01/06/13 THE RAW HEALHCARE LAW NEWS FEED

HEALTHCARE NEWSLINE

• Obamacare fails to stop health insurance rates from skyrocketing by... _{2013-01-07, 12:51 am}
  Health insurance companies across the country are attempting to increase their premiums for customers by over 25 percent - even though Obamacare was introduced to stem the rising cost of health care At risk from the rising rates are small businesses and those who do not have their health care plan offered by their employer and are left to find ... (more)
• Insurance companies rush to raise rates into the double-digits _{2013-01-07, 01:58 am}
  One of the chief objectives of President Barack Obama's health care reform was to make health insurance affordable for all Americans and prevent sudden increases in the cost of typical health care.
• Analysis: Education will dominate Mississippi legislative session _{2013-01-07, 01:51 am}
  Look first to the lawmakers who will handle education proposals, and to the private groups lobbying for or against charter schools.
• Stylish Investigators and Government Regulations on VisionMonday.com _{2013-01-07, 01:46 am}
  It must be hard to keep secrets around the three celebrities featured in this week's edition of Bold Face .
• Louisiana Spotlight for Jan. 7, 2013 _{2013-01-07, 01:40 am}
  T he start of February brings an end to programs that care for some of the most-vulnerable citizens of the state, those in the final days of their lives and children at risk for mental-health problems.
• John E. SUNUNUFiscal cliff battle ends with a whimper _{2013-01-07, 01:37 am}
  Set aside the dramatics of casting major votes less than 48 hours before a new Congress took the oath of office.
• Tenn. GOP supermajority looks to year ahead _{2013-01-07, 01:26 am}
  With a new GOP supermajority in place for the dawn of the 108th General Assembly this week, Democrats find themselves facing irrelevancy except in cases where the ruling Republicans are divided.
• Congressional leaders stake out debt ceiling positions _{2013-01-07, 01:23 am}
  Congressional leaders on Sunday showed no signs of emerging from their corners to resolve the next step in the financial crisis, with Democrats still talking about higher taxes on the wealthy and the Senate's top Republican suggesting that a crippling default on U.S. loans was possible unless there were significant cuts in government spending.
• Texas Legislature's session begins Tuesday _{2013-01-07, 01:22 am}
  They're back. The 83rd Texas Legislature convenes Tuesday, when lawmakers return to Austin to tackle a host of issues likely to determine the state's quality of life long after the two-year legislative cycle ends in early 2015.
• Dusting off projects: Wind tax credit renewal aids region _{2013-01-07, 01:21 am}
  The U.S. Congress helped the wind energy industry start the new year with hopes of continued expansion by passing a tax incentive in legislation meant to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff.
• Help for parents of the medically fragile _{2013-01-07, 01:18 am}
  After a rash of bad publicity arising out of severely disabled children being put into nursing homes over parental objections, with some ending up dead, Florida's health care agency is changing the way it deals with families.
• County seeks to keep sales tax rate _{2013-01-07, 01:08 am}
  The County Legislature will soon request a home rule message from the state Legislature that keeps its sales tax at 8 percent.
• Neogen launches improved rapid test for Salmonella enteritidis _{2013-01-07, 01:05 am}
  Neogen Corp. has significantly improved its Reveal rapid lateral flow test for Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis , and has launched the improved test as Reveal 2.0 for Salmonella enteritidis .
• Clearly Clean launches recyclable MAP tray for food products _{2013-01-07, 01:04 am}
  Clearly Clean Products LLC, introduces what is perhaps the world's first and only recyclable MAP tray for meat, poultry, entres and kebobs.
• Legislators To Convene As 83rd Session Begins _{2013-01-07, 01:03 am}
  What will come out of Austin over the next 140 days is always a mystery come the first of January every other year.
• Health premiums soar nationwide _{2013-01-07, 12:54 am}
  Health insurance companies across the country are seeking and winning double-digit increases in premiums for some customers, even though one of the biggest objectives of the Obama Administration's health-care law was to stem the rise in insurance costs for consumers.
• Risks to retirement industry remain despite fiscal cliff deal _{2013-01-07, 12:43 am}
  Davis & Harman's Derek B. Dorn: "Congress has delayed the fiscal cliff by erecting a new and potentially more dangerous one." Tax preferences for retirement savings remain a potential target as Congress last week removed the immediate threat of the fiscal cliff and now must address required spending cuts and long-term solutions to the growing ... (more)
• Xerox alleges contract is unfair _{2013-01-07, 12:36 am}
  Technology giant Xerox alleges West Virginia officials cut a multi-million dollar "side deal" that allowed a California company to unfairly win what is perhaps the largest contract in state government history.
• National Rifle Association vetoes health research _{2013-01-07, 12:34 am}
  President Barack Obama says his administration will soon produce proposals designed to reduce gun violence.
• Smart Benefits: Hospital Payment Disparity in RI _{2013-01-07, 12:26 am}
  A new report from the Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner reveals startling discrepencies among hospital payments in Rhode Island.