Today’s Opinions: Health Law Spending; Funding Threats Undercut U.S. Legal Tradition; Medicaid Falls Short
Today's op-eds come from news outlets including Politico, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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First Edition: December 16, 2010
Early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the continuing analysis of how the health law is faring in the courts.
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IPS Examines NGOs’ Call To Reform World Bank’s Funding For Poorest Countries
"With the World Bank expected to announce a new funding package for the world's poorest countries Wednesday, NGOs are making a last-minute appeal to donor countries to use their leverage to compel reforms at the institution," Inter Press Service reports in an article examining the changes being requested and considered.
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Three-Day African Food Security Forum Opens In Accra
The 26th Annual Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network , "which serves as the platform for deliberation on food production and food security in Africa," opened on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, the Ghana News Agency reports. The three-day forum will examine "the agricultural and food situation for the 2010/2011 cropping season and come out with measures on tackling food crises," according to the news service. Food security officials from the Sahel and West Africa are attending the forum, in addition to representatives from international groups, including the Economic Community Of West African States, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Oxfam, UNICEF and the World Food Program.
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Justice Department Will Appeal Health Ruling, Virginia Decision Viewed As One Step In Long Path To Supreme Court
The Justice Department makes clear its intent to appeal the Virginia federal court decision striking at the health overhaul's individual mandate. Meanwhile, news outlets explore the reach of that decision, noting that it may be more narrow than the reaction immediately following its release would indicate.
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Personalities, Politics Emerge From Decision’s Aftermath
Personalities and politics swirl around news about Monday's ruling in the Virginia health law challenge, with news outlets detailing how judges in different cases reached their conclusions and examining Judge Henry Hudson's ties to a GOP consulting firm as well as how. More reports also surround the related political dust-ups and posturing.
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Sun-Times: Medicare Wants Pharmacists Out Of Plan D Decision-Making Process
Walgreens pharmacists are no longer giving customers advice about choosing Medicare Part D plans, a step that a Medicare spokesman said was "a good thing."
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The Baltimore Sun: Stent Sellers Were Allowed Inside Lab Despite Hospital Ban
News outlets examine how the marketing of medical devices and treatments impacts health care costs and physicians' decisions.
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CRS Report Details Regs Issued Since Passage Of Health Overhaul
Meanwhile, action continues regarding the omnibus 2011 spending bill - which includes funds for a variety of health related programs.
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Arguments In Twenty-State Legal Challenge To Health Law Begin Thursday; Medicaid Expansion Central To Action
On Thursday, arguments wil be offered in the lawsuit brought by 20 states that seeks to invalidate the law's expansion of the Medicaid program.
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State Roundup: Minn. To Add More Adults To Medicaid; Mass. Gov. Seeks Savings In Pensions and Health Care Costs; Ariz. Bishop And Hospital Spar Over Control
News outlets report on a variety of state developments.
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Today’s Opinions: Reviewing Judge’s Ruling On Health Law’s Individual Mandate
Today's op-eds come from news outlets including the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
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First Edition: December 15, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including second-day stories and analysis regarding Monday's health law decision by a federal court judge in Virginia.
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WHO Report Shows Significant Progress In Global Malaria Fight, Highlights Need for Continued Funding
Since 2008, global malaria control efforts have "helped reduce infections across Africa and [eliminate] the disease in Morocco and Turkmenistan, but a slowdown in funding risks undoing those achievements," according to the WHO's annual malaria report, which was released on Tuesday, Reuters reports (Nebehay, 12/14).
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New York Times Examines Debate Over Aid Strategy In Afghanistan
"At least 100 relief workers in Afghanistan have been killed so far this year, far more than in any previous year, prompting a debate within humanitarian organizations about whether American military strategy is putting them and the Afghans they serve at unnecessary risk. ... Has American counterinsurgency strategy militarized the delivery of aid?" the New York Times writes looking at the different perspectives in this debate.
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Reuters Looks At Cost-Effectiveness Of Pursuing Malaria Vaccine, Eradication
Reuters examines the effort to create an effective malaria vaccine and asks: "[I]s the vaccine
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Clinton Calls For Haiti To Resolve Election Dispute
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday "warned Haiti its foreign aid is being imperiled by political stalemate following disputed elections, spelling more trouble for a nation struggling to recover from a huge earthquake and cholera epidemic," Agence France-Presse reports.
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