First Editon: April 6, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how the GOP budget blueprint would reshape Medicare and Medicaid.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Politics Heat Up In Response To GOP Budget’s Medicare, Medicaid Proposals
At a Tuesday morning press conference, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., unveiled the GOP 10-year budget blueprint, which includes steps
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Bill Gates Travels To Europe To Promote Global Health Investments
Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is in Europe this week "in an effort to persuade Europeans not to cut aid budgets in the face of austerity
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U.N. Secretary-General Urges University Leaders To Prioritize Women’s Empowerment
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday spoke about the role universities can play in empowering women worldwide during an address to students and academic leaders gathered in Philadelphia for the fifth Global Colloquium of University Presidents, the Associated Press reports (Matheson, 4/4).
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Aid Groups Respond To Escalating Violence In Cote d’Ivoire
"Aid organizations are warning of an impending humanitarian crisis for tens of thousands of refugees who have arrived in Liberia after fleeing violence" in Cote d'Ivoire, CNN reports.
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Skeptics Of Ryan’s Blueprint Take Positions Against Specific Proposals
A group of Democratic governors was expected to send a letter Monday opposing key proposals to overhaul Medicaid. Meanwhile, some advocates for seniors and children are taking exception to Ryan's ideas about revamping Medicare into a voucher program and other steps they say will will put vulnerable populations at risk.
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CMS: Medicare Advantage Rate Increases Will Be Lower Than Expected
The payments will be lower than initially projected because of lower-than-expected spending on doctor visits.
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Mass. Hospital System Continues Efforts To Buy Community Hospital
However, an official affiliated with the hospital's health care providers maintained his opposition to the deal.
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DOJ Arguments Against Fla. Ruling Emerge In U.S. District Court Filings
The Department of Justice takes the position that the Florida judge's ruling in which he threw out the health law is "indefensible."
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Senate Plans Tuesday Vote On 1099 Provision Repeal
If the vote occurs according to the schedule, the Senate will likely send President Barack Obama the first piece of legislation officially repealing part of the health law.
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Politics Continue To Play Out Around Planned Parenthood Funding
As 41 senators vow to filibuster any spending bill that includes an amendment to delete this funding, an anti-abortion group touts the opposite position taken by possible GOP 2012 presidential candidates.
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Viewpoints: Ryan On His Budget Plan; Maryland, Wash. State Making Tough Budget Choices
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
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State Roundup: Report Urges Mass. City Employees To Pay More Health Costs
Today's news reports come from Minnesota, Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Washington and Florida.
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First Edition: April 5, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the unveiling of a plan by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan, R-Wis., that potentially would dramatically 'remake' health policy.
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GOP’s Ryan: Medicare ‘Premium Assistance,’ Medicaid Block Grants In 2012 Budget Proposal
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will unveil a budget proposal Tuesday which is expected to call for big changes to Medicaid and Medicare.
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Health Experts Release Recommendations For Fighting Breast Cancer In Low-, Middle-Income Countries
"Worldwide breast cancer incidence and mortality are expected to increase by 50 percent from 2002 and 2020
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International Scientists To Discuss Climate, Health Data Sharing At Conference In Ethiopia
Scientists will gather in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, beginning Monday for a workshop that aims to address climate and health issues, VOA News reports (Phillips, 3/31).
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New York Times Examines Nonprofits That Close For Mission-Related Reasons
"A few nonprofit groups have recently announced plans to wind down, not over financial problems but because their missions are nearly finished," the New York Times reports, noting that though the number of organizations closing shop "for mission-related reasons is too small to call a trend. ... the novelty of organizations going out of business once their work is done has attracted attention."
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