Health Reform Poll: Immediate Effects Not Building Public Support, Many Getting Information From Cable News
A new tracking poll finds that the health benefits being tauted by the White House have not influenced public opinion.
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Baucus: No Guarantee Of Berwick Confirmation Hearing By July 4
Nominee to health the agency that oversees Medicare has raised some GOP criticism.
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Medicaid News: Early Expansion Unlikely In Ohio, Florida Disputes Managed Care
News outlets report on state Medicaid issues in Ohio and Florida.
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Deals Brighten Restaurant Workers’ Prospects For Health Insurance
A new partnership between UnitedHealth Group Inc. and the National Restaurant Association aims "to make coverage more accessible to millions of restaurant workers without health benefits, three years ahead of when the health care overhaul would require everyone to have insurance,"the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Research Roundup: Lessons From Medicare Part D; Evaluating Medical Homes; Insuring Young Adults
Studies and briefs in this week's roundup come from Health Affairs, the Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund.
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First Edition: May 21, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on congressional efforts to extend the soon-to-expire COBRA subsidy.
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Lawmakers Agree To Extend COBRA Benefits, Delay Medicare Cuts And Give States More Money For Medicaid
These provisions, which are included in a broader legislative package that includes an array of tax credit and other program extensions, could be voted on by the House as early as tomorrow.
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Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Remains Sticking Point On Tax Legislation
Without Congressional intervention, physicians face a 21 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements at the end of the month. Lawmakers are disputing how to pay for the "fix."
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Not All Small Businesses Will Get Tax Benefits Promised In Health Law
Tax credits to help small business pay for employee health coverage fall short of the "broad eligibility" White House officials promoted.
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Ariz. Tax Hike Only A Band-Aid, And Other State Tales Of Budget Woes
States continue to grapple with tight budgets.
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African ‘Green Revolution’ Should Focus On Small Farmers, U.N. Report Says
Investments in agricultural technology should be directed to Africa's smallholder farmers in an effort to increase food security after decades of low funding, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in a report on Wednesday, Reuters reports (Lynn, 5/19).
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Studies Identify New Chemical Compounds That Could Lead To Development Of New Malaria Drugs
Researchers have identified thousands of chemical compounds that could be used to develop new malaria drugs, two studies published in the journal Nature on Wednesday show, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Today’s Opinions And Editorials: Legal Challenges To Health Reform; Medicare Pay Fix; California’s Budgetary ‘Sophie’s Choice’
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday's opinions and editorials from around the country.
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WHA Addresses Counterfeit Medicines
Discussions about combatting counterfeit medicines continued at the 63rd World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva on Wednesday, Agence France-Press reports. "The proliferation of potentially lethal or harmful counterfeit medicines has been on the rise, particularly with the increased usage of the Internet worldwide. According to the WHO, more than half of all medicines bought online are fake," the news service reports (5/19).
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States Examine New Law’s Impact On Residents’ Health, Budget Bottom Lines
States around the nation are examining the health reform law for impacts to their residents' health and their own bottom lines.
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Most ER Visitors Have Some Type Of Health Insurance, Survey Finds
A National Center for Health Statistics study has found that of the one in five Americans who visit an emergency room every year, most have health insurance.
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Medicare To Evaluate How Beneficiaries Used Personal Health Records
The Medicare agency is preparing to evaluate a 17-month-old pilot program that has tested whether beneficiaries use personal health records in Utah and Arizona.
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Analysis Looks At How Democrats Won Health Reform Battle
In a five-part analysis in The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn examines how Democrats ultimately won the health reform battle.
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FDA Transparency Panel Urges Agency To Make Records Of Denials Public
The Food and Drug Administration's Transparency Task Force has recommended that the agency should make more information about companies and the reasons behind decisions not to approve products available to the public.
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