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Each edition of The Business of Government magazine seeks to highlight the latest trends and best practices for improving government effectiveness. We do this by introducing you to the efforts of key government executives, the work of public management practitioners, and the insights of leading academics; and the differing ways they tackle many of the pressing public management issues facing us today.
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Figures released by the Census Bureau show the number of uninsured has hit an all-time high, as the effects of the recession become clear.
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Second Front Opens Against Individual Mandate; Health Reform Supporters Prepare Information Campaign
Judge signals lawsuit against health reform will go forward in second front in states' effort to combat the new law.
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Another legal battle over health reform's individual mandate begins in Florida today. Meanwhile, a Republican senator is taking aim at the mandate as part of an effort to repeal a tax reporting provision in health reform.
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A new report from CMS confirms that health reform will cover 30 million additional people for a modest uptick in overall health spending. The rhetoric surrounding the report is much more expansive.
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The Obama administration has begun its pushback against insurance company rate increases that have partially been blamed on health reform.
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Several insurers are asking for rate increases they claim are a result of health reform's early -- and largely popular --provisions.
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Maryland has been one of the most aggressive states in its efforts to implement health reform. In a "Q and A" session, Maryland Health and Mental Hygiene Secretary John Colmers discusses the state's efforts to implement the new law, including an interim report that found the state would save more than $800 million over 10 years.
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It's time to start thinking about jobs and health care not as two separate policy pursuits, but as partners in economic policy.
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A tax credit for small businesses provided by health reform will provide new coverage or stabilize existing coverage for about 3.4 million workers and family members by 2013, a report finds.
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As Functional Manager of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service, he exercises direction, guidance and technical management of more than 42,800 people assigned to 75 medical facilities worldwide.
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