Today’s Opinions: More On The Massachusetts Experience And California’s Rate Hikes
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
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Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
Employers, in search of better deals on surgeries, are in some cases sending employees they insure hundreds of miles for medical care.
Medicare officials report that heart attack death rates at the nation's hospitals dropped nearly half a percentage point in past year.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that President Obama will name a Medicare and Medicaid chief by recess appointment.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), "[t]he largest global AIDS organization[,] accused the Obama administration and Congress on Friday of falling short on promised funding and oversight in the worldwide fight against the epidemic," The Hill's "Healthwatch" blog reports.
Scientists, clinicians and public health leaders from around the world are gathered in Montreal this week for the 26th International Papillomavirus Conference where they hope to generate greater awareness about human papillomavirus (HPV), the Montreal Gazette reports.
The independent team of health experts responsible for reviewing the WHO's response to H1N1 (swine flu) wrapped up its second of three public hearings on Friday.
Politico reports that some state insurance commissioners are not happy with a proposal that would give the federal government the authority to centralize premium rate reviews of health insurance.
The Los Angeles Times explores the "deep divide" between Obama and the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts. The high court will likely have the final word on regulatory laws, such as the new health overhaul.
Reuters reports on a series of studies published Friday in the Lancet, which examine the health of populations living in the Gaza Strip.
States address a range of health policy issues at the state level.
The health care industry generates billions of pounds of garbage each year, and disposing of it all has become a problem.
Massachusetts's largest health care union is trying to pull workers at Boston's leading medical centers: Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women's, Beth Israel Deaconess and Tufts hospitals.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
Dell is hoping to capitalize on its purchase of health technology firm Perot Systems by providing services to new clients such as the 2,600-doctor Methodist Hospital System in Houston.
At the Our Lady of Hope Clinic in Madison, Wis., some patients - about half - pay a premium for boutique services, which pays for care for the other half, those without insurance at all, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.
Meanwhile, GOP targets some anti-abortion lawmakers for their votes in support of health reform.
The Wall Street Journal reports on efforts to make the language used in doctors' offices easier for patients to understand.
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