Showing posts with label WSJ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WSJ. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Health-care stocks surge as broad market falls

The Wall Street Journal reports that Tuesday's healthcare stocks surged thanks to comments from Cheif of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Emanuel said the administration is open to negotiating a means for stiffer competition among private insurers. "The goal is to have a means and a mechanism to keep the private insurers honest," he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. An early report in the Washington Post said hospitals will contribute $155 billion over 10 years toward insuring the nearly 50 million Americans who do not have coverage.

Will we see a continued surge in healthcare stocks? We'd like to hear your predictions.




Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Medicare Doctor Data Should Remain Private, Court Says

According to the WSJ.com, a federal appeals court sided with doctors in a long fight over who should be allowed to see Medicare data on individual doctors. The judges concluded that the freedom-of-information rules under which Consumers’ Checkbook requested the information are intended to shed light on public institutions, not private businesses such as physician practices.

What do you think will be the lasting effects that this decision has on medicare?