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		<title>What does the health reform law do to try to control costs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new healthcare reform law will extend health insurance to 34 million uninsured Americans, but what does it do to try to control costs? ]]></description>
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		<title>Health law expands Medicare coverage of preventive care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Andrews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Covered services include mammograms and colorectal cancer screening, bone mass measurement and nutritional counseling.
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		<title>Healthcare reform bolsters Medicare’s finances — Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Law also helps seniors cope with Medicare drug benefit "doughnut hole" and will reduce seniors medical costs in coming years, President says.]]></description>
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		<title>New Medicare report: is it based on a rosy scenario?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edmund L. Andrews - Fiscal Times</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virtually all the projected improvement in Medicare’s long-run outlook stems from a big bet on hospitals and doctors becoming more efficient and productive.]]></description>
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		<title>Support for health law remains steady while opposition drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lexie Verdon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall support remained stable since the June survey, with about half the public expressing a favorable view of the overhaul, the poll found.
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		<title>Two important pocketbook questions for seniors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Andrews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doughnut Hole]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When am I going to be able to start collecting benefits under the law's new long-term-care program? When will the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap close?]]></description>
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		<title>What healthcare reform means for seniors on Medicare — Seattle Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sunday's Seattle Times health reporter Carol Ostrom explains how changes in Medicare mandated by the new health reform law will affect seniors.
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		<title>KHN: Week in Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 22:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Stapleton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[KaiserHealthNews' Stephanie Stapleton wraps up the health policy news of the week out of Washington, D.C.]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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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>Companies get help to insure early retirees</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/companies-get-help-to-insure-early-retirees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Weaver</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A $5 billion program will help companies to offer coverage to early retirees, for whom it can be difficult to get insurance until they're eligible for Medicare.]]></description>
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