Today’s Op-Eds: Health Reform Is Working, The Costs Of The Overhaul, Erasing Mental Health Care Stigma For Vets
Opinions and editorials from around the country.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Comparative Effectiveness Push Tailed By Controversy, Distrust
Two-third of Americans agree that studies comparing treatments are needed, but even more - 75 percent - say the government and insurers would use the results of such studies to ration medical care.
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Drug Industry Roundup: Fosamax Trial Focuses Scrutiny On Osteoporosis Drugs; What About $4 Generics; Recalls Undermining Confidence
Drugmakers face a slew of recalls and lawsuits; cheap generic drug prescriptions may skew health claims data
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Bay Area Health Care Start-Up Investments Down 35% In Third Quarter
Citing 'murkier' regulatory environment, Silicon Valley investors aren't suprised by slowdown in funding for health care start-ups.
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Employer-Based Insurance, Funding To States Among Future Implementation Issues
News outlets look at issues that may arise as states and employers plan for implementation amid federal challenges
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Docs Continue To Worry About Medicare Payment Cuts While CMS Updates Ratings For Medicare Advantage Plans
Doctors continue to worry about Medicare payment cuts that may come on Jan. 1.
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FDA Unveils Graphic Anti-Smoking Warnings For Cigarette Packages
The new warnings include dramatic images such as children enveloped in smoke, a man smoking through a tracheotomy hole in his throat, the surgery scar on a chest and an emaciated cancer patient.
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Veterans And Caregivers Face Ongoing Challenges
A study finds women bear the brunt of caregiving responsibilities for vets; VA healthcare system overburdened in Georgia and nationwide.
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First Edition: November 11, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that health law advocates are huddling in an effort to defend the measure against GOP efforts to undo it.
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Pres. Obama Discusses U.S.-Indonesia Partnership That Includes Improving Health, Science
During a stop in Indonesia on Tuesday as part of his 10-day Asia-Pacific tour, President Barack Obama together with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a U.S.-Indonesia partnership that "will encompass a variety of key issues such as science, technology, health and trade. A special emphasis was placed on education and climate change," United Press International reports (Lasagni, 11/9).
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Experts Call For Global Agriculture Reform To Ensure Food Security As Two Rice Conferences Open
Experts attending the International Rice Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Tuesday called for imminent action to change inefficient farming methods and expand the global rice supply "in order to prevent rising poverty and hunger," Agence France-Presse reports (11/9).
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Guardian Examines Former Pres. Bush’s Reflection On PEPFAR In New Memoir
The Guardian examines the reflections of former President George W. Bush on "the $15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) which distributed antiretroviral drugs to keep people with HIV alive," as the president describes in his recently released memoir, Decision Points.
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Researchers Find Text Messages To HIV Patients Improve Adherence, Health Outcomes In Kenya Trial
"Using mobile-phone text messages to remind HIV patients to take their dose of life-saving medications can give a major boost to drug adherence, according to an innovative trial in Kenya unveiled on Tuesday," Agence France-Presse reports.
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GOP Lawmakers Push Health Law Investigation, Democrats Consider Revisions And Legacy
GOP lawmakers positioning to use their new posts heading House committees to take on the health overhaul. Their main focus -- questions such as what's it going to cost and how does it impact current coverage?
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Sen. McConnell To File Amicus Brief In Support Of Health Law Challenge
Asking for support from other Republicans, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will file an amicus brief supporting a challenge by 20 states to the health care overhaul.
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Ky. Health Plan Audit; Employee Costs In Massachusetts; State Reform Implementation Politics
News outlets examine various state health policy issues.
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Medicare’s Chief MD Comments On Dialysis Investigation
A yearlong joint investigation between The Atlantic and ProPublica reveals many problems with dialysis in the U.S.
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Computer Helps Doctors Make Cost-Saving Decisions
The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement will make a system that helps doctors make more informed decisions available to Minnesota doctors next year.
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