Wyden-Ryan Medicare Plan Draws Political Responses, Analyses
Democrats and their allies blasted the proposal, but the reception from the right was more positive.
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Viewpoints: Fascination With Wyden, Ryan Plan; Need For School Nurses; Pa. Abortion Bill Controversy
A selection of editorials and opinions on health policy from around the country.
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Obama Administration Proposes Labor Rules For Home Care Aides
The proposal would require that home-care aides be paid minimum wage and overtime, giving the fast-growing workforce long-sought assistance.
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Gingrich’s Policies Appear To Advance Gov’t Role In Health Care
Many of his public statements indicate he has advanced policies that would give the government a "bigger hand" in the delivery of health care. Meanwhile, a new poll shows support for President Barack Obama is low and that opinions about the health law continue to be mixed.
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Medicaid: Maine’s Governor Defends Cuts; Fla. To Continue 5-County Pilot
Media outlets track state Medicaid news from Texas, Maine and Florida.
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Research Roundup: Insurance Coverage In The Great Recession; PCIP Vs. CHIP
This week's studies come from the Archives of Internal Medicine, The New England Journal Of Medicine, The Urban Institute, The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Government Accountability Office.
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State News: Ariz. Planned Parenthood Resumes Some Services
News outlets report on a variety of state health policy news.
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3-Year Study Identifies Key Interventions To Reduce Maternal, Newborn, Child Deaths
A three-year study conducted by the WHO, Aga Khan University, and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) "has identified key interventions to reduce maternal, newborn and child deaths," PANA/Afrique en Ligne reports. "According to the study
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Feds Deny Florida’s Request For Waiver From MLR Rule
The Department of Health and Human Services denied Florida's request on the basis that complying with the health law's medical-loss ratio rule would not destabilize the insurance market.
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Study: Dentists’ Role In Medical Checkups
A study in the American Journal of Public Health indicates that many people who don't have regular contact with a physician still see a dentist at least once a year -- potentially positioning these professionals to spot the early signs of chronic illnesses.
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Miami’s Jackson Hospital Posts Loss Again; Nurse Strikes Threatened
In hospital business news, two Philadelphia landmarks agree to join operations while Jackson Hospital in Miami is facing a cash crisis. The New York Times reports that newly emboldened nurses unions are confronting hospital management over proposed budget cuts. And Houston faces the loss of a key psychiatric hospital.
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Health Costs On The Rise; A Worry For People Near Retirement
A new report from S&P Indices finds that the average costs of health care services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare reflects an annual increase of 5.11 percent for the year ending in October.
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SGR In The Spotlight: Examining The ‘Doc Fix’ Dilemma
News outlets report on how this formula, created to control Medicare spending on physician services, has evolved into a "budget-busting juggernaut."
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Longer Looks: Cancer Vaccines, Top Health Stories Of The Year
Selections this week come from Newsweek, The Atlantic, Zocalo Public Square, Health Affairs, The New Republic and The Daily Show.
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Women, Girls Affected By HIV In Indonesia Face Poverty
"The number of reported HIV cases has tripled in Indonesia in recent years, curtailing productivity and trapping affected girls and women, especially, in poverty, according to a recent U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) report," PlusNews reports. "Women, representing a quarter of all people living with HIV in Indonesia, shoulder family finances when their partners can no longer work, or when they face education and employment discrimination, said the report," the news service adds.
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The Guardian Examines Global Disability Issues
The Guardian on Thursday published several articles about people living with disabilities. One article reports on how "[a]ccess to HIV information, testing and treatment for people with disabilities was raised for the first time as a central theme at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), held last week in Addis Abba, Ethiopia" (Powell, 12/15). A second article interviews 14 people with disabilities about the challenges they face in their respective countries (Cummins, 12/15). A third article presents an interactive graphic of the key data on global disability from the first WHO World Report on Disability, published in June (Cummins/Villani, 12/15). And a fourth article examines the stigma faced by those with disabilities around the world (Ford, 12/15).
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Innovative Programs Can Help Developing Countries Retain Health Care Workers
"Medical schools in poor countries continue to produce doctors that they will eventually lose to more lucrative careers in cities or other countries," but some of these countries "are already showing bold efforts to meet the challenge" of retaining health care workers, Manuel Dayrit, director of the WHO Department of Human Resources for Health, writes in a SciDev.Net opinion piece. Dayrit discusses programs in Ethiopia, Sudan, and the Philippines that use community-based education and local service contracts to retain health care workers in areas where they are needed.
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