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Pundits and politicos are saying that Rep. Arthur Davis' calculated "no" vote on the federal health care reform backfired in his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor in Alabama.
State regulators called on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont Wednesday to give back to policy holders $3 million that the insurer overpaid its top executive over eight years.
"European governments grappling to reduce large budget deficits are focusing their cost-cutting on a large spending item-pharmaceuticals," The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Obama administration has cited a research group at Dartmouth "to claim that it could not only cut billions in wasteful health care spending but make people healthier," The New York Times reports. But the researchers acknowledge that they are not measuring the quality of care.
News outlets report on anti-abortion legislative action in states.
President Barack Obama signed a memorandum Wednesday to extend more benefits to same-sex partners of eligible federal workers. He urges Congress to approve full benefits for same-sex partners.
"Out of all the roughly 5,000 U.S. hospitals, only about 1 in 30 has deep expertise in caring for children with serious problems," U.S. News & World Report writes.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the state's two largest insurers, have asked regulators for permission to increase their rates by up to 12 percent, only two months after hundreds of double-digit rate hikes were rejected by the same officials.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about health reform and the budget deficit.
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."
Today's selection of opinions and editorials
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.
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