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Medicare, Health Reform, Women’s Issues Hot Topics On Campaign Trail
With the election a little more than six weeks away, news coverage included the role of health care in the outcome.
Medicare Takes Center Stage As President, Ryan Address AARP
The GOP vice presidential candidate is booed as he assails the president’s health law.
House Republicans Attack Obama Administration On Medicare Advantage
In this edition of Health on the Hill, KHN’s Mary Agnes Carey interviews CQ Roll Call’s Emily Ethridge about today’s House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on the health law’s cuts to the private Medicare Advantage program.
Obama, Ryan Offer Dueling Visions Of Medicare To AARP Members
Both candidates portray themselves as protectors of the popular entitlement program and argue their rivals’ plans would undermine it.
Romney Adviser’s Firm Says Most States Will Expand Medicaid — If Obama Is Re-Elected
The consulting firm headed by the man planning Mitt Romney’s White House transition –should there be one — says most states eventually will expand Medicaid under the health law, if President Barack Obama is re-elected. A report completed this week by Leavitt Partners, led by Romney adviser and former Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, noted the […]
Today’s Headlines – Sep. 21, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about recent polling results indicating that, despite GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s efforts to frame the Medicare debate, President Barack Obama still has the advantage on this issue. The Wall Street Journal: Headwinds For Romney In Latest Poll Results The three state surveys come […]
USA Today/Gallup Poll Shows Obama More Trusted On Medicare
Other polls indicate President Barack Obama is faring well in some swing states. GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign hopes to shift the focus to federal spending and Medicare issues as Obama and GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan speak today to the AARP.
Health Law, Medicare Both Hot Issues In House And Senate Races
News outlets examine how health issues are playing out in a House race in Pennsylvania and a Senate race in Massachusetts.
Smoking, Obesity, Lack Of Insurance May Be Shortening Some Americans’ Life Spans
The New York Times reports that the nation’s life-expectancy trend has reversed by four years since 1990 for the country’s least-educated whites.
Jindal, Campaigning For Romney, Says Health Law Will Penalize 6 Million People
The Louisiana governor denies ties between Romney’s health law in Massachusetts and the national overhaul championed by President Barack Obama.
State Highlights: Big Changes Ahead For Mich. Blue Cross
Health policy news from Texas, Maryland, California, Wisconsin, Oregon, Kansas and Michigan.
Broker Bill Gets House Energy And Commerce Committee OK
The House panel approved legislation that would modify the health law’s medical loss ratio provision to protect the earnings of insurance brokers and agents.
Administration: Health Law Led Medicare Beneficiaries To Save $4.5B On Rx Drugs
USA Today reports the Obama administration is annoucing that, because of provisions in the health law Medicare’s prescription drug doughnut hole, Medicare beneficiaries experienced considerable savings.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the country.
Bipartisan Report Details Health Care Cost Drivers
The Bipartisan Policy Center issued a report yesterday detailing the reasons behind the nation’s spiralling health care costs. The reasons, according to BPC, including the fee-for-service reimbursement system and the tax treatment of health insurance.
Targeting Companies That Cut Health Care Costs
Reuters reports that the health care sector will be “a focal point” for years to come and looks at investments in companies that are likely to make money by helping to reduce costs. Meanwhile, Kaiser Health News examines whether competitive health care models like Medicare Part D and the Federal Employees Health Benefits program are taming costs as effectively as supporters suggest.
Research Roundup: ‘Early’ Cost-Control Lessons From Mass.
This week’s health policy studies and analyses are from Health Affairs, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Kaiser Family Foundation, American Cancer Society, National Colorectal Roundtable, the University of Massachusetts, the National Academy of Social Insurance and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
First Edition: September 21, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about recent polling results indicating that, despite GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s efforts to frame the Medicare debate, President Barack Obama still has the advantage on this issue.
Bipartisan Report Focuses On Issues Driving Up Health Care Costs
Among the reasons behind the nation’s seemingly inexorable rise in medical spending are the practice of rewarding doctors and hospitals for volume rather than efficiency of care and the tax break given to consumers for their job-based health insurance, according to a report out Thursday from the Bipartisan Policy Center, a think tank in Washington. […]
Bipartisan Report Focuses On Issues Driving Up Health Care Costs
The Bipartisan Policy Center hopes to educate the public and Congress about the causes of health inflation.