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Current economic news in most communities is anything but positive. Business and consumer spending have declined. The housing market is in shambles with values well below previous levels. Retirement fund values have plummeted as the stock market has plunged.

As a new administration takes power in Washington, D.C., backed by a Congress controlled by the same party, the healthcare industry braces for change.

According to a new survey from the American Hospital Association, the ability of U.S. hospitals to obtain funds to upgrade their facilities or invest in new clinical and information technologies is severely restricted due to the "capital crunch" and the recession.

A new Commonwealth Fund report finds that policies in Switzerland and the Netherlands that achieve near-universal coverage and low administrative costs can help inform the U.S. healthcare reform debate.

At the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball on Jan. 20, a newscaster asked President Obama what he planned to do his first day on the job. To very little surprise, he said he planned to work on the economic recovery plan.

When Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland entertained the prospect of penalizing state residents who fail to buy health insurance, the local media criticized the punitive approach.

State officials are urging the federal government to help them with a $140 billion budget shortfall expected before 2010.

Congress is preparing for swift action on refunding and expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as SCHIP, under the new Obama administration.

Poudre Valley Health System, a private not-for-profit healthcare organization in northern Colorado, has won the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

The Department of Health and Human Services has released the long-awaited ICD-10 codes and extended the compliance date for adopting them from October 1, 2011 to October 1, 2013.