Loren Heal

Loren Heal (loren.heal@gmail.com) is a research programmer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-... (read full bio)

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IRS Prepares to Become Nation’s Health Care Enforcer

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October 04, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service is hiring thousands of agents as the agency prepares to become the primary enforcement mechanism for President Obama’s health care law.
States Take Different Paths After Supreme Court Ruling

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August 07, 2012

States are taking very different attitudes toward implementation of President Obama’s health care law after it survived constitutionality tests thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts.
Doctors Consider Quitting in Wake of Supreme Court Decision

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August 01, 2012

Physicians reacted with shock and anger to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the President Obama’s health care law, according to poll data and the leaders of activist groups, which are continu
Survey Shows Dramatic Growth in Consumer Driven Health Plans

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July 03, 2012

New data show 13.5 million people are now covered by consumer-driven health plans offering Health Savings Accounts, a sharp increase from the previous year.
Illinois Raises Cigarette Taxes to Ease Medicaid Cost Strain

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June 26, 2012

The Illinois legislature sent Gov. Pat Quinn a Medicaid reform and tax package that falls short of his stated goals and raises cigarette taxes to help address a $2.7 billion Medicaid shortfall.
CMS: Medicare Faces Unsustainable Rise in Spending

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June 21, 2012

Two reports released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show Medicare is fiscally unsustainable as currently structured.
Virginia Quietly Moves Toward Obamacare Implementation

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June 20, 2012

The Commonwealth of Virginia may be moving closer to implementing a health insurance exchange as mandated by President Obama, raising questions about Republican Gov.
Awaiting Supreme Court Ruling, Illinois Pauses Exchange Implementation

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June 05, 2012

President Obama’s home state of Illinois has become the latest to step back from implementing a health insurance exchange, according to the legislator charged with leading the effort.
Medicaid: Ticking Time Bomb for Texas, Other States

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May 25, 2012

Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry recently described the state’s Medicaid costs as a “ticking time bomb” that will threaten the state’s finances even more unless President Obama’s health care la
Missouri Problems Indicate State Exchange Cronyism Risk

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May 23, 2012

Health insurance companies wanting to participate in the state exchanges mandated by President Obama’s health care law could have to compete under the table for political influence to gain access t
CBO: Obamacare Pricetag at Least $820 Billion More Than Expected

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May 15, 2012

The Congressional Budget Office now projects President Obama’s health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, not the $940 billion the CBO estimated before it was signed into law.
Under Budget Pressure, Wisconsin Hikes Medicaid Premiums

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May 02, 2012

The Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance has agreed on a plan to raise premiums for some working enrollees in Wisconsin's Medicaid programs.
Is President Obama’s Law Keeping Unemployment High?

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April 27, 2012

Two years after President Obama signed it into law, there is evidence the slow economic recovery could be partly due to his namesake health care law.
Vermont Embraces Single Payer Despite Obamacare Uncertainty

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April 24, 2012

Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of President Obama’s health care law this summer, Vermont will move forward in creating the first single-payer health insurance sy
Insurers Profit from Obama’s Mandate

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April 13, 2012

Health insurance companies have experienced dramatically higher stock prices in the two years since the passage of President Obama’s health care law, thanks to the individual mandate to purchase th
White House Budget Director Claims Individual Mandate Is Not a Tax

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April 05, 2012

In response to questions from lawmakers, acting White House budget director Jeff Zients testified to Congress in March the individual mandate fine in President Obama’s health care law is not a tax,
Obama Health Care Law Exacerbates Primary Care Physician Shortage

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April 04, 2012

President Obama’s health care law is likely to significantly increase demand for primary care physicians even as the nation already faces shortages of doctors in this field.
Seven States File Suit Against Obama Administration’s Contraception Mandate

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April 03, 2012

Seven states banded together in a lawsuit to block President Obama’s controversial preventive medicine policy which mandates all employers and institutions who provide insurance to their employees
Report: Illinois Budget Busted By Retiree Health Care

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March 30, 2012

The state of Illinois can no longer afford free or subsidized health care for retired state workers, according to a report released by the Illinois Policy Institute.
Savings Methods Absent from Massachusetts Medicaid Waiver Request

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March 16, 2012

The latest Massachusetts request for a Medicaid waiver renewal from the federal government assumes Safety Net Hospitals will significantly reduce costs for the state’s Medicaid program.

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