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	<title>HEALTH REFORM WATCH</title>
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	<description>A Web Log of the Seton Hall University School of Law,      Health Law &#38; Policy Program</description>
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		<title>A Guide to Accountable Care Organizations, and Their Role in the Senate&#8217;s Health Reform Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The accountable care organization has been a model for health care reform, yet its modest success has been limited to a handful of health care systems across the country. However, the accountable care organization model has recently taken on far greater significance since being introduced as one of Medicare&#8217;s pilot programs in the Senate&#8217;s health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/11/a-guide-to-accountable-care-organizations-and-their-role-in-the-senates-health-reform-bill/</link>
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		<title>A Win/Win: Health Reform Passes, Limbaugh Leaves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you weren&#8217;t committed to Health Care Reform before&#8230; perhaps on the fence about a few aspects of the bill or the process? How about this as a pot sweetener: if the Health Care Reform bill passes, Rush Limbaugh says he&#8217;ll leave the country.
As David Knowles over at AOL News points out, on Limbaugh&#8217;s radio [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/09/a-winwin-health-reform-passes-limbaugh-leaves/</link>
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		<title>Wall Street Journal: Health Jobs Up, Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There may or may not be health care reform in the offing, but it seems fairly clear that the future still looks rather bright for health care related employment.
Despite a national unemployment rate holding steady for these last two months at 9.7%, in February, according to the Wall St. Journal &#8220;the health care sector added [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/08/wall-street-journal-health-jobs-up-again/</link>
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		<title>Betting on Health Care Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At least investors think health care reform will be happening some time soon.  The Wall Street Journal reported that managed care stocks fell after Obama asked Congress to take an up or down vote Wednesday afternoon.  It might be wishful thinking (or dreadful, depending on which way you look at it) for the investors who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/06/betting-on-health-care-reform/</link>
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		<title>Reform Rodeo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The Final Push: Kaiser Health News compiles the latest news stories detailing the final push that is underway by Democrats and the White House to try and pass their comprehensive health reform plan.
2. Rep. Paul Ryan: Ezra Klein interviews Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin; the two discuss the economic impact of  the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/04/reform-rodeo-13/</link>
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		<title>An Autism Diagnosis: Key to Unlocking Needed Services?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Poreda&#8217;s excellent post yesterday called attention to what looks to be a fascinating panel discussion &#8212; &#8220;Serving Urban Students With Autism: Newark, New Jersey&#8221; &#8212; to be held here at Seton Hall Law on April 5th.  Michael interviewed Leslie Long and Michele Adubato &#8212; Adubato will be speaking on the panel &#8212; of Newark&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/03/an-autism-diagnosis-key-to-unlocking-needed-services/</link>
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		<title>Serving Urban Students With Autism: Newark, New Jersey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[Ed. note: We are pleased to welcome to the blog Michael Poreda, a 3rd year student here at Seton Hall Law and the  Executive Director of its Urban Education Law and Policy Initiative (UELPI)--a student organization formed to promote awareness of, dialogue about, and activism benefiting urban education.  On April 5, 2010, UELPI will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/02/serving-urban-students-with-autism-newark-new-jersey/</link>
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		<title>Obama, Health Reform, Plan B</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article in the Washington Post worth taking a quick view. According to WaPo:
Increasingly, the White House appears to favor having the House pass a version of the measure that cleared the Senate with 60 votes in December. The Senate would then pass changes to the bill to satisfy some demands of House Democrats. That [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/03/02/obama-health-reform-plan-b/</link>
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		<title>High-Risk Pools: a Precarious Pillar of Republican Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the Health Summit last week we were able to more fully observe the Republican vision for reforming health care. A constant idea that the Republican leadership came back to was the concept of &#8220;high risk pools.&#8221; But what are high risk pools, and what potential do they have to lower costs?
High-risk pools are state-run [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/02/28/high-risk-pools-a-precarious-pillar-of-republican-reform/</link>
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		<title>Of Summits, Nadirs &#038; Reconciliation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are any number of places to find recaps and summations of the Health Care Reform Summit. This article from AP&#8217;s Erica Werner, &#8220;Obama, GOP agree on some health areas,&#8220; outlines the commonalities and differences; this article from AP&#8217;s Charles Babington, &#8220;Obama, GOP fail to reach accord on health bill,&#8220; focuses more on the apparent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.healthreformwatch.com/2010/02/26/of-summits-nadirs-reconciliation/</link>
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