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Democrats blast Republicans for jamming health care vote through two committees without the Congressional Budget Office report on costs or hearings.
March 8
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Two Illinois-based not-for-profit healthcare systems dropped their merger plans Tuesday following a court ruling that favored the Federal Trade Commission in its efforts to block the union.
March 8
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The American Health Care Act proposed by House Republicans could cause major budgetary problems for state and local governments, credit rating agencies say.
March 7
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Nonprofit health giant Catholic Health Initiatives fell one notch to BBB-plus on S&P Global Ratings' scale Thursday due to a weakened financial profile, analysts said.
March 2
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California Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, has introduced legislation to make it more difficult for healthcare companies to close California non-profit hospitals that provide emergency services.
February 28
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Some analysts see an opportunity in hospital bonds, as the spreads in that sector have continued to widen even as the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act loses steam.
February 27
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Cuyahoga County, Ohio-based MetroHealth System was placed on Credit Watch with negative implications by S&P Global Ratings.
February 23
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Rhode Island Auditor Dennis Hoyle said he would probe expenses related to contractors and vendors connected to the failed United Healthcare Infrastructure Project computer system.
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The finances of states and health care providers could be hurt by the House Republican plan for repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings said in recent reports.
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Membership substitution transactions are the most common form of business combination transaction in the nonprofit hospital industry. They are also widely misunderstood and the source of many mistakes.
February 14
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Healthcare and utilities municipal bond issuance grew by a combined $27 billion to 2016 from 2015.
February 13 -
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats, worried that Republicans are sabotaging the Affordable Care Act, have asked three federal agencies for information about how they are implementing President Trumps executive order on repealing the law.
February 9 -
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloys $40.6 billion biennial budget measures aim to closing a $1.7 billion annual deficit. He also wants to tax hospital properties for the first time.
February 8
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has formed a task force charged with recommending how to tackle local governments unfunded retirement obligations.
February 7
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In a critical year for the Texas health-care industry, the state's leaders have indicated no interest in tapping the state's growing rainy day fund to cover $1.2 billion in Medicaid underfunding.
February 6
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Lakeland Regional Health and Orlando Health disclosed to bondholders on EMMA that they have signed a letter of intent to create an integrated regional health care system.
February 3
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North Carolinas $38 billion of unfunded pension and retiree healthcare costs led a key committee to advise raising the states debt capacity and increasing annual funding to address the liabilities.
February 2
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New Jersey healthcare providers are starring at escalating costs if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, according to the New Jersey Hospital Association.
January 27
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California's cost for retiree health and dental benefits has grown to $76.68 billion, according to a report from State Controller Betty Yee.
January 26
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Gainesville Hospital District in North Texas is reorganizing under Chapter 9 bankruptcy with $19.7 million of general obligation bonds insured by Ambac.
January 25
