Obama To Insurers: Health Reform No Excuse For Big Rate Hikes
President Barack Obama warned a dozen large insurers not to use the health overhaul law as a rationale for boosting premium rates at a White House meeting Tuesday.
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White House Unveils Consumer Protections In Health Law
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced 196 pages of new regulations in a White House ceremony aimed at easing the public's worries about the effects of the overhaul.
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NIH To Invest $25M Over Five Years For International Collaboration On Genetic Research In Africa
The NIH on Tuesday announced a partnership with Wellcome Trust and the African Society for Human Genetics that will enable African researchers to "use the latest genetic and clinical technology to study common health problems, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and other diseases," VOA News reports (DeCapua, 6/22).
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Washington Personalities: Lobbyist Tauzin Shakes It Up; More On OMB Director’s Impending Departure
Roll Call honed in on some Washington gossip Tuesday.
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Miller-McCune Examines Debate Over Redistribution Of Some Foreign Aid Funds From HIV/AIDS To Other Diseases
Through the lens of health conditions faced by people in Mbarara, Uganda, Miller-McCune examines the debate over redistributing some foreign aid funds from HIV/AIDS to fight other diseases.
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GlobalPost Examines Efforts To Stop Violence Against Women Worldwide
"Thirty years after the first treaty on women's rights was adopted by the United Nations, millions of cases involving beatings, marital rapes, honor killings and genital mutilation lead to deaths, medical injuries, failed pregnancies, abortions and psychological damage," according to a GlobalPost article that reports on the rising number of individuals, communities and governments worldwide who are committing to end violence against women.
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Today’s OpEds: Extending Jobless Benefits; Medicare Payment Cuts; NY Times On Premium Increases
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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Mixed Progress On MDGs, Additional Advancement Still Possible, Report Says
Poverty rates in 10 African countries have been halved over the last two decades, while child mortality rates have gone up in six sub-Saharan African countries, according to a report (.pdf) from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and the U.N. Millennium Campaign, which emphasized that progess towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is possible, the Associated Press/St. Petersburg Times reports (Straziuso, 6/22).
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Study Proposes New Way To Measure Infection Prevention Efforts
The method doctors use to report their efforts to prevent post-surgical infections, does not accurately reflect outcomes, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Report Identifies FDA’s Weaknesses In Monitoring Foreign Drug Trials
The FDA inspected 0.7 percent of foreign clinical drug trial sites in 2008 while 80 percent of applications approved for marketing that year contained data from foreign drug trials, according to a report (.pdf) from the Inspector General of HHS, CBS News reports (Strickler, 6/22).
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U.S. Ranks Low Again On Health Care Quality, Efficiency And Equality, Study Finds
Commonwealth Fund study finds that "Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on healthcare, but get lower quality, less efficiency and have the least equitable system," Reuters reports.
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Minn. Gov. Decides To Not Expand Medicaid Early; Ohio Wrestles With Increased Medicaid Costs In Overhaul; Kansas Officials Worry About 25% Cut In Health Policy Operating Budget
States address a range of health care policy issues.
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States Face Less Federal Medicaid Money, More Demand
As funding from the federal stimulus bill ebbs, states get ready to face a new squeeze in Medicaid funding.
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Former Solicitor General: Roe V. Wade Likely To Be Overturned
Politico reports that Walter Dellinger, a liberal scholar and former acting solicitor general, predicted at a forum Tuesday that the Supreme Court will overturn the landmark decision on abortion rights.
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Stolen Computers Could Jeopardize Personal Records Of 1.2 Million Health Plan Members
Florida health plan reports that laptops were stolen that contained personal information on nearly 1.2 million patients, American Medical News reports.
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Democrats Stymied On Medicare Physician Pay ‘Fix’
The Medicare physician payment fix remains stalled as House and Senate Democrats search for a solution that will satisfy both houses of Congress.
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Researchers Studying How Gulf Oil Spill Will Affect Human Health
NPR reports that medical researchers are this week meeting in New Orleans to try to discuss how the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will affect human health.
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Several Hospitals Seek Buyers Or Mergers To Strengthen Their Bottom Lines
At Massachusetts public sessions, "scores of local officials, state representatives, community leaders and employees and retirees" tell state officials that they support the sale of Caritas hospitals to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, The Boston Globe reports.
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GOP Continues Attacks On Health Law, Boehner Issues Critical Report
Republicans are marking the 90-day anniversary of the health bill with new assaults on Democrats and the overhaul.
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