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News outlets examine a number of veterans' health issues, including a new Gallup poll that finds "military veterans fare worse than the general work force when it comes to their emotional and physical health, work environment and access to basic necessities," according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
News outlets report on hospital issues, including rising ER visit rates in Massachusetts and extended hours in New York.
Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the case of one elderly woman with mild dementia and the difficulty of meeting Medicare rules to get her into a rehabilitation program at a nursing home.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including updates on GOP efforts to repeal the health reform law as well as state-related developments.
IRIN examines WHO efforts to better understand factors influencing health workers' decisions about where to work in order to help fight health care worker shortages in developing countries. According to the news service, a group of 40 experts assembled by the agency "is finalizing recommendations to help governments attract more health workers to sparsely staffed areas," IRIN writes.
The G8's $5-billion initiative to improve maternal and child health "left many loose ends that need to be tied up before the countries can begin to make good on their commitment to save the lives of 1.3 million children under age five, and 64,000 mothers," the Canadian Press/Globe and Mail reports. According to the article, while stakeholders welcome the G8 initiative, many find it "deeply underfunded and lacking in detail."
Justice Department and the state of Virginia lawyers faced off Thursday in the first challenge of the federal government's authority to require people purchase health insurance.
There's been an uptick in support for the health overhaul in polls as parts of the law begin to take effect, as well as some positive reviews - even from conservatives - about the administration's performance in implementing the measures.
The House of Representatives passed an nearly "$60 billion bill Thursday to pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and fund a variety of other programs," including relief and rebuilding initiatives in Haiti following the January earthquake, Fox News' "The Speaker's Lobby" blog reports (Pergram, 7/1).
"More than 2 billion people worldwide do not have adequate access to surgical services, and low-income countries in particular have low levels of surgical care," according to a study published online Thursday in the Lancet, HealthDay News/Modern Medicine reports (7/1).
Amedisys and Almost Family said Thursday they are the focus of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into their Medicare reimbursement practices, one month after the U.S. Senate began its own inquiry, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The United Nations General Assembly will move to formally adopt a new "gender entity" on Friday called "U.N. Women" that will fold the U.N.'s four existing women's entities
Kaiser Health News reports that Democrats are leaving Washington for their July 4th recess without passing key parts of their health agenda.
The federal government began accepting applications Thursday for coverage through high-risk insurance pools from people who have been unable to obtain insurance on the commercial market due to having pre-existing conditions.
Jonathan Bush recognized that getting paid in health care is a problem, NPR's Planet Money blog reports: "Say the patient is covered by Blue Cross. Which Blue Cross? Did she need a referral? What's the right billing code?"
Lawmakers write letter to urge health insurers to enforce new mental parity act.
States address a range of health care policy issues.
For most Massachusetts insurers, a standoff with regulators over premium rate increases was left unresolved Thursday evening.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from around the country.
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