Latest Health Overhaul Repeal Petition Gains GOP Leadership Backing
Republicans continued to push repeal efforts, with the latest proposal gaining support from the party's congressional leaders.
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Merging Hospitals Irk Locals In Boston, Orlando
Boston Catholics have asked Pope Benedict to intervene in the sale of Caritas Christi Health Care, a nonprofit Catholic hospital, to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm, despite pledges that the hospital will retain its "religious identity."
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First Edition: August 11, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that President Obama signed into law a $26 billion state aid package that includes $16 billion in federal Medicaid assistance.
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Report: Top Insurance Execs Pulled In Nearly $200 Million In Compensation Last Year
Top insurance executives pulled in nearly $200 million in compensation last year.
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House Approves State Aid Package, Including $16 Billion In Federal Medicaid Assistance
House lawmakers interrupted their August recess to return to Washington today to consider the funding measure, which was approved last week by the Senate.
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Dems Continue Push To Sell Health Reform’s Benefits, GOP Pushes Back
The administration continues uphill effort to sell senior citizens on the health overhaul.
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Today’s Opinions And Editorials: Bringing Down Health Care Costs; More On The Medicare Trustees Report
Commentators also discuss emergency room overcrowding and insurance mandates.
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WHO Declares End Of H1N1 Pandemic
"World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan announced Tuesday the end of the [H1N1] swine flu pandemic, more than a year after it was declared," Agence France-Presse reports. "The world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert. We are now moving into the post-pandemic period," Chan said during a virtual press conference from Hong Kong, according to a WHO press release.
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Medicare Cuts Could Take Greater Toll On Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Upcoming Medicare cuts to hospitals will have a bigger negative impact on nonprofit facilities than their for-profit counterparts.
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Pakistan Floods Continue, News Outlets Look At U.S. Response
As rains and flooding in Pakistan continue, "the U.S. is racing to provide basic human needs, like makeshift housing," the Christian Science Monitor reports in an article looking at how the U.S. disaster response is being shaped by "the global battle with militant Islam."
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NIAID Launches Clinical Trials Of Dengue Vaccine
After more than a decade of development, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has started clinical trials to test a vaccine to protect against the dengue virus, a product researchers hope may one day "help prevent a disease to which 2.5 billion people are exposed," CIDRAP News reports (Roos, 8/9).
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Agencies Probe Merck For Foreign Anti-Bribery Law Violations
Merck, the second biggest international drug maker, is being investigated by two U.S. federal agencies for potentially breaking anti-bribery laws in foreign countries.
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One in Five Americans Visited ER In 2007
The New York Times reports that one in five Americans visited the emergency room in 2007, whether they were insured or not, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
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State News: Ex-Anthem Blue Cross President Speaks Out; Clinics To Fill In N.M. Primary Care Gap
States address a range of health care policy issues.
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Medical Error Tab Nearly $20 Billion; Study Says Catholic Hospitals Give Better Care
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports that a study by the Society of Actuaries has put the cost of medical errors at nearly $20 billion in 2008.
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N.Y. Attorney General Investigates Health Care Credit Cards For Possible ‘Predatory Health Care Lending’
N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo investigates health care credit cards for possible 'predatory health care lending.'
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Payment Practices Investigated; Texas Docs Team With Hospitals On Payment Reform
The New York Times reports that the White House is investigating widespread practices that don't pay nurses and other employees at hospitals and nursing homes properly for overtime they work.
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Health Care On The Home Front: Telemedicine Helps Seniors; Pediatricians Seeing Young Adults
Medical care addresses age issues with telemedicine increasingly helping to care for seniors and pediatricians increasingly caring for young adults. Meanwhlie, some companies explore ways to aid employees in end-of-life care-giving.
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U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation To Encourage R&D Aimed At Neglected Pediatric Diseases
"New bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week which seeks to encourage innovative [research and development] R&D by drugmakers aimed at treating rare and neglected pediatric diseases," PharmaTimes reports.
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