Hospitals To Get More Bargaining Clout For Medical Devices
A national pilot program on payment bundling is designed to bring incentives in line for physicians and hospitals, and change hospitals' approach to purchasing medical devices.
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First Edition: May 17, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on the sweeping health overhaul's political impact in primary races across the country.
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Schwarzenegger Budget Proposal Cuts In-Home Care
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled his latest spending plan for the financially strapped state on Friday, and news coverage focused on the deep cuts he is proposing.
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Science Special Issue Reports On Malaria
This week's issue of Science features news articles focusing on recent progress on malaria control in Africa and discussing future challenges, including drug resistance.
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Reuters AlertNet Analyzes Humanitarian Aid Debate
Reuters AlertNet analysizes a recent debate that addressed the complexities and challenges associated with humanitarian aid. The panel included two authors who have written about the topic. "Humanitarian principles and the reality of delivering aid in poor and often lawless environments create real dilemmas for relief workers, difficulties discussed in two recently published books, 'War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times' by journalist Linda Polman and 'The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War' by aid worker Conor Foley," the news service writes.
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Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Spending Bill With Foreign Aid Funding For Haiti
The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday unanimously voted to approve a $59 billion war funding measure that includes "more than $5 billion to replenish disaster aid accounts, as well as funding for Haitian earthquake relief," the Associated Press reports (Taylor, 5/13).
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Sec. Of State Clinton Pledges Support For Afghan Women During Pres. Karzai Visit
During a meeting with women ministers from Afghanistan on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton "promised aid for female education, maternal and other health services, protection of women from violence, and for enhancing their roles in agriculture and the economy," Agence France-Presse reports.
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NFIB To Join Legal Efforts Against Health Law
"The nation's most influential small business lobby is joining a court challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, arguing that Americans cannot be required under the Constitution to obtain insurance coverage," The Associated Press reports.
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Democrats Weary Of Health Changes, Mull New Health Bills, ‘Doc Fix’
New outlets are reporting that some health care-related legislation is unlikely to be considered this year, but some members of Congress are pushing to fix the Medicare physician payment problem, which is facing another deadline.
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States Consider Joining Medicaid Expansion Early To Take Advantage Of Federal Money
Despite budget squeezes, some states are considering expanding Medicaid , due to the new health law. Meanwhile, California is expected to cut back health services.
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Today’s Opinions: Medicare Threatened By Poor Doctor-Payment System, New Health Law’s Impact On Small Business, U.S. Commitment To AIDS Relief
A selection of today's opinions and editorials from around the country.
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Mental Health Problems Outpace Pregnancies, Injuries At Military Hospitals
Mental health problems put more American troops in the hospital than any other reason last year, according to Pentagon data.
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Washington Post Event: Health Reform And Its Implications
Washington Post staff writers discuss the new health care law and its implications.
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Lobbyists Turn Focus To How Health Law Will Be Regulated
Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups -- representing doctors, insurers, small businesses and others -- have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration," Kaiser Health News reports.
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Sen. Kerry, White House Push Back On Berwick Criticism
After Republicans levied attacks on Donald Berwick, the physician and professor President Barack Obama has nominated to lead the Medicare agency, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., came to the aide of his fellow Bay Stater.
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Small Anti-Abortion Advocacy Group Flexes Muscle In Midterm Elections
The Washington Post reports on the increasingly important role of a small antiabortion advocacy group, the Susan B. Anthony List, which is targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his bid for re-election.
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Health Law Raises Questions About Future Of Florida’s Agencies That Care For Uninsured
States handle health care policy issues at the state level.
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Heart Defibrillators Complicate End-Of-Life Care
Heart defibrillators, "small implants that save lives by sending an electrical jolt to interrupt a potentially fatal heart rhythm and restore normal beating," can pose "a bionic challenge near life's end, for both patients and their families," The New York Times reports.
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GOP Launches New Challenge To Health Overhaul
Republicans are starting a new bid to undermine Democratic attempts at touting a new health law. The GOP effort includes attacks on both President Barack Obama's pick to run Medicare and on claims that implementation is going smoothly.
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