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		<title>Um&#8230;keep your health care law, but give us the money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least 7 states who are making a fuss and suing the Feds over the new health care law are quietly taking funds made available by the law.  $5 billion was set aside by the Affordable Care Act to help employers (states and Fortune 500 companies included) by offsetting the cost of health care benefits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=486</link>
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		<title>Helping Patients Understand the Benefits of the New Healthcare Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 6-month anniversary of the passage of the new health care reform law is approaching. While the law is not perfect, it is a very solid start. On September 23rd, many important new provisions take effect, including: the end of pre-existing condition denials for children, the elimination of life-time benefits caps, and an end to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=476</link>
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		<title>Sebelius on Momentum Behind E-Health Records, and Resources for Doctors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius writes in Kaiser Health News about “new momentum” behind the adoption of electronic health records.  In the column, Sebelius discusses the assistance available to providers to help them purchase and utilize EMR, as well as steps being taken by major health care stakeholders to adopt e-records. The Recovery Act passed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=480</link>
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		<title>Physicians Urged to Embrace Change in Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Kocher, Emmanuel Ezekiel and Nancy Ann Deparle have published an article in the August 24th edition of The Annals of Internal Medicine urging physicians to embrace the change in the health care system associated with the Affordable Care Act. The article describes the numerous changes to the practice of medicine. These changes include technological [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=472</link>
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		<title>Americans&#8217; Confidence in Health Care Remains Steady in July</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumer confidence in health care remained steady in July 2010, according to a survey by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Health Care Consumer Confidence Index, Americans remain confident in their ability to afford health care and to maintain their health insurance coverage. The Recent Health Costs Barriers Index dropped [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=469</link>
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		<title>NPA In Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NPA members Rupin Thakkar and Bob Crittendon were appointed a member of the Workforce Advisory Group and Lisa Plymate has been appointed to the Low Income Populations Committee of the Health Reform Implementation in Washington State. Congratulations to both! NPA appreciates your commitment to health care reform implementation.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=448</link>
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		<title>Americans, both insured and uninsured, make frequent use of ERs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times reports that 20% of Americans, insured and uninsured, visited the E.R. at least once in 2007, for a total of 117 million visits. Of the uninsured, 7.4% made at least two visits in 2007, compared to 5.1% of privately insured patients. Generally, the most frequent visitors were of poor health and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=463</link>
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		<title>Poll: Seniors remain wary of reform while support grows among the general population</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Democrats’ uphill climb to maintain their congressional majorities this fall would not be so steep if they could convince seniors that health reform is good for them. Kaiser’s monthly health reform tracking poll reveals growing support for reform among the overall public, but lagging support among seniors. This wariness among seniors is especially notable with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=456</link>
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		<title>First Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Maine Law Restricting Prescription Information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The First Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal appeals court, upheld a Maine law restricting the use of prescription information by companies. The law allows doctors to opt out of having their prescriptions tracked by companies, who use the information for marketing purposes. The Court upheld a similar law in New Hampshire last year. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=437</link>
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		<title>NPA In Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Cheryl Bettigole, MD/MPH, President-Elect of the National Physicians Alliance, joined Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-07) and other health care advocates at a town hall hosted by Families USA to help explain the new health care benefits becoming available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Congressman and the others highlighted the ways that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.npalliance.net/blog/?p=433</link>
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