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Senate Moves To Extend Unemployment Benefits, Still Lacking COBRA Subsidy
The Senate voted Tuesday to advance a long-stalled bill extending unemployment benefits, but the bill does not include health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers.
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Severe State Budget Shortfalls Trigger Medicaid Program Cuts
News outlets report on state Medicaid cuts to home care and children's dental services as well as how the funding circumstances will impact particular groups.
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‘Mystery Patients’ Study Says Doctors Can Miss Health’s Social Determinants
The Chicago Tribune reports on a recent study suggesting that so-called "mystery patients" are showing that doctors often ignore or fail to ask about social determinants when it comes to health outcomes.
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Eli Lilly CEO Says U.S. Drugmakers’ Biggest Challenge Is Sustaining Innovation
Drugmakers are facing an array of challenges, such as lawsuits and patent losses, but also new opportunities including global growth and an expected surge in the number of U.S. residents with health insurance.
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Hospital Updates: ERs Try To Shorten Waits, Florida Children’s Hospital To Join With Johns Hopkins
Hospitals are increasingly turning to letting consumers know how long waits are at their emergency rooms in an effort to attract more patients.
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Harvard Cracks Down On Doctors’ Ties To Industry
In the face of increased scrutiny of ties between industry and medical school faculty, Harvard is tightening its conflict-of-interest policies.
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Today’s OpEds: U.S. And AIDS; Mass. Example On Health Reform?; Unions And Health Costs
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
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Wal-Mart Sued For Limiting Employee Medical Care
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is facing a class-action lawsuit in Colorado over allegations that the company conspired to limit medical care for injured employees in a bid to protect its bottom line.
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Senate Panel To Focus On Problems At Continuing Care Retirement Communities With Large Fees
Also on Capitol Hill, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will launch a website that will allow businesses to talk about the problems with health reform, The Hill reports.
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‘Meaningful Use’ Guidelines Under Fire From Republicans
New requirements for physicians and hospitals to earn cash rewards for the "meaningful use" of electronic medical records are not tough enough to justify an investment of billions of dollars, House Republicans argue.
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Medicare Drug Benefit Appears To Help More Seniors With Heart Failure
New research indicates that seniors with this condition who previously lacked drug coverage had improved access to their needed medications after the Medicare prescription drug benefit kicked in.
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Penn. Official Urges Bill To Prohibit ‘Health Profiling’ And Limit Rate Hikes; Nev., Ariz. Wrestle With Rising Costs For Public Employees’ Benefits; McCollum Releases Health Plan
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Enrollment Jump Helps UnitedHealth Group Profits Soar 31 Percent
Health insurer UnitedHealth Group reported a second quarter profit jump of 31 percent as enrollment in the insurer's Medicare and Medicaid plans went up, The Associated Press reports.
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Sec. Of State Clinton Addresses Afghan Women’s Rights During Visit To Kabul
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "used part of her address to a key conference in Kabul on Tuesday to defend Afghan women concerned that peace efforts with the Taliban could jeopardise their rights," Agence France-Presse reports.
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AU Pre-Summit On Gender Concludes
The African Union (AU) Pre-Summit on Gender concludes Wednesday after three days of discussion about how African countries could improve progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targeting women and children's health, the Independent reports.
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Calif.’s Anthem Blue Cross President Resigns Following Sharp Criticism Of Rate Increases
Leslie Margolin was heavily criticized after Anthem announced rate increases of up to 39 percent last winter. Those increases were later scaled back when state officials determined that errors had been made in the calculations.
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First Edition: July 21, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including specific examples of what could happen at the state level if Congress doesn't extend enhanced federal Medicaid funding.
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AIDS 2010: Number Of HIV-Positive Patients On ARVs Grew To 5.2M In 2009 With 10M Still In Need, WHO Says
"The number of HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral drugs [ARVs] for their infections jumped by more than a quarter in 2009, growing from 4 million to 5.2 million, the World Health Organization said Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna," the Los Angeles Times reports (7/19).
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