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		<title>Employers shifting health-care costs to workers, survey shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Washington Post, David S. Hilzenrath</dc:creator>
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Amid high unemployment and a weak economy, employers have been   shifting health care costs to workers, according to a study released   Thursday.
The premiums that employees pay for employer-sponsored family   coverage rose an average of 13.7 percent this year, while the amount that employers   contribute fell by 0.9 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Employers pass higher health costs to workers</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/03/study-employers-pass-higher-health-costs-to-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Los Angeles Times, Noam Levy</dc:creator>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; Strained by   rising health care costs and the sour economy, U.S. employers are pressing   workers to shoulder the added burden alone as employees pay higher insurance   premiums and more out-of-pocket expenses for their medical care.
The average employer-provided family health plan now costs   workers nearly $4,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wyden Defects on ObamaCare</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Washington Post, Editorial</dc:creator>
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Most Democrats have come to   understand that they can&#8217;t run on ObamaCare, but few have the temerity of Ron   Wyden. The Oregon Senator is the first to break with the policy underpinnings   of the bill he voted for.
Last week Mr. Wyden sent a letter to Oregon health authority  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surer footing for Medicare</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/03/surer-footing-for-medicare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Washington Post, Donald M. Berwick</dc:creator>
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Former health and human services secretary Michael Leavitt was   incorrect in calling the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s Medicare reforms an   &#8220;illusion&#8221; ["The wrong prescription for Medicare,"   Washington Forum, Aug. 27].
It&#8217;s no illusion to the seniors and people with disabilities who   will pay less for prescription drugs, to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health insurance tax credit likely to affect small part of small-business workforce</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/02/health-insurance-tax-credit-likely-to-affect-small-part-of-small-business-workforce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Washington Post , N.C. Aizenman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 16.6 million workers are employed by small businesses that are eligible for health insurance tax credits under the new health-care law, according to estimates that were to be released by a nonpartisan research foundation Thursday.
However, the report by the Commonwealth Fund estimated that only 3.4 million of those workers are at firms that would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health reform foes request federal funds for early retirees</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/02/health-reform-foes-request-federal-funds-for-early-retirees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Hill, Julian Pecquet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About two dozen businesses associated with high-profile opposition to the healthcare reform law are taking advantage of a provision that helps pay for their retirees&#8217; medical bills, according to a review of federal records by The Hill. The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced that almost 2,000 employers and unions have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Lawmakers Eye Lawsuit After Pawlenty Refuses To Seek Grant For Insurance Exchange</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/02/state-lawmakers-eye-lawsuit-after-pawlenty-refuses-to-seek-grant-for-insurance-exchange/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Inside Health Policy, Brian Everstine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic lawmakers in Minnesota are discussing whether to sue Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) for standing by his pledge not to apply for federal health reform funds despite a state law calling for him to apply for a $1 million federal insurance exchange grant, state lawmakers told Inside Health Reform.
On Tuesday, Pawlenty, a presumptive 2012 GOP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets For Saving On Medications</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/01/secrets-for-saving-on-medications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WUSA9</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans spend a fortune every year on prescription  drugs, $300 billion in 2009 alone. Now that times are tough, some  consumers have stopped taking certain medications in order to save  money.Angie&#8217;s List founder Angie Hicks says there are better options, such as  enlisting a doctor to help control costs. Hicks recommends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 states litigating health care law seek its subsidies</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/01/7-states-litigating-health-care-law-seek-its-subsidies/</link>
		<comments>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/01/7-states-litigating-health-care-law-seek-its-subsidies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Associated Press, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Obama&#8217;s new health care law are also claiming subsidies under the plan for covering retired state government employees, according to a list released Tuesday by the administration.
About 2,000 employers have been approved for the extra help to cover early retirees, mainly private businesses. But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2,000 groups approved for &#8216;early retiree&#8217; health-care claims</title>
		<link>http://rxroundtable.org/2010/09/01/2000-groups-approved-for-early-retiree-health-care-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Washington Post , N.C. Aizenman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 2,000 employers and unions have been approved to seek federal reimbursement for the health claims of their &#8220;early retirees,&#8221; or retired workers aged 55 or older who are too young to get Medicare, Obama administration officials announced Tuesday.
The $5 billion program is a key &#8220;bridge&#8221; provision of the new health-care law, intended to encourage [...]]]></description>
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