Health Law’s Impact On ERs, Doctors’ Panel, Young Adults Examined
Officials and stakeholders are examining the new health reform law for changes that the reform will mean for their organizations and industries.
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Insurance Groups Seek To Limit Health Law Damage With Medical-Loss Ratio Definitions
Insurance groups are wrangling with regulators on defining a few key terms that will significantly alter how they do business under the new health reform law.
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Five-Day World Health Assembly Meeting Kicks Off In Geneva
The annual meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA) convened on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/Monsters and Critics.com reports. According to the news service, influenza vaccines, the fight against tuberculosis, intellectual property and reducing counterfeit drugs will be discussed (4/17).
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To Achieve MDGs, Economic Policies Must Help Poor, UNDP Head Says
Economic policies that help the poor will bring the world closer to meeting the Millennium Development Goals [MDGs]
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USAID’s Shah On Six-Day Visit To Africa
"[O]n his first visit to Africa since taking charge as the administrator of USAID in January," Rajiv Shah said in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday that the agency "is working to make Africa a bigger priority within the organization," the Associated Press writes. USAID, which "funds and runs programs to improve health, food security, democracy and entrepreneurship in Africa," has offices in 23 countries on the continent, according to the AP (5/15).
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Medicaid Growth In Utah Slows; Arizona Sees Drop in CHIP Beneficiaries
Medicaid rolls continued to swell in Utah, but growth was slower than in recent months. Arizona's children's health insurance program, meanwhile, blocked new enrollments in January and has seen its numbers shrink by 26 percent.
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Small Business Lobby, Others Join States’ Lawsuit Against Health Law
The National Federation of Independent Business joined a lawsuit filed by mostly Republican attorneys generals challenging the new federal health reform law.
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Dartmouth To Start Health Care Delivery Research Center
"Dartmouth College is getting $35 million to open a center it hopes will help the nation take the next big steps in health care reform: improving quality while lowering costs," The Associated Press reports.
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Investigators Pursue N.Y. Leads On Hospital Corruption; Crack Down In Fla. Fraud Probe
A New York hospital system has become entwined in a corruption scandal that sent a state lawmaker to prison for six years.
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Employer-Provided Health Insurance To Remain Dominant Under Health Law
News outlets report on employer-provided health insurance and suggest that the overall number of Americans who are insured through their workplace is unlikely to change substantially under the health law.
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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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