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A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
The LA Times offers the pros and cons of some of the solutions often debated as a means to address the supply of these donor organs.
Meanwhile, the Connecticut Mirror reports on hospitals' efforts to reduce readmissions. And, in other news, new research has found that patients are less likely to fill prescriptions when doctors specify brand names instead of allowing generic substitutions.
House GOP lawmakers are scrutinizing how the AARP's interests may have played into the positions the organization took during the health debate.
The Associated Press reports on how the costs of Medicare could erase this year's projected slight Social Security cost-of-living increase.
Meanwhile, in a second story, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the funding fight is far from over.
Reuters reports that Health and Human Services data show the business community is a big winner as a result of the measure's early retiree program. But The Fiscal Times notes that some "corporate giants" are at odds with the overhaul.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about mini-med plans and accountable care organizations as well as the ongoing impasse in Congress regarding current year spending.
In Iowa meeting, several high-profile Republicans renew opposition to health overhaul, the Associated Press reports.
In the Republicans' weekly address, Virginia governor says the sooner the case gets to the Supreme Court the better.
During a visit to the Indian state of Bihar, Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on Thursday discussed his foundation's work in India and global health priorities, ANI/Sify News reports (3/24).
Science Magazine reports on the recent push to make preventing and treating cancer a global priority, particularly in developing countries, where it's estimated "less than 5% of the world's cancer resources are [currently] spent."
"The number of tuberculosis cases in the United States reached an all-time low last year, with only 11,181 cases reported to public health authorities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," the Los Angeles Times' "Booster Shots" blog reports.
Chinese health officials this week announced the country will move forward in May with a ban on smoking in all indoor public spaces "in an effort to shield the world's most populous nation ... from the harmful effects of the habit," Reuters reports. The plan will "require businesses to display prominent no-smoking signs, forbid vending machines from selling cigarettes and ensure that designated outdoor smoking zones not affect pedestrian traffic, according to a ministry statement reported in Chinese media on Thursday," the news service writes (Wee, 3/24).
"New models of financing and delivering development programmes are bringing far-reaching changes to the international public sector," with "[t]raditional government-to-government transactions
A congressional report found that the retiree health plan could run out of money as soon as this year. Meanwhile, the health overhaul's insurance exchanges create a challenge for GOP governors.
Momentum appears to building for efforts to address record budget deficits by reining in spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, as both parties agree they need to reach a deal to provide funding to keep the government functioning in the the current year, legislative riders that would impose restrictions on federal agencies and cut off funding for Planned Parenthood continue to trip up their progress.
Today's news includes reports from Massachusetts, Vermont, California, Texas and Florida.
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