First Edition: October 20, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that insurers are testing a new way to pay for cancer treatment.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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AU Launches African Women’s Decade Project To Improve Health, Development
Delegates from around the world attended the launch of the African Women's Decade, 2010-2020, (AWD) at an event in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday, the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation reports (10/15).
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Campaign Claims Examined As Some Democrats Embrace Health Law In Re-Election Bids
Kaiser Health News and The Washington Post analyze campaign myths and facts as lawmakers seek election to Congress.
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Candidates Continue To Clash Over Health Care Law
Races around the nation are increasingly focusing on what they'll do with the new health law if they're elected.
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USAID Administrator Outlines Feed The Future Initiative At World Food Prize Symposium
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on Friday in Iowa "described the Obama administration's international agricultural development effort, Feed the Future, as a flagship effort for" his agency and "a key plank in the administration's global development strategy, but said it can't succeed without more support," CongressDaily reports (Hagstrom, 10/18).
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State Roundup: Md.’s Heath Info Exchange; LA Considers Cuts To Retiree Health Benefits; N.Y.’s Mental Health Building Boom
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Today’s Opinions: Younger Voters’ Interests; Helping Seniors Pay For Their Drugs; Time For A Freeze On Premiums?
A selection of today's opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
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Reports Examine Drug Company Payments To Doctors
Several news outlets examine the millions of dollars drug companies pay to doctors. That money goes primarily for speaking engagements and other educational efforts.
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Feds Ask Connecticut To Reconsider Rate Hike Approval, Other Health Law Implementation News
The Hartford Courant reports that a high-ranking health official in the Obama administration has asked Connecticut insurance regulators to reconsider allowing Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut to raise health insurance rates by 47 percent.
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New Research Blames Billions In Medical Costs On Obesity
A new study finds that obesity is responsible for 17 percent of U.S. health costs.
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Studies Explore Efforts To Measure, Improve Hospitals’ Surgical Outcomes
Two new studies suggest that Medicare could do a better job of measuring quality medical care in hospitals, and that surgical errors are surpringly common.
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As State Commissioners Meet On Medical Loss Ratio, Insurers Warn Of Impact
CNNMoney reports that insurers are warning that a provision in the health law that requires them to spend 80 or 85 percent of premiums they collect on actual medical costs and not administrative expenses could put them out of business.
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Health IT Sector May Face Workforce Shortage
A top federal health IT official said there is a workforce shortage in the sector that could hinder the widespread adoption of electronic medical records, but federal aide is on the way.
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DOJ Sues Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield Over Pricing Deals
The U.S. Justice Department is suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and alleging it violated antitrust laws by forcing hospitals to charge higher prices to rival insurers.
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Boeing To Shift Some Health Costs To Workers
Boeing will increase the costs of health insurance for its 90,000 nonunion workers next year in response to rising health costs, spurred, in part, a Boeing official said, by the federal health law.
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Judge In Va. To Rule On Health Law’s Mandate By Year’s End
A federal judge will rule by the end of the year on a Virginia challenge to the federal health law provision requiring people to buy insurance.
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First Edition: October 19, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the latest developments in Virginia's court challenge against the health law and a U.S. government lawsuit targeting Michigan Blue Cross Blue Shield for anti-trust activities.
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Federal Judge Says He’ll Rule On Virginia’s Health Law Challenge By Year’s End
The judge also said his decision will be a "brief stop" on the way to the Supreme Court.
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