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• Using Radio to Teach English to Immigrants
• BY: Brian Peteritas   |   February 9, 2012
• English lessons over the radio and on CDs provide immigrants a way to study the language in their own homes.

• Health Information Exchange Implementations Encounter Obstacles
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 9, 2012
• States face questions about governance and cost as they develop data-sharing exchanges.
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• Logic Models and the Quest for Results
• BY: Russ Linden   |   February 8, 2012
• They can help governments achieve the outcomes they want. But they have their downsides.
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• A Model for Results
• BY: Todd Newcombe   |   February 8, 2012
• "Logic models" aren't a perfect solution, but they can be a useful tool to help governments get the outcomes they want.

• Appeals Court: California's Gay-Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   California   |   February 7, 2012
• The court's ruling likely sets the stage for a U.S. Supreme Court showdown.

• Uninsured New York City Artists Swap Health Care for Performances
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   February 6, 2012
• Artists can now earn health credits for doctor visits and more if they offer their time and talents to hospital patients.

• States Face Crucial Choices Over Essential Health Benefits
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 3, 2012
• States must decide what to use as a benchmark for their health insurance exchanges, but dissimilarities among plan benefits and costs cause concerns.
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• Denver Health Becomes Profitable After Using Toyota as a Template
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 2012
• Lean manufacturing has made Denver Health a model for public health care.
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• Are Consumer-Driven Health Plans Really Saving Money?
• BY: David Levine   |   February 2012
• CDHPs are slowly becoming the next big thing in health-care cost control, but studies show that they only save about 1 percent over traditional plans.

• School-Based Health Centers Reap Benefits
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   February 2012
• Studies have found that SBHCs improve students’ health-care access and school success. Now, the Obama administration is helping more states finance them.
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• L.A. Councilman Curbs the ‘Mansionization’ of Studio City
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   February 2012
• Paul Krekorian crafted a compromise to curb the building of large homes on small lots that satisfies all stakeholders.

• Maryland Considering Incentives for Work in ‘Health Enterprise Zones’
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   January 30, 2012
• The idea of offering financial incentives to boost services in select areas is common for economic development -- but rarely used to improve health care.

• CMS Estimates Medicaid Drug Rules Would Save Billions for States
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 27, 2012
• Proposed regulations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would save states nearly $18 billion on Medicaid prescription drugs in the next five years, according to estimates released Friday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

• HHS Releases More Details on Essential Health Benefits Packages
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   Nation   |   January 26, 2012
• States received more guidance Wednesday from HHS about what the essential health benefits package for plans offered in states’ health insurance exchanges should look like.