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The New England Journal of Medicine dedicates a significant amount of its current issue to research and perspectives on the new health reform law. Authors include Chris Jennings, Jon Kingsdale, Jonathan Gruber, Elliott Fisher and Jack Hadley.
A new study from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College found that people "who enter retirement in good health are likely to pay more for medical expenses throughout the rest of their life than those who retire after developing a chronic condition," writes U.S. News & World Report.
"The new healthcare law doesn't include more spending and less deficit reduction than previously reported, an Obama administration official said Wednesday," The Hill reports.
Two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine explore geographic differences in how medicine is practiced, and how much it costs.
Austrialian study of 40 doctors in hospital emergency department found that doctors are on average interrupted about 7 times an hour and that they spent less time on those tasks after getting back to them.
Obama administration announces expanded effort brings more criminal prosecutions and return of government money.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that some Republican senators are taking aim at President Obama's pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Physicians are concerned about declining Medicare rates. Meanwhile, a study shows rising costs of imaging for cancer patients.
The department issued a reply to a lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Law Center the day President Obama signed the health reform bill into law.
Pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and other infectious diseases account for more than two-thirds of the 8.8 million deaths in 2008 among children under age 5 around the world, according to a Lancet study published on Wednesday, HealthDay News/Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports. The highest numbers of childhood deaths were in Africa (4.2 million) and Southeast Asia (2.39 million), according to the news service (5/11).
Representatives from the U.S. and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Tuesday signed an agreement to expand PEPFAR programs to 12 other Caribbean nations during a gathering in Georgetown, Guyana, Agence France-Presse reports (5/11).
The Congressional Budget Office said the new health law could cost $115 billion more than originally projected over 10 years.
White House officials readied their plan Tuesday to help Democrats sell the health reform law to constituents in advance of midterm elections and will focus on early deliverables to try to win over a skeptical public, Politico reports.
During the release of its five-year plan to help drive down high maternal death and fertility rates in low-income countries, the World Bank on Tuesday said "that family planning and other reproductive health services have fallen off the radar of many governments, donors and aid agencies," Reuters reports.
A selection of today's opinions and editorials
A study has revealed problems with translated prescription instructions that could lead patients to take medications incorrectly.
Despite wide variations among states, a study shows that nowhere was a seriously mentally ill person less likely to be incarcerated than hospitalized, USA Today reports.
Provisions in the new health reform law offer aid and cash to small businesses that encourage employees to be fitter and healthier, CNN Money reports.
The Washington Post reports that 33 states are trying to block the mandate on individual American citizens to purchase health insurance. Republicans are leading the way.
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