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Lawmakers Debate Action On Stem Cell Research, Public Health Bills
Sen. Arlen Specter said at a Senate hearing Thursday that Congress should move on allowing the government to fund human embryonic stem cell research “to avoid giving a final say on the issue to a conservative Supreme Court,” The Associated Press reports.
Today’s Opinions: Recession’s Impact On The Uninsured; Repeal of Health Reform? Then What?
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday’s opinions and editorials from around the country.
CBO Finds Generic Drugs Save Medicare $33 Billion In 2007
The Congressional Budget Office predicts savings will grow another $14 billion through 2012 as more generics come onto the market.
States around the country face a range of health policy challenges.
FDA And Medicare To Test Joint Decision-Making On Medical Products
Some companies and patients have complained that once a product goes through a long FDA approval process, it must then be reconsidered by Medicare.
This week’s research roundup includes studies from the Archives of Internal Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the Institutes of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
First Edition: September 17, 2010
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news outlets, including headlines about a Census Bureau report that found the ranks of the uninsured have swelled to 50.7 million Americans.
Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers To Strengthen Alliance With GAVI
Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN), a voluntary public health driven alliance of state-owned and private vaccine manufacturers from developing countries, now intends to strengthen its collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccine Immunization (GAVI) to increase its bandwidth in immunization for the developing countries.
Media outlets continued to look ahead to next week’s U.N. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Summit, with a focus on two of the central themes to be addressed at the meeting
U.S. Special Envoy To Pakistan Highlights U.S. Flood Relief Efforts
Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special envoy to Pakistan, “sought to highlight Washington’s aid efforts Wednesday during his first visit” to the country since the severe floods hit, the Associated Press reports. “Holbrooke stressed that U.S. support is focused on saving lives, rather than winning hearts and minds or pushing Pakistan to step up operations against al-Qaida and the Taliban.”
Democratic Candidates Spend More On Ads Against Than For Health Reform
Politico reports that Democratic candidates are spending three times more – nearly $1 million – in advertising against health reform than for it.
Ways And Means Leaders Advance Fraud Prevention Efforts
The Hill reports that leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee have offered a bipartisan bill to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to exclude corporate executives from Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud.
Today’s Opinions: Repeal, Constitutionality And The Cost Curve
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday’s health care opinions and editorials from around America.
AdvaMed Fights Back Against Increased FDA Scrutiny
The medical device industry is speaking out against a proposed increase in Federal Drug Administration regulation.
States address a range of policy issues.
Seattle Uses Global Lessons To Help Local Poor With Health Care
“Seattle is known for taking its health expertise to the developing world. Now some fruits of that work are coming back to address health issues locally,” The Seattle Times reports.
Continuing Care Retiring Communities Receive Increased Scrutiny
The New York Times reports that “concerns are rising about their financial stability, entrance fees and how the fees are used, and reduced services.”
Rural Hospitals In Minnesota Contribute To Insurance Premiums For Poor Patients
News outlets report on rural hospitals in Minnesota, a new insurer contract for a Florida hospital and possible restrictions on a pending for-profit hospital system in Massachusetts.
Waxman Says Controversial Medicare Bidding Program For Medical Equipment Should Proceed
Waxman says that the controversial Medicare bidding program for medical equipment should proceed.
