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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Research Roundup: Whistleblowers, Spreading Best Practices, Medicare’s Growth-Limiting Strategy
Studies and briefs in this week's roundup come from the New England Journal of Medicine, the Urban Institute, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, the Commonwealth Fund, the Kaiser Family Foundation, Mathematica and the British Medical Journal.
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Michigan Insurance And Medical Groups To Launch Project To Reduce Readmissions
Project will involve training and mentoring for physician organizations and hospitals.
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Hospitals Plan Joint Efforts To Increase Efficiency
An association of California hospitals has proposed creating a foundation to supply doctors to at least 20 of its 160 members, with more likely to join if the project takes off.
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Obama Administration Cracks Down On Health Care Fraud
Government recovered $2.5 billion in efforts to stop Medicare fraud.
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First Edition: May 14, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about Democrats' "health reform fatigue" and Republicans' skepticism regarding White House claims that reform's implementation phase is going smoothly.
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Home Health Care Stocks Fall With Senate Finance Committee Inquiry
The Senate panel's questions regarding how some home health care provider companies bill Medicare made company shareholders nervous, though analysts don't expect that "significant wrongdoing" will be uncovered, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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GOP Launches Attacks On CMS Nominee Berwick
Republicans have begun attacking Donald Berwick, a doctor and Harvard professor nominated to head the Obama administration's Medicare and Medicaid agency.
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Justice Dept. Defends Health Law Implementation From Court Injunction
The Justice Department released a statement yesterday defending the federal health overhaul law from legal critics who claim that the individual mandate requiring Americans to purchase insurance is unconstitutional.
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Health Reform Implementation Issues: Emergency Room Costs, Consumer Websites And Small Business Questions
Kaiser Health News reports that the new health reform law guarantees insurance companies must cover emergency care at hospitals in- or out-of-network at the same rate, and other news outlets examine other health reform implementation issues.
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Today’s Opinions: CBO Numbers Undercut Health Law Promises; Concerns About Berwick Nomination; The Rescission Myth
A selection of today's opinions and editorials
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