Challenges To Health Reform Face Long Campaign In Many States
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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Study: When Incentive Payments Are Removed, Quality Of Health Care Suffers
When incentive payments end for doctors to improve outcomes for patients, the quality of medical care declines, a study has found.
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Florida Weighs Next Steps For Small Business Insurance Exchange; N.J. Considers COBRA Eligibility Expansion; Other Highlights
State roundup: Florida HMO use is up; Kansas legislature restores funds for Medicaid; costs rise for teaching hospital planned for New Orleans.
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Disabled Vets Strain Overburdened VA System
Tens of thousands of vets from two current wars, plus thousands more who are eligible because of new rules applying to Gulf War and Vietnam vets, are swamping the department, NPR reports.
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Missouri To Hold August Vote On Insurance Mandate
Missouri is set to vote on the provision - which would take effect in 2014 - in the new federal health law requiring people to buy insurance or pay a penalty.
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FDA Urges Doctors To Police Drug Ads
A new Federal Drug Administration program will urge doctors to blow the whistle on misleading drug advertisements.
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Family Medical Costs Surge To New High
Families' health care costs continued to rise last year.
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Michelle Obama Releases Plan To ‘Reverse Childhood Obesity’
First Lady Michelle Obama and her aides released a report Tuesday that addresses the issue she has taken on as her own, childhood obesity.
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Washington Post Event: Health Reform And Its Implications
This video features Washington Post staff writers discussing the new health care law and its implications.
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First Edition: May 12, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about new congressional budget office projections that increase the 10-year costs of the health overhaul law.
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Obama Administration Issues Rules For Young Adults On Parents’ Insurance Plans
The Obama administration Monday issued rules to allow children up to age 26 to remain on their parents' health insurance plans, but such changes will likely increase the cost of insurance for families next year
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Sebelius Heralds Early Successes Of Overhaul
In a Monday letter, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told members of Congress that the Obama administration is moving quickly to carry out the new health law, "particularly provisions that she referred to as 'early insurance market reforms,'"he New York Times reports.
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Today’s Opinions: Translating In The Doctors’ Office; An Alternative To The Individual Mandate; Dave Barry On Health Care Problems
A selection of today's opinions and editorials
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African Countries Meet In Brazil To Discuss Food Security
Representatives from African countries kicked-off a meeting about food security on Monday in Brazil, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports. The meeting is part of a series of Brazilian initiatives, which aim to stregnthen ties between the country and Africa and help the continent expand its agricultural capabilities (5/11).
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Health Reform Questions Likely To Arise In Supreme Court Nominee’s Confirmation Hearings
GOP lawmakers may grill President Barack Obama's latest Supreme Court nominee, Elana Kagan, over her views on the recent health overhaul law.
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CMS Will Keep A Close Eye On ‘Innovation’ Funding
Funds for new Medicare experiments - appropriated as part of the health law - may require special scrutiny to ensure they are spent correctly.
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Transparency Debate: Leftover Of Health Overhaul
Some lawmakers, from both parties, have proposed more aggressive legislation to unveil the prices of health care services, arguing that the recently passed health overhaul doesn't go far enough on this topic
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Group Worries About Proposals To Allow Drug Marketing On Social Media Websites
The Center for Digital Democracy is concerned over proposals to allow pharmaceutical companies to market drugs on social media websites, which is under examination at the Food and Drug Administration, the National Journal's Tech Daily Dose reports.
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