Health Headlines for Friday, December 11
A conversation on health care
Buffalo Business First
Hospitals are finding new ways to work together, crossing long-standing lines that historically have kept competing health systems apart.
View: Navigating New York’s health exchange
Journal News
I’m a freelancer; I buy health insurance for myself and my family on the open market, with — until last month — the help of a broker.
Syracuse firm that handles claims for Health Republic lays off another 27 workers
Syracuse Post-Standard
An Eastwood company that processes claims for troubled health insurer Health Republic laid off another 27 employees this week.
Syracuse hospital’s losses hurt parent company’s bottom line
Syracuse Post-Standard
Financial losses at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center contributed to a more than 50 percent decline in operating income for its new parent company in the three month period ended Sept. 30.
Democrats Attack a Pillar of Obamacare
Bloomberg View
A push now under way in Congress to defer or repeal the so-called Cadillac tax is the biggest legislative threat the Affordable Care Act has faced in the past five years. And, weirdly, the lawmakers to blame are Democrats.