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AIDS 2010 Media Analysis
Ahead of the final day of the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010 on Friday, a New York Times analysis piece reports that growing concerns over funding for HIV/AIDS have dominated the focus of the conference. According to the newspaper, this has affected "organizers' efforts to get publicity for the Vienna Declaration, which calls for drug users to be spared arrest and offered clean needles, methadone and treatment if they have AIDS."
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AU Summit Panel Focuses On Water, Sanitation To Meet MDG Targets In Africa
African countries should focus on preventing diarrhea
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Insurers, Advocates Fight Over Upcoming Spending Rules
Insurance companies are banding together to weaken a key health law rule that requires them to spend as much as 85 percent of their revenues on medical care according to the advocacy group Health Care for America Now.
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Health Law Gives Consumers New Rights To Appeal Insurer Decisions
The Obama administration issued regulations addressing a top consumer gripe with insurance companies: the rejected claim.
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UnitedHealth Ups Ante On Health IT With Purchase Of Picis, Expecting Stimulus Windfall
UnitedHealth Group's technology consulting subsidiary Ingenix has purchased Massachusetts tech firm Picis, a maker of emergency room and intensive care software.
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Today’s OpEds: Varying Points On The Nation’s Doctor Shortage, Benefits Of Negative Studies, And What About Universal Health Care?
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
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ACLU Says Some Nursing Homes Use ‘Scare Tactics’ To Keep Psychiatric Patients
The Chicago Tribune reports that the American Civil Liberties Union says in court papers that some for-profit nursing home operators are using "scare tactics" to persuade psychiatric patients to stay in their facilities.
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Number Of Soldiers Leaving The Army Because Of Mental Health Issues Jumps 64%
"The number of soldiers forced to leave the Army solely because of a mental disorder has increased by 64% from 2005 to 2009 and accounts for one in nine medical discharges, according to Army statistics," USA Today reports.
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Ohio Sets Up High Risk Pool; Four Drug Companies Come Under Scrutiny For Payments To Pittsburgh Doctors, Nurses
States address a range of health care policy issues.
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Md. Democrats Tout Crackdown On Medicaid Fraud; Four Plead Not Guity In Calif. Medicare Fraud Case
In heated campaign, Maryland's lieutenant governor touts efforts to find fraud in state Medicaid program.
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Obama Signs Legislation To Cut Improper Government Spending, Largely In Medicare And Medicaid
President Barack Obama signed legislation Thursday that aims "to take on fraudulent and improper government spending that he said diverts money from important priorities," the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Research Roundup: Hospital Emergency Room HIV Screenings; Medical Device Reviews; Health Law Impact On Docs And Hospitals
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Annals of Internal Medicine, the American Enterprise Institute, PLoS Medicine, the Urban Institute, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Annals of Family Medicine.
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States Still Hoping For Extra Medicaid Money But Also Developing Contingency Plans
Kaiser Health News reports that states and hospital groups continue to lobby for a six-month extension of enhanced Medicaid money for states despite related cost concerns and a lack of forward progress on such an extension.
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It’s Back: House Democrats Argue Anew For Public Option
House Democrats are arguing again for the passage of a public option to compete with private health plans and reduce the deficit, news outlets report.
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GOP Questions Math Of HHS’ Premium Hike Estimates; Confusion Over Abortion Issue Plays Role In Implementation
Senate Republican leaders are questioning Department of Health and Human Services numbers that say the effect of the new health law on premiums will likely be less than 1 percent, The Hill reports.
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NYC Hospitals Agree To Pilot Program To Cut Medical-Malpractice Costs
Five New York City hospitals "have agreed to a pilot program to divulge medical mistakes early, offer settlements quickly and use special state 'health courts' where judges will help negotiate agreements before cases go to trial," the Wall Street Journal reports.
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