On Health Reform’s 6-Month Anniversary, Numerous Provisions Kick In
News services report on the nation's new health law, which turns 6 months old on Thursday.
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News services report on the nation's new health law, which turns 6 months old on Thursday.
The Wall Street Journal examines programs funded partly by the U.S.-government that are helping "Nigeria, Vietnam and dozens of other countries" to expand "efforts to respond to disease threats, as epidemics add to the burden on their health-care systems and new pathogens spread around the globe."
The Clinton Global Initiative's (CGI) three-day annual summit began on Tuesday with a focus on economic growth, natural disaster preparation and the empowerment of women and girls, Reuters reports.
States address a range of health policy issues.
Will health reform help or hurt? Is birth control a preventive service? And, how can Medicare's massive costs be curbed without cutting too deep into the program? Pundits weigh in.
As the midterm congressional campaign season continues, conflicting narratives are forming about how the health law will factor into voter decisions.
Federal officials are seeking stronger workforce safety standards for health workers and patients are increasingly using the Internet to search for medical advice.
News outlets detailed how, beginning tomorrow, certain provisions in the health law affect parents and children.
The failure to clearly define the key health law requirement that many insurers must spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars on health services has left investors tepid about health plan stocks and complicated corporate decisions in the sector.
Congress is preparing to tackle health care issues including reforming the payment system and addressing the high costs of Alzheimer's care, Medicare fraud and long-term disability.
The Obama administration also noted that Medicare Advantage will remain a "strong and robust option" for those seniors who choose to stay or enroll in these plans.
Americans are flocking to Mexico for discount health care, The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The U.S. Justice department is joining a whistleblower suit against Pfizer for off-label marketing of a drug.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about tomorrow's six-month anniversary of the new health law, the current state of public opinion related to reform and some of the specific provisions that will kick in tomorrow.
It's been six months since the nation's health overhaul became law. In that time, some changes have already happened. But even more provisions take effect now. Kaiser Health News has compiled a collection of resources to help sort through the details. Click here to view the resource page.
State Attorneys hold powerful roles in health policy from challenging the health care reform law to cracking down on fraud.
"The U.S. Senate Monday approved a bill intended to help 100 million people around the world gain access to clean water and sanitation," United Press International reports (9/20).
On the first of the three-day U.N. Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday appealed "to the assembled presidents, prime ministers and kings to use their power to meet U.N. goals to help the world's poorest by 2015," the Associated Press reports.
"World leaders, CEOs, non-governmental organizations and philanthropists" are gathering this week at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, "[t]imed to coincide with the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly," WNYC News reports (Herman, 9/20). According to the Toronto Star, "the mood was more upbeat" at CGI. Since former President Bill Clinton "launched the project five years ago, some $57 billion in pledges have been made to improve the lives of 220 million people in more than 70 countries," the article reports.
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