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Senior advocates encourage Medicare Advantage enrollees to evaluate new options as more changes come to private plans.
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Senior advocates encourage Medicare Advantage enrollees to evaluate new options as more changes come to private plans.
Facing rising costs and enrollment, officials in Texas, Florida and Illinois discuss reforms to the federal-state health program for the poor.
Under pressure to trim the Pentagon budget, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering fee increases for the military's lifetime health insurance program; the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center uses Telemedicine to track patients' vital signs remotely.
Congress and official Washington are resuming business Monday, with a full agenda for the week.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about strategies surrounding deficit-reduction efforts and how they might impact health care costs.
Proposals from both parties have "urged shrinking or eliminating" tax breaks for employers
News outlets looked at political and legal issues surrounding the health law.
Media outlets continued to track the major developments in HIV/AIDS this week, including: prevention research using an antiretroviral; new UNAIDS estimates of HIV/AIDS around the world; and Pope Benedict XVI's stance on condoms for HIV prevention.
A McClatchy-Marist poll shoes a slim majority of voters favor the new law; Rep. Gary Ackerman dares Republicans to repeal health care with his "HIPA-CRIT" law; an Ohio judge allows a lawsuit against health care reform to proceed.
Voices from the left see an opportunity to hold GOP overhaul opponents accountable for their votes against the health law. Meanwhile, a new poll shows many voters think these lawmakers should walk the walk and reject their government coverage.
Womens News Network/Guardian Development Network examines a WHO/United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) report released last week that highlighted the health disparities affecting populations living in urban areas. The article focuses on the impact of urban poverty on women's health, noting: "Women suffering under poverty are especially sensitive to impacts of urbanisation as statistics show women in densely populated areas have a 1.5 times higher rate of HIV/AIDS than men. Women in cities also face higher dangers of contracting AIDS, a figure almost twice as high as their rural sisters" (11/23).
At a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council to address global food security, ministers "pledged to a set of recommendations meant to improve co-operation and develop policies that could cope with a sudden interruption of food supplies" and vowed to "improve co-operation with international bodies such as the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on food security matters," The National reports (Detrie, 11/24).
A report released by the African Development Bank (AfDB) at a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the 3rd Africa Water Week, points to poor governance as a major cause of the inadequate water supply that threatens the health of millions living in Africa, 234next.com reports (Abutu, 11/24).
States address a range of health policy issues.
"The cholera epidemic in Haiti is gathering pace and some violence is expected when the country holds elections this week, U.N. officials warned Tuesday," Agence France-Presse reports. The official death toll from cholera is now above 1,400, but "experts believe that the real toll is close to 2,000 dead and the number of cases is between 60,000 and 70,000 rather than the 50,000 given by the authorities, Nigel Fisher, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Haiti said," according to the news service (11/23).
Former gubernatorial candidate wants Texas to refuse to set up state health insurance exchange
Various news outlets report on end-of-life issues including PBS Frontline, which kicks off a series called "Facing Death."
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