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The Washington Post reports that insurance regulators have missed an early deadline to set specific rules meant to ensure that insurers devote 80 to 85 percent of premium dollars to medical care, the so-called "medical loss ratio."
Legal Newsline reports that a "federal judge in Florida is not granting the federal government an extension of time to respond to a challenge to health care reform made by 20 states."
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A study, published Tuesday in the American Journal of Public Health, found that poor living and working environments for miners of diamonds and precious metals is significantly fueling the spread of tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa, Reuters reports.
Doing some simple homework before receiving medical treatment may help consumers say money.
States address a range of health care policy issues.
The U.S. Southern Command on Tuesday said it was ending major military relief operations in Haiti aimed at aiding the nation after the January earthquake, Reuters reports. "Spearheaded by the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, thousands of American troops were deployed in Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response. ... The Pentagon has been drawing down the number of soldiers in the impoverished Caribbean country steadily in recent months," the news service writes.
By 2030, cancer could claim the lives of 13.3 million annually, almost double the number of patients who died from the illness in 2008, the U.N.'s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Tuesday, Agence France-Presse reports. The group also "forecast[ed] that in 2030, new cases of cancer would soar to 21.3 million," the news service adds (6/1).
Same-sex domestic partners of federal employees will next month be able to apply for long-term health insurance provided to government workers through the Office of Personnel Management, officials there said Tuesday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a program in Philadelphia at its Ritz-Carlton is intended to cater to the needs of patients after care to make them feel comfortable. And it's picking up steam.
Medical device giant Medtronic spent $1.07 million in the first quarter of the year to lobby Congress, including on health issues such as a provision of the new health law that will extract up to $3 billion a year in fees from device makers.
News outlets report on health fraud investigations.
The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog reports on the Federal Trade Commission's 'red flags' rule and whether doctors should be exempt.
Some politicians and hospital administrators worry that the new health law will cause rural facilities to lose revenue, bucking the trend of Washington's political establishment's long support for rural hospitals, the Omaha World-Herald reports.
News outlets report on tobacco issues, including a loophole in the children's health law that benefits the tobacco industry.
The American Medical Association is launching an ad campaign urging Congress to end a 21 percent cut to Medicare doctor reimbursement rates, as more doctors continue to opt out of the federal health care program.
Companies are betting that cash incentives will make employees want to lose weight and get healthier in other ways, but some are skeptical, The Associated Press reports.
Findings could suggest that even if patients and insurers save money from shorter hospital stays, overall costs may increase with a need for later admission.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how insurance regulators have missed a deadline for setting standards on premium spending rules.
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