Trustees Report: Health Law Extends Medicare Trust Fund Solvency 12 Years
The annual trustees report on Medicare and Social Security found that the programs are being strained by the nation's aging population and the economy.
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Pelosi Says House Will Return Next Week If Senate Passes Bill With Medicaid Funding, Teacher Pay
Senate Democrats Thursday claimed victory after securing the 60 votes needed in a procedural vote to continue work on a $26 billion state aid package. With the stage set for Senate passage, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the House will return to vote on the bill.
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Nature News Examines How Scientists, Farmers Are Working To Meet The Growing Demand For Artemisinin
"From bust to boom to bust again: artemisinin, the key ingredient of front-line antimalarial drugs, is entering the third chapter of its turbulent history," Nature News writes in an article that examines the challenges scientists and farmers are facing as they attempt to keep up with the growing demand for the compound just as a "$343-million initiative starts to battle malaria through hugely subsidized medicines."
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Missouri Voters Reject Health Reform Law’s ‘Individual Mandate’ To Buy Insurance
Missouri voters rejected by a wide margin Tuesday a federal health overhaul requirement that residents carry insurance coverage or pay a tax penalty.
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President Obama, Sec. Of State Discuss U.S. Commitment To Development, Fighting Disease In Africa With Young African Leaders
During a gathering of over 100 young African business and civil leaders at the White House on Tuesday, President Barack Obama "urged [them] to help spur economic development and fight corruption, disease and extremism on the continent," MSNBC's "First Read" blog reports.
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Pakistan Floods Prompt Food Shortages, Devastate Farmland
Pakistanis in the northwest part of the country face "life-threatening shortages" of food after flooding has killed 1,400 and "devastated the lives of more than three million people," Reuters reports. World Food Programme spokesman Amjad Jamal said, "People have lost their food stocks. The markets are not up and running. Shops have collapsed. People are definitely in the greatest need of food" (Ali, 8/4).
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One Of Health Care’s Remaining Frontiers: Health Information Exchange
The Peoria Journal Star highlights a problem the health care industry has been slow to confront: Exchanging health information.
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Researchers Map Malaria Parasite P Vivax; Nearly 3B People At Risk Of Infection In 2009
A new evidence-based map estimates that in 2009 2.85 billion people lived "at risk of infection" with the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, reports BMJ News. A new study, published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, shows P vivax "is more widespread and potentially represents a greater burden on human health in some parts of the world than P falciparum, the species usually associated with the greatest mortality and morbidity," BMJ News writes (Moszynski, 8/3).
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FDA To Crack Down On Devices; Big Pharma Places Riskier Bets On Biologics
News reports cover developments in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
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Consumer, Insurers Prepare As More Health Law Provisions Will Take Effect Next Month
News reports cover the progress and challenges of rolling out the sweeping health overhaul law.
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Canadian Physician Organization: Country’s Health System Needs To Be ‘Massively Transformed’
The Toronto Star reports that Canada's largest physician group released a report Tuesday that said that Canada's health system needs to be change to allow "universal access to prescription drugs and improved outpatient services."
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N.J. Effort To Override Cuts To Family Planning Fades; Ill. Faces Budget Cuts To Health Care; Mich. Focuses On High Cost Of Chronic Disease
States address a range of health care policy issues.
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Andy Griffith Medicare Ad Prompts Showdown With GOP
Andy Griffith - veteran actor and television star - appeared in a new commercial for Medicare that promotes health law changes the administration says should help seniors, such as free wellness visits and lower drug costs. But Republicans say the ad is misleading and a waste of public funds.
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Study Says Quality Not Hurt When Nurse Anesthetists Work Without Doc Guidance
A new study published Tuesday in Health Affairs suggests that the quality of care nurse anesthetists give is not lower when they aren't supervised by a doctor, The Wall Street Journal Health Blog reports.
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Today’s OpEds: ‘Good Guys’ Win In Virginia Decision?; Readout On Missouri’s Proposition C; Sen. Nelson On Reform And The Deficit; Rep. Weiner On The Need For Anger
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from accross the country.
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Hospital Advertising Spending Remains Strong In Dallas Region
The Dallas Morning News reports on the local hospital advertising market.
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Florida Orders Company To Stop Selling Unauthorized Health Insurance
The Office of Insurance Regulation in Florida has ordered the Association for Independent Managers (AIM) to stop selling unauthorized health insurance.
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Americans Continue To Get Fatter, CDC Finds
A CDC report finds more than a quarter of the population is obese and nine states last year had obesity rates at 30 percent or higher, compared to three states in 2007.
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First Edition: August 4, 2010
Early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about yesterday's Missouri vote on a ballot measure to challenge the health reform law and the latest on today's likely Senate consideration of Medicaid assistance for states.
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