Consumer Driven Health Care

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  Pace of EHR adoption quickening, at ‘tipping point’

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 23, 2013

  The Obama administration says a record number of doctors and hospitals are embracing health technology and that adoption of electronic health records has reached a “tipping point.”

• Kids need to get more physical

  By Jennifer C. Kerr  |  May 23, 2013

  Reading, writing, 'rithmetic — and PE?

• Annual family health care costs rise above $22,000

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 23, 2013

  The annual cost for health care for a family of four could cover a year of tuition at an in-state college.

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  Will ‘smart’ shoppers bring down PPACA?

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 22, 2013

  Can we really rely on young consumers to make PPACA successful?

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  Specialty drug prices to surge

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 21, 2013

  U.S. spending on specialty prescription drugs is likely to increase 67 percent by the end of 2015, according to data from Express Scripts.

• AIG to invest $92.5 million in Chinese carrier

  By The Associated Press  |  May 21, 2013

  American International Group Inc. said Monday that it will spend $718.1 million Hong Kong dollars ($92.5 million) in a rights offering by Chinese insurance company PICC Property and Casualty Co.

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  Nurses slam PPACA for doing little to control health costs

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 21, 2013

  The nation’s largest organization of registered nurses is fighting back against PPACA, slamming the law for doing nothing to control skyrocketing health care costs.

• Younger adults expect premiums to rise under reform

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 20, 2013

  Nearly two-thirds of younger Americans expect their health insurance premiums to rise because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey.

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  Wisconsin bill would ban mandatory flu shots

  By Kevin Wang  |  May 20, 2013

  Wisconsin employers, including hospitals, nursing homes and other health care agencies, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.

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  Bucking tradition

  By Mike Sullivan  |  May 20, 2013

  Like this forward-thinking retailer, our own industry would benefit from advancing its collective mindset. We need to consider innovative possibilities, rather than cling to time-honored practices. We must expand beyond the walls of tradition that confine us.