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		<title>Health care reform and the homeless</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid expansion to cover more working poor. Funding to boost community health clinics. Incentives to encourage more to pursue primary care careers. ]]></description>
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		<title>New law offers hope for homeless health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KaiserHealthNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many homeless people now ineligible for Medicaid will be covered in 2014 when Medicaid expands under the new health law to include adults without children.]]></description>
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		<title>Seven lesser-known health law measures may have big impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KaiserHealthNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Provisions will cut your cost for some preventive care, help retirees get insurance, help expand Medicaid coverage.]]></description>
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		<title>Long-Term Care: Medicaid’s Ticking Bomb</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/long-term-care-medicaid%e2%80%99s-ticking-bomb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blaire Briody</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid costs as a percentage of state budgets will nearly double -- perhaps triple in "worst case scenarios" -- by 2030, study finds.]]></description>
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		<title>How to stop health fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Villegas - KHN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, the Medicare and Medicaid lose an estimated $65 billion to criminals who defraud the health care system, says fraud expert Lou Saccoccio.]]></description>
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		<title>States&#8217; Medicaid funds tapped for federal health overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Weaver</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new health care law could shift billions from cash-strapped states to the federal government by changing the way Medicaid drug rebates are treated,
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		<title>View: Berwick a good choice to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/view-berwick-a-good-choice-to-lead-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Birkett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Berwick, in a transformational health care system there are no needless deaths, no needless pain, no delays, no helplessness, and no waste.
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Don Berwick &#8212; quality improvement expert</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Galewitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quality improvement expert reported to be Obama' pick for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services post.
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		<title>Full Text: Obama&#8217;s health care proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KaiserHealthNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plan includes insurance mandate and a promise to "end discrimination" from pre-existing conditions.]]></description>
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		<title>As Congress shifts its focus to jobs, the uninsured seek solutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Elliott - NPR News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fernando Arriola, a contractor in New Orleans, can't get coverage so he's now working to set up a clinic for the uninsured.]]></description>
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