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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
FOX Business | U.S. to Raise Medicare Advantage Payment Rate
In a reversal that followed intense lobbying from the health insurance industry and members of Congress, the U.S. government said it will increase the payment rate for health insurers that offer coverage through the popular Medicare Advantage program.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
Real Clear Markets | The Obamacare Story Starts To Unravel
Government-regulated healthcare doesn't come cheap. The nonpartisan Society of Actuaries, a professional organization serving 22,000 actuaries, concludes in a new report that the cost of long-run claims will increase by 32 percent by 2017 in the individual market when the Affordable Care Act is fully phased in.