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  • Greek Health System Suffers Amid Growing Economic Crisis

    Reuters examines how a worsening economic crisis in Greece is affecting the country's health system, highlighting a 36 percent decrease in health spending by Greeks this year, according to the National School of Public Health, and an increase of more than 50 percent in new cases of HIV from the first five months of 2010 to the same period this year. The news service also notes a rise in depression and suicide, writing, "Greeks are swallowing 35 percent more antidepressants than they did five years ago, according to the National School of Public Health. The health ministry says suicides are up 40 percent so far this year."

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  • Annual European CDC Report Says Infectious Diseases, Drug Resistance Are Concerns

    "Europe's health is suffering, with around 80,000 cases of tuberculosis infection a year and serious problems with measles, HIV and threats from 'superbug' infections, an annual health report" from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said Thursday, Reuters reports. The report said infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance, especially multi-drug resistance, are major concerns, according to the news service. The "report also identified several emergent diseases in Europe it said might pose a risk to public health," including West Nile virus, malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya, Reuters notes.

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  • AARP: Iowa, Fla. GOP Voters Disagree With Candidates On Medicare Cuts

    In Iowa, the AARP polled 400 past Iowa primary voters on Oct. 17-18 who said they would attend the Iowa caucuses. The Florida poll, which was similar to the one conducted in Iowa and some other states, involved 500 respondents. Florida has the largest number of retirees in the nation.

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  • Ga., Texas Expand Mental Health Services; Some Say More Is Needed

    Georgia has opened new facilities for the mentally ill under an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department. Meanwhile, Texas increased mental health spending by 4.3 percent in the past 3 years, but critics say that spending is not keeping pace with the growing uninsured population.

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  • Senate Republicans Question Role Of $10 Billion Innovation Center

    Three GOP Senators have asked the Government Accountability Office to examine the effectiveness of this center, which was created by the health law, and to determine whether it is duplicating work that was already the responsibility of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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  • Health Law Alphabet Soup: ACOs, MLR And Other Implementation News

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the application for its shared savings program, and Health News Florida reports which of that state's providers will likely throw their hats into the ring. Meanwhile, CQ HealthBeat reports that the medical-loss ratio rule is undergoing its final Office of Management and Budget review. Also, the Obama administration is defending how the health law changes Medicare.

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  • Supreme Court Quiet About Health Law Appeals

    Although the justices met Thursday behind closed doors, no word emerged about whether the high court will hear appeals over the health law. But a decision about these cases could come Monday.

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  • Including Evangelical Christians In U.S. Foreign Aid Discussion

    "Washington is in an era of budget-cutting, so we frequently hear calls to shrink or eliminate U.S. foreign-assistance programs," which is why "several religious groups ... are highlighting how these programs reduce global poverty and hunger, saving millions of lives," Richard Stearns, president of World Vision USA, writes in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece. However, he says "evangelical Christians [are] largely absent from this religious coalition" and notes that "a Pew survey earlier this year found that 56 percent of evangelicals think 'aid to the world's poor' should be the first thing cut from the federal budget."

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  • First Edition: Nov. 11, 2011

    Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the challenges the super committee continues to confront its deadline approaces, as well as news about the Supreme Court's announcement on whether it will hear health law appeals.

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  • Deficit Panel At Impasse Despite Offers

    The Democrats outlined a new "tax trigger" and news outlets report that the two sides have largely agreed to a broad outline of spending reductions, including to Medicare and other domestic programs.

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  • Next Chapter In Health Law Legal Challenges Could Be Decided Thursday

    Meanwhile, some conservative activists are renewing their calls for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to step aside in regard to cases that involve the health law. And, a judge makes a case for delaying a final decision until after 2014 in a dissenting opinion regarding the DC Circuit Court's ruling.

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