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Dell Health Care Services Target State Governments

June 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Now that the health care reform bill is signed into law, Dell is looking to offer local state governments a set of IT services designed to help meet new federal regulations regarding issues such as Medicaid. Since its acquisition of Perot, Dell is moving deeper into the IT services field, especially in the health care and government markets. – Dell is looking to offer state governments a health care
check-up.
On June 9, Dell officially launched its latest IT services
initiative, called Dell State Health Services. Spending on IT health care is
expected to increase about 4 percent in 2010, according to Gartner, and Dell
and other servi…

Joe Biden F-Bomb VIDEO

March 24th, 2010 | No Comments

The Vice-President’s colorful mouth has landed him in some hot water on one of the most historic days of the Obama administration.

Just before a press conference to announce President Barack Obama’s signing of the health care reform bill on Tuesday morning, VP Biden is heard saying, “This is a big fucking deal,” in Obama’s ear [...]

Rising Health Costs Pinch Small Business

November 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Health insurance costs and proposed legislation for future health insurance options are a continuing source of frustration and pain for millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs looking to grow their operations. As health costs rise for small business they may be faced with the unwanted task of laying off even more people to avoid [...]

IT Firms Uneasy with Some Health Care Reforms

October 6th, 2009 | No Comments

A new survey shows the IT industry generally supports health care reform, including a public option, but concerns center on higher taxes and more government involvement.
– Mirroring the current congressional debate, the IT industry generally supports health care reform but is uneasy with many of the legislative solutions currently on the table. According to a survey released Oct. 6 by CompTIA, the IT industry is closely watching the debate, particularly provisions inv…

Bill Shireman: TIME FOR A RED-BLUE-GREEN ALLIANCE – NOW

July 31st, 2009 | No Comments

President Obama has a powerful new set of allies in his corner, the Associated Press reports: lobbyists. In Obama’s reform package, lobbyists for the health…

John J. Castellani: Health Care Reform: What Works for Business Is to Keep Working

July 31st, 2009 | No Comments

This is not the time for policymakers and business leaders to disengage and take potshots — be they from the right or the left. Now is the time for negotiation and compromise to secure reform.

Christina Bellantoni: It’s a small world for Obama as health care joke resurfaces

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

First published at WashingtonTimes.com File this under “You can’t make this stuff up”: a 13-month old joke about health care resurfaced today when President Obama held…

Kate Clinton: The Single Prayer Plan: Please God, Don’t Let Me Get Sick

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

I am not a doctor; I don’t even play one on TV, but I’ve got an idea to finance health care. My plan is full of empathy.

Intel CEO Otellini Calls for a Personal Health Strategy

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

In an op-ed piece, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said the United States needs to move away from a centralized health care system to a distributed one, where people take a greater responsibility for their well-being and technology can help connect them with their health care providers. Otellinis comments come as health care moves to the forefront of the national debate, and as technology vendors like Intel and Cisco look for ways that technology can be used to increase the reach of health care while lowering its costs.
– Intel CEO Paul Otellini believes the
national debate around health care reform needs to move away from doctors in
hospital and toward individuals in their homes.
Weighing in on the issue that is at the forefront of the Obama
administrations agenda, Otellini in an op-ed piece in
Politico July 27…

Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil Hung In Effigy By Anti-Health-Reform Protester

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

If this is the face of anti-health care reform protest, the GOP has a serious problem.

This unidentified man decided he was doing the Tea Party-anti-reform effort a real solid by hanging freshman Maryland Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil in eff…

John McNamara: Blue Dogs, Stop It

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Right now, you don’t represent the majority of Americans on health care reform. You represent yourselves and all the health care corporations who directly or indirectly fund your career.

Francine Hardaway: What Have You Really Lost to the Recession?

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Well, we may think we’ve lost our jobs, our health insurance, our retirement plans, or our houses. But we haven’t really “lost” those, because they were never really ours

Chip Shot: Op-Ed by Intel CEO on ‘Personal Health Reformation’

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

“The nation’s debate about health care reform doesn’t seem all that healthy or reformatory,” Paul Otellini writes in an op-ed featured in the July 27 issue of Politico. Intel’s CEO goes on to discuss why we need a “personal health reformation,” which means leaving behind today’s outdated model of healthcare and shifting the focus to the individual and the home. Find out five things that we must do to bring about this reformation.

Ian Welsh: Finding Common Ground Between Public Option Advocates and Single Payer Advocates

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

A heated argument is going on about the right health insurance model between those those who believe in a public option and those who believe…

How to Debate Health Reform with Conservatives, and Not Get Arrested

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

A recent health care reform debate with a friend got so heated I was nearly arrested for disorderly conduct in my own home! How can you protect yourself from becoming part of an ugly, national incident?

Alan M. Webber: Health Care Reality: Change is a Math Formula

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

If President Obama succeeds in his quest to reform America’s health care system–an “if” that gets if-ier every day–it will be because the administration…

Rep. Giffords Bucks Fellow “Blue Dogs,” Supports Public Health Care Option

July 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Gabrielle Giffords, a Blue Dog Democrat, wrote an editorial in the Arizona Daily Star, about the need for health care reform that includes a strong public option that lowers everybody’s costs and competes with private insurers.

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Posts Tagged ‘health care reform’

Dell Health Care Services Target State Governments

Joe Biden F-Bomb VIDEO

Rising Health Costs Pinch Small Business

IT Firms Uneasy with Some Health Care Reforms

Bill Shireman: TIME FOR A RED-BLUE-GREEN ALLIANCE – NOW

John J. Castellani: Health Care Reform: What Works for Business Is to Keep Working

Christina Bellantoni: It’s a small world for Obama as health care joke resurfaces

Kate Clinton: The Single Prayer Plan: Please God, Don’t Let Me Get Sick

Intel CEO Otellini Calls for a Personal Health Strategy

Democratic Rep. Frank Kratovil Hung In Effigy By Anti-Health-Reform Protester

John McNamara: Blue Dogs, Stop It

Francine Hardaway: What Have You Really Lost to the Recession?

Chip Shot: Op-Ed by Intel CEO on ‘Personal Health Reformation’

Ian Welsh: Finding Common Ground Between Public Option Advocates and Single Payer Advocates

Alan M. Webber: Health Care Reality: Change is a Math Formula

Rep. Giffords Bucks Fellow “Blue Dogs,” Supports Public Health Care Option

How Health Care Reform Will Help You: NYT

Blaise Zerega: WATCH: Michael Pollan Sees Healthcare Reform Leading to Food System Changes

Obama Dismisses GOP Senator DeMint’s “Waterloo” Warning: “I’m From Chicago. I Don’t Break”

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