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Schumer Seeks To Put GOP Senators On Defensive Regarding Ryan Medicare Plan
Also in the news, Democrats are using the Medicare issue to target two veteran GOP lawmakers in California.
Viewpoints: Obama’s ‘Talk Of Tough Choices’; Championing Personal Responsibility
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the nation.
State Leaders Wrangle Over Approaches To Health Insurance Marketplaces
Officials and business leaders in Wyoming, Kansas and Michigan are considering their next moves among the myriad options of how to approach federally or state-based health insurance marketplaces.
State News: Fla. Hospitals Fight Over Trauma Center Rules
A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Florida, California, Virginia and Oregon.
Doctors As Delegates And Health Reform Activists
In this pair of stories, Medpage Today offers the view seen from the Democratic convention floor by two physician delegates as well as a look at a doctors’ group dedicated to supporting the health law.
DOJ Joins Whistle-Blower Case Against Fla. Hospice
The Department of Justice is joining a case against a hospice provider in Orlando accused by a former executive of admitting Medicare patients who did not qualify for care to collect the payments. Meanwhile, state officials announce Medicaid fraud settlements, with GlaxoSmithKline in North Carolina, and Planned Parenthood in Illinois.
Research Roundup: Reducing Risk In Shared Savings Programs
This week’s studies come from Health Affairs, The New England Journal of Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine.
First Edition: September 7, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including examinations of health policy references in yesterday’s Democratic convention speeches.
Clinton Skewers GOP On Medicare, Offers Strong Defense Of Obama On Health Law
In former President Bill Clinton’s speech to nominate Barack Obama for re-election, he made a point-by-point case to return Obama to a second term, lauding his efforts to strengthen Medicare and Medicaid and to pass the health law.
Democratic Speakers Rally Around Health Law
During Wednesday’s convention proceedings, speakers criticized what they described as Republican plans to “voucher-ize Medicare” and touted provisions of the health law already in effect, such as coverage for children with pre-existing medical conditions, the closing Medicare Part D “doughnut hole” and the ability to keep young people on their parents’ policies until age 26.
Conservatives Say Dems’ Attack on Medicare Plan Is ‘Misleading’
Republican pundits dispute the description of their plans to overhaul Medicare as a defined-contribution, rather than a defined-benefit program ‘vouchercare,’ and say that repealing the health law would spur innovation.
State Roundup: Judge Keeps Calif. Prison Health Care Under Fed Control
A selection of health policy stories from California, New York, Indiana, Kansas, Texas and Wisconsin.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care from around the nation.
NFL Donates $30 Million For Research On Brain Injuries
The National Football League pledged the funds to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health to support research to foster a better understanding of the long-term repercussions of head traumas experienced by athletes and members of the military.
Kansas Blue Cross Executive Pitches One Of His Plans To Define ‘Essential Benefits’ Benchmark
An executive with Blue Cross Blue Shield in Kansas is stumping for one of his company’s plans to become the measure by which other plans’ “essential benefits” are judged.
Report: N.Y. Public Employees Face $250B Gap In Covering Retiree Health Care Costs
A new report has found a gaping $250 billion hole in what New York state and local governments have promised to public employees to help pay for their retiree health care costs — a $45 billion increase since 2010.
Longer Looks: Despite Health Law, Costs Still Overwhelming For Some
This week’s articles come from The New York Times, CNN, The Huffington Post, Forbes Magazine and The Oregonian.
First Edition: September 6, 2012
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including health policy highlights from the Democratic National Convention as well as dispatches from the states.
Convention News: Dems Embrace Health Law
In speeches from the podium and in the buzz from the convention floor, it was apparent on the first day of the Democratic National Convention that delegates and speakers aimed to reclaim the health law as an important accomplishment of the Obama administration.
Party Platforms Reveal Two Very Different Visions For The Nation
The Democratic platform, which was released Tuesday, includes many health care policy references, but is light on specifics about what health initiatives would come during a second Obama term.
