Health Reform’s Big Day: New Consumer Protections Start Now
Sept. 23 marks the six-month anniversary of enactment of the health reform law, and with it, a slew of consumer-friendly provisions go into effect.
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At Six Month Anniversary, Obama Touts Benefits Of Health Care Law
Obama touts benefits that take effect today, six months after the passage of the healthcare law, despite skeptical public and GOP attacks.
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Increased Awareness, Improved Treatments — Not Mammograms — Responsible For Drop In Breast Cancer Deaths, Study Finds
A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that increased awareness and improved treatments, rather than mammograms, are the main force in reducing breast cancer death rate.
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Insurers Face Barrage Of Challenges In Overhaul’s Rollout
A host of new regulations go into effect Thursday and more are coming. That's left insurance companies "scrambling" to comply.
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Today’s Opinions: The Health Law’s ‘Semi-Versary’
Pundits reflect on the six-month milestone for the sweeping health law, which continues to divide the public and the opinion pages.
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General Electric Co. Announces Plans To Donate $50 Million To Community Health Clinics
In the next few years, General Electric Co. plans to donate $50 Million to community health clinics across the Untied States.
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Bay Area Nonprofit Hospitals Struggle With Finances; Medicaid Plan For Neighborhood Clinics In New Orleans Approved
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Technologic Innovation – Telephones! – Could Save Health System Money
Coaching more patients over the phone could help save the health system money, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Reform Positions Play Into Campaign Rhetoric
Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Va., spent Wednesday touting the new health reform law in the lead up to his hard campaigning to win re-election, unlike other Democrats.
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House Passes Fraud Bill To Keep Executives Associated With Wrongdoing From Future Medicare Business
The Hill's Healthwatch Blog reports that the House Wednesday passed a bill that would ban executives from "doing business with Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud, even if the conviction takes place after their departure."
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GOP Lawmakers Formally ‘Pledge’ To Repeal Health Law, And More
In their just-released campaign manifesto, "A Pledge to America," Republican lawmakers say repealing the health overhaul law would be among their goals if they retake Congress.
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First Edition: September 23, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the health law's six-month anniversary and the specific provisions that take effect today, as well as the GOP's scheduled release of their "Pledge To America," which includes a repeal of the health overhaul among its priorities
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Obama Takes Health Reform On The Road, Touts Key Consumer Provisions
President Obama Wednesday took to the suburbs of Washington, D.C., to call attention to consumer protection provisions that go into effect Thursday.
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Polls Show Continued Confusion Over Health Law As Battle For Public Support Continues
As a new poll found that more than half of Americans believe - in error - that the health law will raise their taxes this year, the Obama administration is using the 6-month anniversary to tout progress.
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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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Wall Street Journal Reports On Building Epidemiological Capacity In Developing Countries
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."
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CGI Opening Day Focuses On Economic Growth, Natural Disasters, Women’s Rights
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.
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Texas Grapples With Medical Malpractice Reform While Illinois Addresses Employer Health Care Costs
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Today’s Opinions: Coloradans’ Insurance Concerns, Contraception And New York’s Medicaid Burden
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.
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