado |
| November-21-2008 | What Would Napolitano's Departure Mean For Arizona? | Arizona |
| November-21-2008 | Napolitano Closer To Homeland Security Post | National |
| November-21-2008 | Waxman Topples Dingell As Committee Chair - DeGette Out As Vice-Chair? | National |
| November-19-2008 | Health Insurers Say 'We'll Take All Comers - Just Mandate Insurance!' | National |
| November-19-2008 | Colorado Health Foundation Says Colorado No Healthier | Colorado |
| November-19-2008 | Kennedy Names Team For Re-designing Health Care Financing & Other Key Washington Developments | National |
| November-19-2008 | The Cat's Out Of The Bag On The Auto Bailout - Saving The Union Retiree Health Plan | National |
| November-19-2008 | Arizona Reports Its First Flu Case | Arizona |
| November-19-2008 | McGihon Out As New House Speaker Wants Different Direction In Shaping Colorado Health Care | Colorado |
| November-19-2008 | Colorado Medicaid Up to 415,000 | Colorado |
| November-19-2008 | Latest Mercer Survey's Component Reinforces Lockton Survey | Colorado |
| November-19-2008 | Tom Daschel To Be Nominated To Head HHS | National |
| November-18-2008 | MedCath's 4th Quarter Earnings Fall | National |
| November-18-2008 | Napolitano Not Likely Choice For Attorney General Says Magazine | Arizona |
| November-18-2008 | New CFO For Exempla | Colorado |
| November-17-2008 | CU Denver Gets Big Nursing Donation | Colorado |
| November-17-2008 | PHARMA Gears Up For Onslaught From New Administration & Congress | National |
| November-17-2008 | Delta Dental Intoduces Consumer Directed Type Plans | Arizona |
| November-17-2008 | More Changes At Top Level Health Net Management | National |
| November-17-2008 | AmeriGroup Picks Up Anthem's Nevada Medicaid Contract | Nevada |
| November-17-2008 | It's Open Enrollment Season For Most Commercial Plans , But Employees Get Fewer Choices & Higher Costs | National |
| November-17-2008 | Small Employers 'Shiver' In Anticipation Of New Rates - Interesting Comments From Carriers | National |
| November-17-2008 | Time To Pick A New Medicare Plan - Here's Some Advice | National |
| November-17-2008 | Aetna Teams Up With Partners In Care To Launch Medical Home Project | National |
| November-14-2008 | NCQA Gives Health Net's Plans 'Excellent' Accreditation | National |
| November-14-2008 | Aetna Takes $40 Claim Denial Award All The Way To Federal Appeals Court & Loses | West Virginia |
| November-14-2008 | Special Needs Plans Limited To 15 Diseases In 2010 | National |
| November-14-2008 | Unions Attack CVS' Promotion Of Diabetic Product | National |
| November-14-2008 | Napalitano On Obama's Short List | Arizona |
| November-14-2008 | Aetna Looking At Layoffs | National |
| November-12-2008 | Dualing Health Reform Plans Developing In The Senate | National |
| November-11-2008 | HealthGrades Looking Good Says Report | Colorado |
| November-11-2008 | An Interesting Look At Value Based Benefit Design & Whether Or Not Employees Understand What They're Getting | National |
| November-11-2008 | Personalized Medications Will Change How Drugs Are Approved | National |
| November-11-2008 | Arizona's Proposition 101 Appears To Have Been Defeated | Arizona |
| November-11-2008 | Raddon has been named Large Group Practice Leader for Humana | Utah |
| November-11-2008 | Health Net & CIGNA Lead Arizona's Health Plan Quality Rankings Again As All Six Plans Improve Rankings - 10 Medicare Plans Ranked | Arizona |
| November-11-2008 | California, Hawaii & Nevada Providers Waiting For Medicare Payments | California |
| November-10-2008 | Too Much Radiology? | National |
| November-10-2008 | Kaiser Named Top Quality Health Plan In Colorado Regaining Top Rank From CIGNA | Colorado |
| November-10-2008 | AARP Suspends Sales Of Medicare Products Questioned By Senator Grassley | National |
| November-10-2008 | New Medicare Broker Compensation Rule To Be Released By CMS | National |
| November-10-2008 | Moody's Downgrades Its Outlook For Non-Profit Hospitals | National |
| November-09-2008 | Mexican National Medically Deported By St. Joe's Returns To Health & U.S. | Arizona |
| November-08-2008 | What's Ahead For Colorado's Legislature | Colorado |
| November-08-2008 | Will Bush Welsh On Promise? New Reg's Begin To Flow Starting With Medicaid Cuts | National |
| November-08-2008 | Paying Patients Begin To Fall Off At Hospitals | National |
| November-07-2008 | Nation's Community Hospitals Post Most Profitable Year Ever | National |
| November-07-2008 | Kaiser Tops List Of Quality Colorado Health Plans | Colorado |
| November-07-2008 | Check Out The US News & World Report's Top Health Plans | National |
| November-07-2008 | Dingell Responds To Waxman's Attack | National |
| November-07-2008 | Kaiser Takes $400 Million Third Quarter Hit On Investment Losses | National |
| November-07-2008 | Kennedy's Office Suggests 'Pay-Go' Exception For Health Care Reforms | National |
| November-07-2008 | FBI Investigating Threat To Reveal Medical Data On Millions | National |
| November-07-2008 | Attorney Who Sought To Raise Malpractice Caps Beats Out McGihon To Be Elected Speaker | Colorado |
| November-07-2008 | Napolitano Joins Obama's Transition Team | Arizona |
| November-07-2008 | Five More Walgreen's TakeCare Clinics Open Yesterday In Phoenix Area | Arizona |
| November-07-2008 | Is DeGette's Vice Chairmanship On The Line In Congressional Battle? | Colorado |
| November-07-2008 | Cardiology Will Now Be Subject To Radiology Review Companies | National |
| November-05-2008 | MedCo's Doing Well (On Generics...?) | National |
| November-05-2008 | New Cancer Center In The West Valley Coming Along | Arizona |
| November-05-2008 | New Hospital For Kingman Moving Right Along | Arizona |
| November-05-2008 | AHA's Take On The Congressional Impact Of The Election | National |
| November-05-2008 | HealthCare Reform On Obama's Agenda | National |
| November-05-2008 | Maricopa Integrated's District Board Will Have Four New Faces As Only Bruno Returns | Arizona |
| November-05-2008 | Cabinet Job Next For Gov. Napalitano? Would She Hand The Governor's Seat To A Republican? | Arizona |
| November-05-2008 | Proposition 101 Appears To Be Defeated | Arizona |
| November-05-2008 | Rep. Bernie Buescher Concedes Defeat | Colorado |
| November-05-2008 | Republicans Hold The Legislature In Arizona | Arizona |
| November-04-2008 | A Final Look At Arizona's Prop. 101 As We Wait For The Polls | Arizona |
| November-04-2008 | CMS Suspends RAC Implementation After Appeals To GAO | National |
| November-04-2008 | Interesting Look At Impact Of The Nevada Malpractice Cap | Nevada |
| November-04-2008 | Utah Unveils New Inexpensive Plans For Working Uninsured | Utah |
| November-04-2008 | More On Top Management Changes At Health Net | National |
| November-04-2008 | Health Net Announces Top Management Changes | National |
| November-04-2008 | Health Net Posts Disappointing Earnings For Third Quarter After Higher Than Expected Healthcare Costs | National |
| November-04-2008 | Medicare Part D Plans Will Be Raising Premiums & CoPays Dramatically For 2009 | National |
| November-04-2008 | Court Blocks Medicare's Efforts To Pay For Lesser Cost Treatments When Available | National |
| November-04-2008 | Some Win & Some Lose With New Medicare Home Health Care Reimbursements | National |
| November-03-2008 | New CEO Coming To Yuma | Arizona |
| November-03-2008 | New Lockton Survey Shows Employers' Costs And Concerns About Employee Coverage Rising | Colorado |
| November-03-2008 | Health Plans Tiered Provider Networks Getting Attention In Colorado | Colorado |
| November-03-2008 | Arizona DOI Backs Health Insurers More Often Than Not In Consumer Appeals | Arizona |
| November-03-2008 | AARP Gets Questions About Some Of Its Medicare Plans Offered In Partnership With United | National |
| November-03-2008 | Wall Street Journal Backs Arizona Prop. 101 | Arizona |
| October-31-2008 | Doctors Working Harder To Hold On To Patients | National |
| October-31-2008 | Annual Premium Report From Lockton Shows Colorado Ahead Of The Nation In Premium Growth | Colorado |
| October-31-2008 | Community Health Systems Quarterly Profit Up | National |
| October-30-2008 | Women Pay More For Individual Health Insurance - Above & Beyond Actuarial Requirements? | National |
| October-30-2008 | CMS Follows Through On 1.1% Raise In 2009 Medicare Physician Fees | National |
| October-30-2008 | More On Aetna's Earnings Drop | National |
| October-30-2008 | Taking A Look At CIGNA's Report | National |
| October-30-2008 | CIGNA Reports Third Quarter Earnings Drop & Forecasts Loss | National |
| October-30-2008 | Insurers Want Docs To Prescribe Generics! | National |
| October-29-2008 | Aetna Reports Third Quarter Earnings | Colorado |
| October-29-2008 | Banner Health - Making All The Right Moves? | National |
| October-28-2008 | Looking Ahead To Aetna's Report Tomorrow | National |
| October-28-2008 | Centene's Profits Rise | National |
| October-28-2008 | Maricopa Hospitial Race Getting Interesting | Arizona |
| October-28-2008 | Spending On Diabetes Drugs Doubles In The Past Six Years | National |
| October-28-2008 | Survey Says Consumers With Consumer Directed Plans Are More Cost Conscious | National |
| October-28-2008 | Critics & Friends Talk About The Impact McCain's Health Plan Approach Might Have | National |
| October-28-2008 | More On Humana's 3rd Quarter Profits Drop | National |
| October-27-2008 | Feds Will Revise Medicare Advantage Broker Fee Schedules | National |
| October-27-2008 | CMS Will Review Current 2009 Medicare Sales Commission Schedule As Plans Say Please... | National |
| October-27-2008 | Humana Reports Down Third Quarter Earnings | National |
| October-27-2008 | New $500 Broker Commission Schedule Threatens Medicare Stability Says Congressman | National |
| October-27-2008 | Economic Crunch Threatens Health Insurers (See Comment On Higher Utilization Potential) | National |
| October-27-2008 | Marsh Mac Is Back | National |
| October-27-2008 | Employers Want To See National Coverage But They Don't Want To Have To Pay More Than $50 | National |
| October-27-2008 | How Does Medicare Stack Up As A Value Against 'Employer-based' Plans | National |
| October-24-2008 | IASIS Names Two New Top Exec's For Phoenix Area Hospitals | Arizona |
| October-24-2008 | WellPoint Posts Third Quarter Financials - Interesting Membership & Medical Loss Trends | National |
| October-24-2008 | Coventry Earnings Fall By Half | National |
| October-24-2008 | Coventry Posts Disappointing Earnings | National |
| October-24-2008 | Colorado Hospital Association Releases Its 2007 Hospital Charges & Average Length of Stay Report | Colorado |
| October-23-2008 | Insurers vs. Providers Is The Major Battleground In Healthcare | National |
| October-23-2008 | Is WellPoint A Bank Or A Health Insurer? | National |
| October-23-2008 | UnitedHealthcare Losing Its Most Profitable Members | National |
| October-23-2008 | Having Babies Are The #1 Cause For Colorado Hospital Admissions | Colorado |
| October-23-2008 | Aetna's CEO Likes The Idea Of Mandated Coverage & Selling Across State Lines | National |
| October-23-2008 | Journal Compares Costs Of Obama's & McCain's Health Plans | National |
| October-23-2008 | Its OEP Season - Watch Out For Sneaky Higher Deductibles & Co-Pays | National |
| October-23-2008 | Pfizer's Celebrex Settlement Brings $2.5 Million To Arizona | Arizona |
| October-23-2008 | Yahoo Selects Colorado's HealthGrades For Hospital & Physician Quality Data | National |
| October-21-2008 | Taking A Look At The Future Of Employer-based Coverage | National |
| October-21-2008 | Arizona Medical Deanships Caught Up In Hiring Freeze | Arizona |
| October-21-2008 | Three Million Kids Without Insurance Have A Parent With Health Insurance - What's Wrong With This Picture | National |
| October-21-2008 | Medicare Advantage FFS Plans Paid 16.6% More In 2008 | National |
| October-21-2008 | Denver Post's Opinion On The Two Candidates' Approaches To Health Care | National |
| October-21-2008 | Federal Rule Banning Drive-by Deliveries To Take Effect | National |
| October-21-2008 | UA Prof Provides Broad Look At The Future Of Technology In Health Care | National |
| October-21-2008 | John McCain Says Health Care Is A Choice | National |
| October-21-2008 | United To Award $1.3 Million In Grants To Improve Arizona Health Care | Arizona |
| October-21-2008 | Obama On Health Care - It Is A Right! | National |
| October-20-2008 | Employee Assistance Programs Not Used As Much As They Could Be | Arizona |
| October-20-2008 | More On WellPoint & X PRIZE's $10 Million Offer | National |
| October-20-2008 | Steps You Can Take To Maximize Your Coverage During Open Enrollment | National |
| October-20-2008 | HLTH & WebMD End Merger Talks | National |
| October-20-2008 | BusinessWeek Takes A Look At The Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole | National |
| October-20-2008 | More On The Push For State Laws Mandating Greater Autism Coverage | National |
| October-20-2008 | More On Arizona Employers Dropping Coverage | Arizona |
| October-19-2008 | Parents Pushing States To Mandate Autisim Coverage | National |
| October-17-2008 | Medicaid Costs To Double In A Decade | National |
| October-17-2008 | Rep. Waxman Wants To Know Why Part D Premiums Are So High | National |
| October-17-2008 | Doughnut Hole Catches Up Seniors Who Then Stop Taking Prescriptions | National |
| October-17-2008 | Intel Opens Two Walgreens TakeCare Clinics At Chandler Facilities | Arizona |
| October-17-2008 | Poudre Valley Receives Top Performance Award For Second Time | Colorado |
| October-17-2008 | After Seven Months, Hawaii Abandons Universal Care For Children | Hawaii |
| October-17-2008 | Anthem Launches New Bare Bones Coverages For As Little As $1.10/Day (If You're Male & 25...) | Colorado |
| October-16-2008 | Higher Medical Costs Reported At United | National |
| October-16-2008 | United's Earnings Off As Medical Costs Rise | National |
| October-16-2008 | United Reports Third Quarter Earnings | National |
| October-15-2008 | Health Grades Says Colorado's Hospitals Look Good | Colorado |
| October-15-2008 | New Mexico Ranks Last For Employer-based Coverage | New Mexico |
| October-15-2008 | Ban On ER Balance Billing Goes Into Effect In California Despite Protests | California |
| October-15-2008 | My Dr Now Clinic Expands | Arizona |
| October-15-2008 | Humana Sponsors Wellness Event For Small Businesses | Arizona |
| October-15-2008 | Congressmen Ask For Investigation Of HealthNet Medicare Marketing Tactics | National |
| October-15-2008 | Group Forms Catholic Physician Association In Denver | Colorado |
| October-15-2008 | United Will Release Earnings Tomorrow - Nearly A Week Early | National |
| October-13-2008 | No Cost Medicare Part D Plans Drop From 7 to 2 For Arizona | Arizona |
| October-13-2008 | Retail Workforce Contributes To AHCCCS Membership Roles? | Arizona |
| October-13-2008 | HCPF Releases RFI For Centennial Care Choices | Colorado |
| October-13-2008 | U.S. Census Bureau Reports Uninsured By County In Colorado | Colorado |
| October-13-2008 | Census Bureau Announces County Uninsured #'s for Arizona | Arizona |
| October-13-2008 | Number of Arizona Employers Offering Health Plans Drops | Arizona |
| October-13-2008 | Employer Sponsored Coverage Drops In Colorado | Colorado |
| October-13-2008 | Primary Care Physicians In England Will Now Earn Over $170,000 | National |
| October-13-2008 | Many Cancer Patients Cannot Afford Drug Costs | National |
| October-12-2008 | Employer Sponsored Health Plans Drop For The Seventh Year | Colorado |
| October-11-2008 | Looking At Colorado's Counties With The Highest Uninsured | Colorado |
| October-09-2008 | Census Bureau Publishes Colorado Uninsured By County | Colorado |
| October-08-2008 | Putting Your Employer Paid Health Insurance Premiums on a W-2 | National |
| October-08-2008 | McCain Offers The 'Only True Health Care Reform' | National |
| October-08-2008 | Denver Health's Write Off's For Lack of Payment & Charity Care Jump To $28 Million for August | Colorado |