Health Reform Law Bubbling Up As Campaign Issue
Lawmakers have left Washington to campaign and focus on their messages regarding the economy and health care.
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Lawmakers have left Washington to campaign and focus on their messages regarding the economy and health care.
McDonald's asks federal regulators to drop a part of the health overhaul law related to employee health coverage.
More than 1,000 researchers, government officials and advocates are gathering in Atlanta this week to discuss the progress and future challenges in the development of a vaccine that protects against HIV, FierceVaccines reports (Carroll, 9/29). The AIDS Vaccine 2010 meeting, which kicked off Tuesday, will run through Friday, according to the website for the meeting (undated).
"World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday called on economists to rethink the way they look at issues affecting developing nations and said he was overhauling the way his institution approached research," Reuters reports (Wroughton, 9/29).
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The White House on Wednesday announced President Barack Obama's intention to nominate Thomas Nides, chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley, "to be the next deputy Secretary of State for management and resources, replacing Jack Lew, who is waiting to be confirmed to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget," Foreign Policy's blog "The Cable" reports (Rogin , 9/29).
During a House Committee on Foreign Affairs' hearing on the future of PEPFAR Wednesday, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby assured lawmakers that the decision by President Barack Obama to make PEPFAR part of the president's Global Health Initiative (GHI) would not compromise "the widely praised plan," CQ HealthBeat reports.
States address a wide range of policy issues.
A new study of Swedish women finds benefits of mammograms for women in their 40s, sparking more debate on the value of mammograms.
News outlets report on the formation of accountable care organizations and possible legal hurdles.
Insurers want to know why biologic drugs are so expensive.
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., is proposing a new trust fund to help pay for the long-term health care and social security disability costs of veterans, news outlets report.
A new provision included in the small business measure recently approved by Congress will require Medicare to take a closer look at claims before paying them.
Obstacles to the implementation of the health overhaul abound, including lawsuits, regulatory issues, concerns about patients' choice, and, of course, costs.
The Hill's Healthwatch blog reports that the House on Wednesday approved a bill to cover the health care costs for 9/11 emergency workers.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that McDonald's may stop providing employee health benefits unless a new health law requirement is waived.
The Associated Press/The New York Times reports that medical residents will soon be getting shorter work shifts and tighter supervision in a bid to improve quality.
At backyard meeting with some residents in Des Moines, president attempts to reassure jittery voters that government is not trying to take over health care.
"A record 1.2 million people in low- and middle-income countries started antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in 2009"
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