Business Leaders Concerned About Economic Impact Of Health Law
With the economy stalling, Republicans and industry officials are skeptical of the health overhaul.
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With the economy stalling, Republicans and industry officials are skeptical of the health overhaul.
This week Congress begins new deficit-reduction talks and also has less than a month to finish spending bills or risk a government shutdown.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations include reports from a GOP presidential candidate forum in South Carolina and analysis of what to expect as Congress returns to Washington.
Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is courting the tea party, whose members disagree with the individual mandate to buy health insurance.
News outlets report that, to win over tea party supporters and other Republican voters, candidates are emphasizing their opposition to the federal health law but their records on health care vary.
Politico Pro reports that the new estimates released by the government agency predict federal spending will not increase as much as had earlier been predicted, but the projection also assumes cuts in Medicare pay to doctors. Those cuts seem unlikely.
The Austin Business Journal reports that for many businesses -- especially those that help others deal with health matters -- learning the news rules is tough. And MSNBC looks at one business that is helping physicians improve patient care.
Almost two dozen patients face the loss of life-saving treatment.
Eric Shinseki says the new system will begin operation next year and will help clear hundreds of thousands of cases, The Des Moine Register reports.
News outlets report on a variety of state health policy issues.
Officials in Puerto Rico filed over a dozen indictments for health care fraud. Meanwhile, an innovative tool is being used by federal authorities seeking 170 alleged to have fled the country to avoid charges of Medicaid fraud.
Elsewhere, the Washington state attorney general gets approval from his state's supreme court for joining with other AGs to challenge the health law.
News outlets covered Gov. Perry's controversial stem cell advocacy and his health care stance as well as Vice President Biden's assertions on Medicare.
"As the Walter Reed Army Medical Center decamps from its D.C. campus this month and merges with the Bethesda Naval Hospital five miles away," NPR reports on the legacy of "the center's Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, housed for the past decade on its own campus in Maryland, just outside Washington, [as] one of the world's premier research centers for infectious diseases." The piece, which is part of the news agency's series on the closure of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, notes, "No other place has done as much to prevent and treat malaria. And certainly, no one has done it so cheaply."
Several news outlets examine how the committee, tasked with cutting the federal deficit, might operate.
The 672-bed public hospital in Dallas had submitted a plan of action for fixing problems identified by federal regulators.
Two news outlets profile Washington-area research facilities.
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