Viewpoints: Budget Disappointment; Supporting CLASS Act; Health Law’s Medicaid ‘Mess’
A collection of viewpoints from around the country, especially focused today on the president's budget.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Study: Expedited Medical Device Reviews Account For Majority Of Recalls
The findings were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Medicaid’s Home Health Challenges
Politico reports on the difficulties involved in Medicaid's effort to shift away from its bias toward institutionalized care.
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Roundup: States Grapple With High Health Costs, Medicaid Squeeze
A roundup of stories about health care, especially Medicaid, from around the country.
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GOP Point Of Interest: Selling Insurance Across State Lines
Republicans have introduced legislation to allow consumers to buy health insurance beyond their state borders. Meanwhile, Stateline explores how the health law might impact the job security of brokers.
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Graham Plans Health Law Opt-Out Legislation For States
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Monday he would introduce legislation in the Senate to "free states" from the overhaul's mandates, including provisions requiring individuals and businesses to buy health coverage as well as the law's Medicaid expansions.
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CR Still Under Consideration As House GOP Vehicle To Defund Health Law
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said this plan is still under discussion. Meanwhile, as the House considers this Continuing Resolution, which would provide current year funding for the federal government, it will do so under new rules for debate.
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Budget Pushes Health Law Implementation, Provides Some Limited – But Not Easy – Increases
News outlets report that funding gains within the Department of Health and Human Services come at a steep price.
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First Edition: February 15, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the health portion of the President's budget blueprint along with the politics that accompany it
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AFP/News24 Reports On Uptick In Dengue Outbreaks In Latin America
"An outbreak of dengue fever across much of Latin America has killed 31 people since the start of the year and is showing no sign of relenting," Agence France-Presse/News 24 reports in a piece that notes the recent increase in dengue cases in the region over the past few years.
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Pneumococcal Vaccine Officially Rolled Out In Kenya
"Kenya on Monday became the first African country to introduce a routine vaccine against pneumococcal disease, which claims the lives of more than half a million children under five each year," Deutsche Presse Agentur/The Hindu reports. The GAVI Alliance, which is supporting the vaccine's roll out, "is aiming to introduce the vaccine to 19 developing countries - including Nicaragua, Guyana, Yemen and Sierra Leone - within a year and hopes to reach more than 40 nations by 2015, depending on funding."
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House Republicans Release CR Proposing To Cut $100B From FY11 Budget
House Republican leaders on Friday evening released legislation "designed to fund the rest of the fiscal year, which includes $100 billion in discretionary spending cuts compared with President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request," National Journal reports.
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President’s Budget Challenge: Show Fiscal Discipline While Funding Health Law’s Implementation
President Barack Obama's budget plan includes a two-year Medicare "doc-fix" that uses heavy cuts in other health payments to stave-off a scheduled 25 percent reduction in Medicare physician reimbursements. Meanwhile, news outlets also report the plan "avoids" tackling entitlement spending.
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House GOP Advances Plans For Continuing Resolution, Includes About $9 Billion In HHS Spending Cuts
Some of the specific reductions in the CR, a spending bill which provides current year funding for the federal government, are aimed at the National Institutes of Health and community health centers.
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Viewpoints: Expediting SCOTUS Health Law Review; Birth Control Funding; Budget Cutting And The Stock Market
A selection of editorials and opinions from around the country.
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State Roundup: Calif. Adult Day Care; S.C.’s Budget Cuts; Minn. ‘Boomer Bust’
States included in today's roundup are: California, Minnesota, Arizona and South Carolina.
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Governors, Mayors Face Fiscal Challenge With Costs Of Retiree Health Benefits
According to the NY Times, this budget item has become a new target for state and local officials.
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Questcor’s Pricing Issue
The Wall Street Journal reports on the difficulties the drug is facing in terms of its pricing within the Medicaid program.
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AP: Crooks Find Medicare Part D An Easy Target
Medicare's prescription drug program may be an easy target for health care fraud and abuse.
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