Friday Opinions: Mandate To Buy Insurance; Medicare And ‘Political Game’
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday's opinions and editorials from around America.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Utah To Run State High-Risk Pool While Still Opposing Health Law
Despite Utah's hostility toward the new health law, Gov. Gary R. Herbert has announced that the state will run its own high-risk pool.
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Research Roundup: Docs’ Views Of Industry Gifts; Chemotherapy Payments; Health Law And States
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from the Commonwealth Fund, Archives of Surgery, Health Affairs, The Urban Institute, the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Mathematica and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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First Edition: June 25, 2010
Today's early morning highlights reflect the latest news about the House passing a temporary ban on cuts in Medicare reimbursements to doctors, while Senate Democrats failed to gain approval for their jobs bill, which included enhanced Medicaid aid to states.
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Pelosi Rips Republicans For Not Supporting Jobs Package
News outlets focus on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine.
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House Will Take Up Stand-Alone ‘Doc Fix’ As Senate Tries Once Again To Advance Broader Jobs Bill
The Senate's latest version of the tax extenders and jobs bill includes, among other things, the pay fix and state Medicaid assistance.
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Report Finds Countries In Africa Face Most Severe Water Risks
"African nations led by Somalia, Mauritania and Sudan have the most precarious water supplies in the world while Iceland has the best," according to a report released Thursday, Reuters reports.
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Editors Of Canadian Medical Association Journal Warn Polio Outbreak In Tajikistan Could Spread
"A large polio outbreak in Tajikistan
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MDG Targets Still Attainable Despite Setbacks From Global Economic Situation, U.N. Report Says
Efforts to curb poverty worldwide have been slowed by the global economic situation, but the developing world is still on track to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the number of people living on less than $1 per day by 2015
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U.N. Secretary-General To Ask G20 For Additional $60B Over 5 Years For Maternal, Child Health
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he plans to ask the G20 to follow through on aid promises and to commit an additional $60 billion over five years for lowering maternal and child mortality rates worldwide, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
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Despite Cuts, GOP Continues Block Of Bill To Extend Medicaid Assistance, ‘Fix’ Medicare Payments
A Republican filibuster may kill a bill that would extend jobless benefits and extra Medicaid assistance to states while also delaying cuts in Medicare payments to doctors. Senate Democrats are continuing to negotiate to lower the cost.
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Governors, State Attorneys General Seek To Counter Lawsuit Against Health Law
Democratic governors and state attorneys general are seeking permission to file amicus briefs in support of the health overhaul.
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Today’s OpEds: Democrats Can Win With Health Care; States And Medicaid; Rep. Herger On The Cost Of Health Reform
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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Obesity Keeps Out Recruits, Raising Medical Costs For Military
The Fiscal Times reports that the U.S. military discharges more than 1,200 enlistees before their contracts are over because of weight problems.
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Efforts To Make Medicine Cheaper, More Efficient Underway
News reports highlight some experiments in making health care more efficient and convenient.
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Electronic Medical Records A National Priority, But Adoption Lags
When optometrist Meera Sutaria opened up shop last year in Brambleton, Va., she had an electronic medical record in place, setting her at the forefront of a national push to spread electronic medical records.
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News Roundup: Judge Approves $712 Million Settlement For 9/11 Emergency Workers’ Health Problems; Missouri Ballot Measure On Health Overhaul Challenged
Some workers had challenged the settlement terms by arguing that some diseases were not adequately recognized.
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Details Emerge On Young Adults Coverage, Small Business Health Law Provisions
New law "will make it easier and cheaper for thousands of 20-somethings to obtain insurance," the Los Angeles Times reports. MSNBC details how aspects of the new health reform law will affect small businesses.
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