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The New York Times reports that young people - representing nearly one-third of the 46 million uninsured in America - stand to "reap substantial benefits" from expanded coverage for them in the new health law.
State budget challenges are slowing efforts to expand children's health program.
States around the country are debating how to deal with health costs and tight budgets.
Reuters reports that 150 academic researchers touring the nation to make recommendations on diuretics and best and cheapest practices for blood pressure medicine have reported a 23 percent increase in patients who get the recommended drugs, "twice the increase in the U.S. over the same period."
A federally-funded health information training program is now underway.
News outlets report on efforts to define medical expenses as opposed to administrative expenses when it comes to the mandated medical loss ratios in the new health law.
"The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it will soon send Medicare beneficiaries a special mailing on 'the immediate benefits they may see' from the health care overhaul law," according to CQ HealthBeat.
The Obama administration warned the health care industry Monday that it "won't hesitate to block mergers that threaten to stifle competition," The Associated Press reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, incluidng details regarding an Obama administration warning to the insurance industry about mergers.
Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports that regulators also are trying to resolve which insurance plans will be covered under the new law.
"Measles is making a rapid comeback in African, Asian and even some European countries despite being easily avoided through vaccination, the World Health Organization said Friday as countries pledged to sharply cut infections and deaths worldwide by 2015," the Associated Press reports (Jordans, 5/22). On the final day of the 63rd Annual World Health Assembly, the assembly endorsed a series of interim targets towards the global eradication of measles, VOA News reports.
Researchers estimate that 7.7 million children under the age of 5 will die this year, an indication that global child deaths "seem to have fallen faster than officials thought," according to a study, published online Monday in the Lancet, the Associated Press reports (Cheng, 5/23).
A study in Africa, presented Sunday at the International Microbicides Conference (M2010) in Pittsburgh, has shown that a man's risk of HIV infection doubles if his HIV-positive partner is pregnant, according to HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report.
Before they leave for the Memorial Day recess, lawmakers are facing a bill which includes a provision the Medicare "doc fix" and an extension of COBRA subsidies to newly laid-off workers.
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
By June 1, medical professionals who allow patients to pay in installments will have to abide by a "red flags" rule designed to protect consumers from identity theft. Several groups filed a lawsuit to get an exemption.
Lawmakers are considering a range of policy issues at the state level.
Health systems in Florida are appealing to patients with language services and by offering a "medical home" to improve care.
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