Proceed carefully in pushing insurance companies to cover sickest patients
The health care overhaul, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) prevents insurers from rejecting customers with expensive pre-existing medical conditions.
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Medicare Star Ratings Allow Nursing Homes to Game the System
Medicare’s Skewed Star System A 5-star rating system of nursing homes begun in 2009 is intended to provide consumers
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Serving adults with chronic illnesses or conditions and people of all ages with developmental disabilities. For More, see http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/
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Disability Rights Washington (DRW) DRW is a private, non-profit organization that protect the rights of people with disabilities statewide. Their
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A Case for Inclusion, see Analysis We release this report in the context of a nation struggling with the worst economic conditions since
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