Today’s Op-Eds: Confusion, Compromises On Health Reform Law
A selection of today's opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Doctors, Nurses And Urgent Care Centers Address Increasing Demand
News outlets report on workforce issues including doctor shortages, advanced-degree nurses, the increase in urgent care centers and the creation of physician-hospital organizations.
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First Edition: October 25, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on health overhaul policies and politics as the mid-term election grows closer.
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Candidates Debating Health Law As Election Nears
Health reform - and the new law - continues to divide Democrats and Republicans on the campaign trail.
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State Officials Adopt Standards For Insurers’ Expenses
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners approved guidelines for which insurance company expenses can be counted as medical costs under the new health law. The recommendations now go to HHS.
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Daschle Says GOP Might Defund Health Plan, And Other Overhaul News
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, tells Kaiser Health News that a Republican strategy to defund the health law may be an effective way for the plans opponents to unravel it.
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Today’s Op-Eds: The Ongoing Debate Over Medicare Cuts; Fear of Government Meddling
A selection of today's opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
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India’s Trade Minister Says EU Will To Take Steps To Prevent Seizure Of Generic Medicines
"India believes a row with the European Union over seizures of generic drugs will be settled without litigation, Trade Minister Anand Sharma said on Wednesday," Reuters reports (Lynn, 10/20).
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Joint Commission: Medical Errors In Hospitals Tied To ‘Handoffs’ Of Patients
The Joint Commission has released an update on a collaborative project with 10 health systems that targets the frequent errors that happen in hospitals when a patient is handed off from one provider to another.
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State Watch: N.Y. Approves Rate Hikes; Arizona Referendum On Health Insurance Mandate; Md. Insurer Cuts Broker Fees
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Researchers Find Evidence That A. Gambiae Mosquito Is Evolving Into Two Strains, Could Present Challenges For Malaria Control Efforts
The Anopheles gambiae mosquito, "one of the major carriers of the malaria parasite in Sub-Saharan Africa, is evolving in two directions," according to two studies published Thursday in the journal Science, Scientific American's "Observations" blog reports. "Some 247 million people were infected with malaria as of 2008, according to the World Health Organization, and it is implicated in about one million deaths each year," the blog adds (Harmon, 10/21).
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Cholera Kills 138 People, More Than 1,500 Other Cases Reported, Haitian Health Ministry Officials Say
"Haitian Health Ministry officials have informed the World Health Organization that 138 deaths are a part of a fast-moving cholera outbreak north of Port-au-Prince, a U.N. official said," CNN reports. In addition to the deaths, 1,526 cases of cholera have been reported in the Lower Artibonite region, said Imogen Wall, the U.N. humanitarian spokesperson in Haiti. "This is a situation that's developed very quickly. It's only been 48 hours, and we've already got 138 deaths confirmed," Wall said.
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Massive Medicare Fraud Operation Nets Millions In Miami
Federal agents Thursday arrest four people involved in two Florida health care companies that allegedly illegally billed Medicare for millions of dollars.
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Aid Agencies Threaten To Leave Afghanistan As President Karzai Orders Private Security Firms To Dissolve
"Companies and aid organizations implementing hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S.-funded projects here say they are preparing to leave Afghanistan unless President Hamid Karzai amends a decree that outlaws their private security protection," the Wall Street Journal reports. Accusing private firms of "causing civilian casualties and colluding with the Taliban," Karzai ordered them to dissolve by 2011; he has made an exception for foreign military bases and embassies but not aid and development organizations, according to the newspaper.
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Competition For Agricultural Land Contributes To Hunger Of 500M Small-Scale Farmers, U.N. Official Says
Approximately 500 million small-scale farmers worldwide are going hungry because of "an explosive cocktail" of farmland speculation, environmental damages and urbanization, Olivier De Schutter, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to food, said on Thursday, the Associated Press/Winnipeg Free Press reports (Lederer, 10/21).
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Health Reform – And Opposition To It – Remains Contentious As Nov. 2 Nears
As the Nov. 2 election approaches, Americans remain divided on the health overhaul, and GOP challengers are seeking to use that to their advantage.
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Sen. Grassley Asks HHS To Probe Doctors Using Excessive Prescriptions
The Republican senator writes to HHS seeking a review of doctors who write thousands of prescriptions for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
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Research Roundup: U.S. Life Expectancy Ratings; Medicare Advantage Outlook; Should Advanced Cancer Patients Have Routine Screening Tests?
This week's research roundup includes studies from Health Affairs, The Journal of the American Medical Association, the Archives of Surgery, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund.
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