Seniors Understand Very Little About The Health Overhaul Law, Poll Finds
A survey sponsored by the National Council on Aging found that only 17 percent of respondents could answer six of the 12 questions about key provisions of the new health law.
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PhRMA Asks FDA To Be More Straightforward On Safeguards It Wants To Fight Drug Risks
Pharmaceutical industry tradegroup PhRMA said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration should do a better job of explaining additional safeguards against certain drugs when it issues warnings, Reuters reports.
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What Steps Should Be Taken When Medicine Can’t Save A Life?
According to The New Yorker, "modern medicine is good at staving off death with aggressive interventions-and bad at knowing when to focus, instead, on improving the days that terminal patients have left."
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Today’s OpEds: Medical Liability And Health Reform, And What About The ‘New’ Public Option?
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
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State Governments Expect Tax Collections To Grow But Still Face Budget Gaps
States confront a range of health care policy issues.
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Advocacy Group Critiques Patient Debt Load In Indiana
A new survey has sparked an Indiana patient advocacy group to say hospitals in one part of the state should do a earn their nonprofit status by providing more low-cost charity care.
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Insurers Test At-Home Technology, Monitoring Devices To Help Cut Heart Failure Hospitalizations
Technology to keep congestive heart failure patients out of the hospital by having them "take readings like their weight, blood pressure and other key metrics using wireless and other technologies" is being tested, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Report: Generic Drugs Offer Savings For Medicaid
A new report suggests that expanding use of generic drugs could offer significant savings for Medicaid.
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Berwick Faces Continued Hostility From Senate
Dr. Donald Berwick, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, faces continued hostility in the Senate, The New York Times reports
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Medicare To Bundle Payments For End-Stage Renal Care, Reward Quality
Medicare payment for end-stage renal disease care may soon be tied to performance and quality measures if a new proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is finalized.
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California’s Anthem Blue Cross Names New President
Anthem Blue Cross of California has named former Aetna executive Pam Kehaly to head the insurer after its president resigned a week ago.
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Industry Still Making Sense Of Federal E-Health Regs
Health care industry players are still sorting out the latest regulations on an up-to-$36 billion federal program to encourage doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records.
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Maryland Sees Savings In Federal Health Law, For A While At Least
Maryland could spend $829 million less than expected on health care between next year and 2020 because of the federal health overhaul law, according to an analysis by a state-convened committee.
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First Edition: July 27, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the continuing Senate backlash to Dr. Donald Berwick's appointment to head the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services as well as findings from a new poll that reveal seniors really don't understand health reform.
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Global Fund Director Calls On Emerging Countries To Invest More In Programs To Reduce HIV/AIDS, TB And Malaria At AIDS 2010
On the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 Friday, Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria called upon "China, India and other fast-growing economies" to chip in to help close the funding gap in efforts to battle HIV/AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports. "Until now, these countries have been recipients of AIDS funds, not donors," the news service writes.
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AU Leaders Summit Kicks Off, Focus On Maternal And Child Health
Heads of state from the African Union (AU) started a three-day meeting in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday as part of the 15th AU Summit, People's Daily Online reports.
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‘Ultra Rice’ Piloted As Way To Tackle Malnutrition
Ultra Rice, a rice-shaped pasta fortified with vitamins and minerals is "being produced and tested around the world as a potential solution to malnutrition," according to the Seattle Times.
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