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AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange webcast: Vermont Blueprint for Health

Vermont’s Blueprint for Health program provides comprehensive, coordinated care while improving health outcomes and reducing costs.  The webcast will feature a video presentation about successful linkages among primary care, public health, and clinical community resources in the state,  followed by … Continue reading

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For payment reform, lessons from the Massachusetts experience

From Health Affairs: As the implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues, the Massachusetts example remains instructive. A new analysis, published today in Health Affairs as a Web First, looks at the health care cost control bill passed by the … Continue reading

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Report offers glimpse of health law’s Impact on Washington State

From Kaiser Health News, KUOW, and NPR: Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is weighing in on the fate of the Affordable Care Act with a report released this week about what’s at stake for Washingtonians if the law is … Continue reading

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Health care in Massachusetts turns to cost control

From NPR: When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he made universal health care law. But the 2006 law didn’t do anything about controlling costs, which were already among the nation’s highest. So now the conversation has turned to cost … Continue reading

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Single-payer health bill fails in California

From Kaiser Health News: By just 2 votes, a bill to provide “Medicare for all,” California Senate Bill 810, fell short of the 21 votes needed to pass.  It’s not dead yet–it  may be taken up again next week.  Read the … Continue reading

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