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Antitrust suits aim to block two health care mergers
Antitrust suits aim to block two health care mergers
Aetna headquarters in Hartford, Conn. (Photo: 2014 photo by Jessica Hill, AP)WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Thursday it will seek to block two giant health care mergers, citing concerns that the deals could drive up health care premiums, undermine innovation and reduce competition.The Justice Department filed lawsuits challenging Anthem's $48 billion acquisition of Cigna and Aetna's $37 billion takeover of Humana, threatening to put an abrupt stop to the insurance industry's rapid consolidation.Eleven states and the District of Columbia joined the attempt to block the Anthem deal, which would combine the nation's second- and fourth-largest insurers.
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Report: Longview among worst in U.S. in health care
Report: Longview among worst in U.S. in health care
Longview and other Texas cities rank amongst the worst communities in the nation for health care access quality, avoidable hospital use, costs of care and health outcomes.That's according to a recent survey from The Commonwealth Fund, a 98-year-old, private foundation in New York that promotes high-performing health care for society's most vulnerable people, including the elderly.This year's Scorecard on Local Health System Performance assessed the state of health care in 306 U.S. communities between 2011 and 2014, a period when the Affordable Care Act was implemented across the nation.
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Local health care networks 'wired' for improved patient care
Local health care networks 'wired' for improved patient care
Michael Gabrilovich, MD, a critical care physician at Fort Hamilton Hospital, demonstrates the InTouch telemedicine machine that can be used by physicians off-site to have a virtual meeting with a patient.Five area hospitals and/or health care systems, including Kettering Health Network that includes Fort Hamilton Hospital, made the list of American Hospital Association's Most Wired for 2016 thanks to technology like this.Robin Saxon, nurse manager at Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital, shows patient Anthony Ellison how to use the MyChart Bedside app on a tablet Monday, July 18 in Fairfield.
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Public-private health care model good for veterans
Public-private health care model good for veterans
Public-private health care model good for veteransPhoto: Sue Ogrocki /Associated Press Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The public-private model is the right course for the future to deliver health care for veterans in urban and rural areas nationwide.Just like the Defense Department's now successful Tricare program, this public-private partnership is critical for those who stood up and put on the uniform.It keeps our nation's promise of access to care for veterans regardless of where they live.
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