Medicaid Managed Care Under The Microscope
News outlets explore the challenges states face as they increasingly try to move recipients into managed care plans in order to control costs and brace for upcoming expansions.
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First Edition: April 27, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that political push-back continues regarding the Paul Ryan budget plan.
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Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Nationwide Cervical Cancer Vaccination, Detection Program
Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Tuesday, in collaboration with two companies, launched a national cervical cancer vaccination and screening program, the first of its kind in Africa, the New Times reports.
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Dems Eye Ryan Medicare Plan As Political Opportunity
With Obama administration officials part of the campaign against the Ryan plan, other opponents also are stepping forward and launching a new wave of television ads in Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's very own congressional district.
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Court’s Rejection Of Fast-Track Request Raises Questions, Issues
The court's online order did not offer any legal reasoning, nor were dissenting opinions noted. However, Justice Elena Kagan did participate in the decision. Meanwhile, Politico Pro explores some of the key questions that will be at stake surrounding the law's "individual mandate" as the challenges now wind through through the federal appeals courts this summer.
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Study Links Readmissions With Nurse Overtime
Modern Healthcare reports on new research published in the journal Health Services Research that found when nurses had reduced overtime, fewer patients returned to the hospital soon after being discharged from it.
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Santorum Says Health Law Fuels Interest In Possible Presidential Bid
During his swing through Iowa, Republican Rick Santorum said repealing the health law is one of the reasons he has political aspirations.
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Reform Policy News: High-Risk Pools, Exchanges, IPAB
News outlets are reporting on various aspects of the health law, including the low level of interest seen so far in high-risk pools, the varying reactions states are having as they make decisions about health insurance exchanges and the ongoing efforts to repeal the measure's Independent Payment Advisory Board.
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State Roundup: Single-Payer Bill Advances In Vt. Legislature
News from California, Connecticut, Arizona, Massachusetts, Texas and Colorado.
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Viewpoints: Shortsighted Fight Against Fund To Prevent Disease; Strengthening Regulators’ Control Of Premium Increases
Today's opinions come from The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, the San Jose Mercury News and The Seattle Times.
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High Court Hears Arguments Regarding Access To Docs’ Prescribing Data
In this case, the state of Vermont opposes drug companies and data-mining firms. Vermont's law bans the sale of prescribing information unless physicians "opt in" and make their records available. Meanwhile, Politico Pro reports that the AMA, which has not taken an official position in the case, has a lot at stake in how the it turns out.
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First Edition: April 26, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the political ads and positions being inspired by the Ryan budget plan.
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Supreme Court Declines To Expedite Virginia Suit Against Health Law
Virginia's challenge of the health law will need to take the normal route through federal appeals courts.
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Child’s Death Renews Medical Error Debate
News outlets examine efforts to end hospital errors, and a different case may challenge laws that protect military medical personnel from medical malpractice lawsuits.
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