Texas’ Problem With Prescription Drug Abuse; Vermont’s Plans For Single Payer
States confront a variety of health policy issues.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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NY Times: Panel Set To Study Safety Of Electronic Patient Data
A panel studies efforts to convert the records kept by the nation's doctors and hospitals to electronic health records.
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Medicaid Budget Challenges Continue To Plague States, Threaten Safety Net
States across the country continue to face challenges related to their Medicaid budgets and their abilities to provide care to a growing population of poor and disabled people.
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Report Examines Ways To Improve Care For Medicare’s Dual Eligibles
News outlets explore different issues related to Medicare, including the impact the physician payment system has on patients' access and the particular challenges posed by people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid.
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New Study Finds Health Law Will Aid Those Close To Retirement Age
News outlets track how the health law is impacting seniors and older working-age adults.
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Nine Months After Passage, Public Remains Divided On Health Overhaul
A new Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll finds the public remains divided on the health law.
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OpEds: Assessing Judge Hudson’s Decision On Individual Mandate
Today's opeds come from news outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today.
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First Edition: December 14, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports detailing yesterday's ruling by a federal court judge in Virginia that strikes at a key part of the health law.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Part Of Health Reform Law
A federal court judge in Virginia issued a much-awaited ruling, declaring the "indivdual mandate" provision unconstitutional.
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EU, India Talks End With Resolution On Drug Seizures, Little Progress On Free Trade Agreement
"The European Union and India resolved a dispute over generic drugs on Friday which should remove obstacles to Indian drugs manufacturers exporting products to the developing world, officials said," Reuters reports in an article that describes the customs regulations previously in place that led "to numerous seizures of generic drugs shipments in transit from India to countries in South America via Europe."
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Senator Leahy Calls For U.S. To Suspend Direct Aid To Haiti’s Government, Visas For Haitian Officials
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, "on Friday urged President Barack Obama's administration to suspend direct aid to Haiti's government and visas for its top officials until it ensures a fair and democratic outcome to disputed national elections," Reuters reports.
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GAVI Alliance Launches Pneumonia Vaccine Project In Nicaragua
"A new vaccine against the most deadly forms of pneumonia, one of the world's biggest killers of children, [was] launched in Nicaragua [on Sunday] as part of an effort to prevent 700,000 deaths in poorer countries by 2015," Reuters reports (Kelland, 12/10).
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Series Of Papers Highlights Challenges With Moving African-Developed Drugs, Technology Forward
"Africa is struggling to turn local discoveries into drugs and other health care inventions," according to studies published in Science and BMC International Health and Human Rights, Nature News reports (Nordling, 12/12).
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1099 Repeal Foiled Again, Politico Reports
News outlets report on a number of Capitol Hill developments, including the latest failed attempt to repeal the 1099 reporting provision in the health overhaul.
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State Roundup: New Dem Gov. And Minn. Medicaid; Fla. Docs On Medicaid Changes; Iowa Gov. Eyes Long-Term Care Loopholes; Conn. Provider Rates
States tackle a number of health policy challenges.
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OpEds: Ryan On ‘Welfare State;’ Wisconsin Health Care; Facing AIDS; Penn. Safety Net
Today's opeds come from news outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Houston Chronicle.
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Mass. Confronts High Health Costs
Massachusetts, four years into its own version of health reform, is now taking on the issue of spiraling health costs by attempting to change the health care payment system.
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Survey: Health Savings Accounts Pick Up Steam But Remain A Small Part Of Health Insurance Market
A new survey finds that health reimbursements and health savings accounts are picking up steam but still remain a small piece of the national insurance market. Meanwhile, leaders in the Texas health insurance and delivery system agree that paying for value in health care, rather than volume, is key. Finally, maternity insurance continues to be a challenge for some consumers.
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Reuters: Supreme Court To Decide Generic Drug Labeling Issue
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a generic drug labeling case, Reuters reports.
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