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This week's health care reform news:

House Votes to Redirect Preventive Care Funds

The House last week voted to subsidize lower student loans by taking money from a preventive care fund included in the health care reform law. The Senate is not expected to follow suit.

Other highlights include:

• California has clarified that it expects large groups seeking rate increases exceeding 5 percent to file preliminary rate review information.
• Illinois wants to cut budgeted funds for special needs children in nursing homes and somehow shift those costs to private insurers.
• Nebraska’s legislature adjourned after passing an oral chemotherapy parity bill and an expansion of a prohibition fee schedules for non-contracted dental services.

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