Today’s Opinions: Converting Medical Records To Digital; Tea Party’s Medicare Stand; Improving Mental Health Care
A selection of today's opinions and editorials from around the country.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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States To Curb Retiree Benefits In Search Of Savings
States are seeking savings in public employee retiree benefits to close sprawling budget gaps.
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Health Care Quality Issues: The Disconnect Between Patients And Experts
The Kansas City Star reports that improving "health literacy" could help improve patient outcomes and quality.
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Boston Hospitals Increasingly Scrutinized For Costs While Buffalo Hospitals Will Receive More Medicare Funding
States handle a range of health care policy issues.
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Maryland Doctors To Get Rewards For Cheaper Care; In S.D., Sue To Open More Doc-Owned Hospitals
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the largest insurer in the Maryland, Washington and Northern Virginia market, will begin offering financial rewards to physicians who improve quality while cutting costs.
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South Africa Prepares Health Systems For World Cup Disaster – But Could Be Overwhelmed
The Associated Press reports that South Africa is attempting to prepare its emergency services in case of a disaster at the World Cup, which begins in one week.
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N.J. Court Case Examines End-Of-Life Decisions
A New Jersey court is considering a case about who should have made the end-of-life decision for a particular patient -- the family or the hospital.
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Sebelius Defends Berwick For CMS Post
News outlets report on the criticism and defense of Donald Berwick, President Obama's nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, three of the major players in health reform.
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Survey: Group Insurance Rates Rise For Employers
"Group health insurance rates for small and midsize employers are surging for 2011 renewals, according to a survey by the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers," Business Insurance reports.
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Research Roundup: Evidence-Based Medicine Consumer/Expert Divide; Pay For Performance Limitations; Improving Community Health Centers
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from Health Affairs, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the American College of Radiology, the Commonwealth Fund and Mathematica Policy Research.
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Obama Sets Town Hall Meeting With Seniors To Tout Medicare Rebate Checks
President will meet with seniors in Wheaton, Md., Tuesday to answer questions about health reform provisions and to announce the first $250 checks have been sent to seniors who have reached the "doughnut hole," or gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage.
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First Edition: June 4, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including HHS Secretary Sebelius' defense of the Obama administration's Medicare nominee as well as the AMA's push to fix scheduled reductions in Medicare physician payments.
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Poll Says More Than Half Of Californians Support Health Overhaul
Though Californians appear to be more supportive than the nation as a whole of the new health care law, many still say it is only a first step.
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United Health, Cigna Differ On How Plans Will Change After Exchanges Begin
United Health's CEO Stephen Hemsley said he expects companies to keep offering benefits instead of pushing people to health exchanges created by the federal government, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
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States Face Budget Scramble As Chances For Federal Medicaid Assistance Extension Get Slim
After the House of Representatives dropped this funding provision from its jobs bill, state leaders are bracing for increased budget shortfalls.
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AMA Launches Ad Campaign To Push Senators On ‘Doc Fix’
CNN Money reports that the American Medical Association is launching an ad campaign to push lawmakers to stop a scheduled 21 percent cut to Medicare doctors' pay.
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COBRA Subsidy Stall Could Raise Premiums For Millions While Battle Rages Over ‘Doc Fix’
Subsidy to help laid-off workers buy health insurance started expiring on June 1 and efforts before Memorial Day to add an extension were not successful in the House.
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Today’s OpEds: New Republic And National Review On Health Law; Conservative Bloggers Blast CBO Numbers
A selection of today's opinions and editorials.
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Haiti Donor Conference Calls For Aid Pledge Delivery, Focuses On Need For Political Stability
At a donor summit in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, Haitian President Rene Preval called on donors to follow through on their aid pledges, Al Jazeera reports. So far, "only Brazil has delivered" on its commitment of $55 million (6/3). "Two months after more than 140 nations pledged $5.3 billion toward Haiti's reconstruction over the next two years and $9.9 billion over the next decade, little of the money has arrived," according to the Miami Herald (Charles, 6/3).
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Drug Makers Push For More Time To Pay Half-Off Discount On Drugs
Drug makers want 60 days instead of 15 to pay a half-off discount for branded drugs in a Medicare Part D coverage gap, Inside Health Policy reports.
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