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Today’s Headlines – Sept. 4, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including previews of the Democratic convention and a New York Times analysis of how the Obama and Romney campaigns vary on Medicaid policy. The Wall Street Journal: Obama To Press Case For Four More Years A senior Obama campaign official said the president may offer one […]
Young Doctors Seek To Alter Practices; Medical Schools Push Training In Addiction
The Associated Press examines how tech-savvy young doctors are changing medicine, and KHN looks at efforts to train doctors to recognize how addictions complicate other health problems.
Democrats To Spotlight Health Care, Abortion Rights At Convention
Party leaders will be touting the health overhaul passed two years ago, as well as efforts to expand contraception coverage. In addition, the platform looks ahead at issues such as health disparities, public health and HIV, Politico Pro reports.
Uncertainty In Kansas Over Essential Health Benefits Ruling
Gov. Brownback has not said whether his administration will make a recommendation on what basic health benefits should be available to Kansans who seek health insurance through the new marketplaces to be set up under the health care law.
Sherpaa Offers New Options For Employee Health Plans
In 2007, pediatrician Jay Parkinson, fresh from a Johns Hopkins residency program, rejected a traditional private practice model in developing his own approach to providing health care. To cut down on overhead costs and staff, Parkinson created a public Google calendar on his site for patients around Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, where he lives, to request […]
The Department of Health and Human Services says health plans can’t discriminate against transgender people while one doctor uses Internet technology to cut down on overhead costs associated with his practice.
Texas Hospitals Under Scrutiny: Parkland’s Record Penalty
Texas officials on Friday fined Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital a record $1 million for patient safety violations in the wake of intense federal oversight.
Presidential Election Could Have Major Impact On Medicaid
The New York Times reports that though Medicare reforms get the headlines, Medicaid is more likely to be immediately affected by the presidential election.
Medicare At Center Of Tug-Of-War Between Campaigns
Both parties are casting themselves as protectors of the program, leaving voters to decide which of their plans will best slow the program’s cost growth while also protecting seniors.
HHS Announces Financing For Co-Op Insurance Startups
HHS will make loans totaling $161 million available to new non-profit insurance carriers.
President Orders Additional Mental Health Help For Vets
President Obama signed an executive order to expand the services available for veterans in crisis.
Roundup: Texas Probes Xerox In Medicaid Overbilling; Miss. Abortion Clinic Fights To Stay Open
Health policy news from Texas, California, Oregon, Maine, Mississipi, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Kansas.
Viewpoints: President Obama’s Charlotte Challenge; The Aetna Arms Race
A selection of health care opinions and editorial from around the United States.
First Edition: September 4, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including previews of the Democratic convention and a New York Times analysis of how the Obama and Romney campaigns vary on Medicaid policy.
Medical Centers Begin Training Programs For Specialists On Addictions
Few doctors have studied alcohol or drug abuse, but the problems can be at the root of more obvious ailments that keep patients cycling through the medical system.
HHS Says Health Plans Cannot Discriminate Against Transgender People
In a letter, federal officials say employers, insurers and others cannot deny coverage or benefits based on “gender identity.”
Obama Defends Health Law, Saying Romney Woud End Its Consumer Protections
President and other top Democrats, warming up for their convention Tuesday, take aim at Republicans’ health positions.
In Sharp Contrast To GOP, Dems To Highlight Health Care
The Democrats are planning to praise popular parts of the health law during their convention, which begins Tuesday.
Tax Breaks For Organ Donors Aren’t Boosting Transplant Supply
This story comes from our partner ‘s Shots blog. Seventeen states offer tax incentives to people who donate a kidney, a portion of their liver or bone marrow for transplantation. But a study finds these sweeteners aren’t working. Researchers looked at what happened in the years before and after these tax incentives were passed and found no increase […]
Today’s Headlines – August 31, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine Mitt Romney’s speech last night and the messages on health care at the Republican convention. Politico: In RNC speech, Mitt Romney Gives Passing Mentions To Health Care, Medicare Mitt Romney’s most significant political speech of the 2012 campaign made only a passing reference to two […]