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Obama administration softens on employer-paid birth control requirement

February 10, 2012

The Obama administration has announced an "accommodation" to its controversial law requiring all employer insurance plans to offer free contraceptive services in their health plans.

Vow to hire veterans for long-term care

Mary Gustafson January 26, 2012

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama proposed the creation of a Veterans Job Corp to curb high unemployment rates for returning veterans. That's opportunity knocking for long-term care providers.

House committee passes bill repealing CLASS Act

January 19, 2012

As expected, the House Ways and Means Committee passed a bill on Wednesday repealing the CLASS Act.

Proud ... and not apologizing

Jacqueline Vance May 24, 2011

When did it become so popular to be "antipatriotic"? Does it make you "hip" nowadays?

Obama deficit-cutting speech cites nursing home care

April 14, 2011

President Obama outlined his plan Wednesday to cut the nation's deficit by $4 trillion in 12 years but also vowed to preserve entitlement programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Pssssst! Have we got a deal for you!

James M. Berklan March 10, 2011

We might have just been subjected to the biggest dose of chutzpah seen in a long, long while. It smacked of the old image of the leering used-car salesman (sorry, used car sales people) rubbing his thumb and forefinger together to imply he could save YOU money.

What we have here is a failure to capitulate

James M. Berklan March 07, 2011

The saga of Donald Berwick as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services took an interesting, if not sadly predictable, turn last week. Opponents of his patron, President Obama, called for Berwick to be pulled from consideration for renomination.

Labor pains: Craig Becker's troubling prescription for long-term care facilities

Lane W. Imberman January 19, 2011

Administrators at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are awakening to the fact that while unions lost their battle in Congress for the Employee Free Choice Act—the "card-check" unionization law—they won their war to make organizing easier, now that Craig Becker has been appointed to the National Labor Relations Board.

Obama reverses course on regulation allowing advance care planning

January 06, 2011

The Obama administration has opted to remove any mention of end-of-life care planning from a Medicare regulation that took effect at the beginning of the year, The New York Times reported.

Obama, Sebelius tout CLASS Act for creating long-term care options at seniors summit

June 09, 2010

President Obama and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius visited a seniors facility in Maryland yesterday to discuss prescription drug coverage, preventing fraud and impending changes to Medicare and Medicaid.

Obama tries to maintain health reform timeline amid skepticism and doubt

July 22, 2009

As President Obama's August 7 deadline for healthcare reform approaches, he has begun to rally his healthcare troops with a series of public events scheduled for this week, according to recent news items.

U.S. House healthcare reform bill formally unveiled

July 15, 2009

The U.S. House of Representatives officially released its version of healthcare reform legislation Tuesday. And, as requested by President Obama, the reform package should come to a vote by the August recess, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.