Health Care Reform Articles - September 27, 2011

Growing Size And Wealth Of Children's Hospitals Fueling Questions About Spending

TOPICS: HOSPITALS, HEALTH COSTS, STATES, DELIVERY OF CARE

By GILBERT M. GAUL

SEP 25, 2011

This story was produced in collaboration with 

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2011/September/26/Childrens-Hospitals-Part-One.aspx?p=1

To Save on Health Care, First Crack Down on Fraud

By KATHLEEN SHARP

Santa Barbara, Calif.

LAST week, the Obama administration announced a plan to cut $320 billion over 10 years from the projected growth of Medicare andMedicaid. The plan would raise premiums and deductibles, lower payments to hospitals and require elderly people who receive care at home to make co-payments.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/opinion/to-save-on-health-care-first-crack-down-on-fraud.html?pagewanted=print

Decision on health-care law means Supreme Court will likely determine constitutionality next summer

By Robert Barnes, Published: September 26

The constitutionality of the 2010 health-care law could be determined by the Supreme Court this term, with a decision coming next summer in the thick of the 2012 presidential campaign.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-administration-clears-the-way-for-a-faster-supreme-court-decision-on-health-care-law/2011/09/26/gIQAzSg3zK_print.html