Wisc. Flare-Up Triggers Other States’ Actions On Health Benefits, Pensions
The controversial issues surrounding unions and collective bargaining agreements are bubbling up in other states as well.
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States Focus On Health Insurance Exchanges
Politico Pro reports on efforts in some states to fight the creation of these health insurance marketplaces. However, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia's insurance commissioner, who opposes the federal health law, wants the state to create and run its own exchange.
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Lawmakers Deadlocked Over Spending Bill
With a government shutdown looming, lawmakers are still at odds regarding a plan to provide current-year funding for the federal government. The House-passed measure includes deep cuts to a multitude of programs and blocks funding for the health law. In the Senate, Democrats maintain that they will not agree to such legislative riders. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is optimistic about deficit reduction plans in the longer term.
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First Edition: February 24, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report about a new poll that finds many Americans believe the health law has been repealed.
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Senate Majority Leader Will Attempt To Pass New One-Month Stopgap Measure To Avoid Government Shutdown
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Tuesday "he will attempt to pass a 'clean' one-month stopgap funding measure at current spending levels when the Senate returns next week, in a bid to avoid a government shutdown," CQ reports.
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U.N. Commission On The Status Of Women Opens In New York
Kicking off the two-week 55th Annual Session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women in New York on Tuesday, Michelle Bachelet, the first under-secretary-general and executive director of U.N. Women, highlighted the role of gender equality in country development, peace and security, Angola Press reports (2/23). The commission draws together government officials, U.N. representatives, and members of the private sector and civil society groups, according to a U.N. press release (2/22).
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New Strategies To Improve Developing Countries’ Access To Low-Cost Generic Drugs Needed, Experts Say
New strategies that ensure developing countries have access to low-cost generic medicines and encourage innovation are needed, according to experts who attended a recent meeting sponsored by the WHO, World Intellectual Property Organization, and World Trade Organization (WTO) that addressed growing concern that strict intellectual property protections are limiting access to low-cost generic medicines, BMJ News reports.
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Daily Report Global Health Conversations: Health Sector Corruption
Recent media reports have drawn attention to an internal audit that revealed several countries' misuse of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant money, totaling $34 million. The Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report's Jennifer Evans spoke with Bill Savedoff, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, to help put the audit's findings into context and discuss the fund's response to corruption. Savedoff recently co-authored the book, "Anticorruption in the Health Sector: Strategies for Transparency and Accountability."
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Polio: Myanmar Plans Vaccination Campaign After Confirming First New Case In Three Years; India Fights Disease In Rural Areas
UNICEF said that Myanmar is planning a mass polio vaccination campaign of children under age five after the country confirmed its first case of the disease in three years, Agence France-Presse reports (2/21). "A seven-month-old infant was infected with vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) in December," according to UNICEF's office in the country, IRIN writes (2/17).
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Judge Upholds Health Law’s Insurance Coverage Requirement
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., became the third judge to uphold the constitutionality of the health overhaul's individual mandate. The decision was issued Tuesday evening.
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The GOP Strategy To Defund The Health Law
With a shutdown looming, the cuts included in the continuing resolution that would fund the federal government for the current fiscal year offer insights into what Republicans view as the measure's soft spots. Still, Dems are holding the line.
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State Roundup: Budget Cuts To Affect Health Care For State Workers, Disabled, Elderly
States in the news today include New Jersey, California, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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WSJ: IT Companies Could Get Boost From Health Care Coding Switch
The Wall Street Journal reports on this development related to the impending switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10.
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Supreme Court Raises The Bar For Suits Against Vaccine Producers
The decision, announced Tuesday, will make it harder for parents who maintain that their children were injured by vaccines to file lawsuits against drug makers. Public health advocates say the ruling will help maintain the nation's vaccine supply levels.
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Wisconsin’s Benefit Backlash Spreads To Other States
The public employee reaction is occurring in other states, too, as newly elected conservative governors attempt to roll-back health and pension benefits.
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Viewpoints: GOP’s ‘War’ On Family Planning; State Workers’ Health Costs; Health Law Already Hurting U.S.
Opinions and editorials from around the country.
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Planned Parenthood Cuts Draw Opposition From State, Local Officials
New York City's mayor has joined two Democratic governors to speak out against the GOP plan.
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HHS Issues Home Health Grants To States
In other Medicaid news, the Obama administration has dispatched experts to go into the field to help budget-strapped states find ways to save money on the health insurance program for the poor.
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Opponents Of Med-Mal Reform Settle On New Argument
The Hill reports that trial lawyers and consumer advocates are now taking the position that the threat of medical malpractice lawsuits "prevents" doctors from "rationing" medicine.
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