ProPublica: Drug Co. Used Ghostwriters To Pen Work Bylined By Academics
An investigative news piece finds that ghostwriters often pen medical studies, editorials and other works for a major drug company.
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Dispute Between Hospital, Insurer Highlight Health Reform Challenge
In Texas, the region's largest insurer and one of the state's largest hospitals are at odds over patient costs while Wisconsin's hospitals give a boost to economy by adding jobs.
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Administration Offers New Guidance To Make The Small Business Tax Credit More User-Friendly
Meanwhile, the AMA seeks an anti-trust exemption related to ACOs.
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First Edition: December 3, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that, even without all the panel members' endorsements, the deficit commission's fiscal plan could become a blueprint for future action.
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White House Marks World AIDS Day
Commemorating World AIDS Day on Wednesday President Barack Obama called for continuing to fight HIV/AIDS domestically and abroad, Agence France-Presse reports (12/1).
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MinnPost Examines Foreign Aid Prospects In New Congress
The MinnPost examines the new Congress' possible approach to foreign aid and international spending.
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Africa Can Produce Enough Food To Feed Itself, Study Says
Africa is capable of producing enough food to feed itself within a single generation, according a "study released to coincide with a meeting of several African leaders in Tanzania on Thursday, as well as U.N. talks on slowing climate change in Cancun, Mexico," Reuters reports (Doyle, 12/2).
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Debt Panel Proposals Target Health Costs
Deficit-taming proposals released this week by a White House-appointed commission would affect virtually all Americans.
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At Senate Hearing, Democrats Blast ‘Mini-Med’ Insurance Policies
The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing Wednesday about controversial "limited benefit" health insurance plans.
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Republican Governors Want Health Law Flexibility, Could Help Insurers With Reform
Republican governors are telling income House Speaker John Boehner that they want flexibility in regulating programs such as Medicaid in a meeting they had with Boehner and McConnell Wednesday.
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Jimmy Carter: Kennedy Obstructed Health Care Reform In 1970s
In an interview with CBS News, former President Jimmy Carter said "he doesn't have 'any doubt' that [Former Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.] stood in the way of his administration's plans for national health care insurance."
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Justice Department Offers Expedited Antitrust Review For ACOs
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will offer an expedited antitrust review for accountable care organizations under the new health law.
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More Coloradans Lose Medicare Advantage Plans, Missouri Lawmakers Push For Doctor’s Order To Buy Common Cold And Allergy Meds
States address a range of health policy issues.
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States Continue To Confront Medicaid Issues
States struggle to balance their Medicaid budgets.
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Medicare Beneficiaries Will Need Signficant Savings To Cover Health Insurance Costs In Retirement
A study finds Medicare beneficiaries will need signficant savings to cover health insurance costs in retierment.
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Today’s Op-Eds: Preventing Hospital Errors; Myths About The Reform Law; Medicare And The Independent Payment Advisory Board
Opinions and editorials from around the country.
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In Spite Of Health Care Law, Patients May Still Pay For Preventive Care
While the new health care law requires insurers to cover preventive care for free, experts warn patients to read the fine print before assuming their cancer screenings will be free.
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FDA Panel Rejects Expansion Of Drug Label
The Food and Drug Administration panel rejected a bid to label two drugs as capable of reducing prostate cancer risk.
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Democrats Confident Food Safety Bill Will Be Resolved Despite Procedural Error; Child Nutrition Bill Set For House Vote
Food safety bill must now be passed for the second time in the Senate
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