Obama Administration Rewriting Medical Privacy Rules
The Obama administration is rewriting medical privacy rules rules first issued last year after criticism from consumer groups and congressional members.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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First Edition: Aug. 23, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including developments related to the nation's medical privacy rules and the power struggle surrounding implementation regulations for a key section of the new health law.
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Illinois Launches Health Insurance Program, California To Follow Suit
As the new health reform law requires, states are continuing to establish health insurance pools for "high-risk" patients.
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Health Insurance For College Students Generating Coverage, Controversy
News outlets reported on college insurance issues.
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State Roundup: Hospital Safety, Infant Mortality, Immigration And More
Officials in Oregon say hospitals accidentally killed 32 patients; in Texas, as the immigration debate simmers, the government is tallying illegal immigrants' health costs.
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HHS Unveils $1.9B Strategy To Better Prepare For Biological Threats
"Acknowledging that the development of medical countermeasures against bioterrorism threats and pandemic flu is lagging, [U.S.] federal authorities Thursday announced a $1.9 billion makeover of the system for identifying and manufacturing drugs and vaccines for public-health emergencies," Tribune Company/Seattle Times reports. "The overhaul includes manufacturing refinements aimed at shaving weeks off the time it takes to produce pandemic flu vaccine and a series of steps aimed at more quickly detecting promising scientific discoveries and getting them to market," the news service writes (Zajac, 8/19).
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Feds To Revamp Bioterrorism And Flu Plans
Federal officials say they will revamp strategies for dealing with bioterrorism and pandemic flu because efforts to develop medical solutions have lagged.
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Today’s Opinions: Florida’s Medical Association; Massachusetts’ Politics; Medicine And Money
A selection of today's opinions and editorials.
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Interim Haiti Recovery Commission Approves 29 Rehabilitation Projects For Haiti Worth $1.6B
The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), led by Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and former President Bill Clinton, recently announced more than $1.6 billion in projects to rebuild Haiti, "including a $200 million plan to create 50,000 new jobs in agriculture," Reuters reports.
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California Radio Report Examines End Of Life Care
KQED's California Report/Health Dialogues reports on end-of-life care and the roles culture and insurance play.
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What Hospital Consolidation Means For The Cost Of An MRI
An MRI for a skier's torn ligament at Sutter Davis Hospital cost $1,271, while an identical scan at a nearby imaging center run by Radiological Associates of Sacramento runs only $696.
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Donors Announce New Pledges For Pakistan Flood Relief
The U.S. and other donor nations "significantly upped their pledges" of aid for the flooding in Pakistan during a U.N. General Assembly meeting on Thursday, in which the U.N. "appeared to [meet] its target of $460 million in immediate aid for flood-stricken Pakistan," the Associated Press reports.
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Assurant Health Cutting Jobs Ahead Of Health Reform Implementation
Insurer Assurant Inc. is cutting its workforce in various locations around America ahead of health care reform implementation.
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Cholera Outbreaks On The Rise, WHO Expert Says
A recent increase in the number of cholera outbreaks is threatening populations in pockets of the world, WHO's cholera group coordinator Claire-Lise Chaignat, said on Thursday, Agence France-Presse reports.
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Disability Discrimination Claims Increase
More people with disabilities filed charges of discrimination last year.
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N.C. Blue Requests 7 Percent Rate Hike
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina has proposed increasing its average insurance premiums by 6.97 percent - although some policies could rise by up to 30 percent - in a move that would have to be approved by state regulators.
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Democrats Move Away From Health Cost Pitch, Focus On Changing Senior Minds
Democrats are "dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit, and instead stressing a promise to 'improve it,'" Politico reports.
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Sebelius Turns Political Tables On GOP Governors On Medicaid; Program’s Expansion Will Help Homeless
Medicaid expansion in 2014 will help homeless people receive coverage. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Katheleen Sebelius calls on governors to formally ask for Medicaid funds.
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New FDA Laws On Egg Safety Would Have Prevented Salmonella Outbreak, Feds Say
Federal officials said that new FDA laws safeguarding egg production would have prevented salmonella outbreak.
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