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Companies large and small will adjust to the “good and bad news” on the impact of the health reform law.
Federal Agencies’ Complicated Task: Implementing Health Reform Provisions
With the passage of health care reform legislation, government agencies begin to examine how to implement various provisions in the overhaul.
Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials.
FDA Considers Tightening Restrictions On Tanning Beds
The Food and Drug Administration may tighten restrictions on tanning beds “amid evidence they raise the risk of skin cancer beyond exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
IRIN Examines New Global Agricultural Strategy Report
IRIN examines a new global food security strategy based on a report to be presented on March 28 at the first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in France. The article includes details about food insecurity around the world, which has given rise to the need for new methods of providing more food.
Republicans Prepare Political Health Reform Attack On Defiant Obama
President Barack Obama told Republicans to “go for it” on a health reform repeal try Thursday as Republicans prepared to continue their assault on the legislation through the November elections and beyond.
Health Reform Brings Significant Changes To Medicare, Medicare Advantage
New outlets examine changes to Medicare with the new health reform law.
Hospitals Face Cuts, Restructuring To Cope With Flagging Economy
Hospitals in New York and Boston are coping with losses in their own ways.
Aid Groups Should Work To Make Haiti Self-Sufficient, Former President Clinton Says
Former President Bill Clinton asked aid groups working in Haiti on Thursday to focus on making the nation more self-sufficient, the Associated Press reports. Clinton, the U.N. special envoy to Haiti, spoke ahead of a U.N. donor conference on rebuilding Haiti next week.
COBRA Benefits In Danger Of Expiring As Lawmakers Fight Over Cost
Some unemployment benefits may soon expire as lawmakers fight over the cost of legislation that would extend health insurance coverage under COBRA for Americans struggling to find work.
Young Doctors Shifting Away From Private Practice, Primary Care Shortage Persists
News outlets report on changes in the practice of medicine and what health reform means for primary care doctors.
Administration Officials’ Key Health Reform Roles
News outlets report on the role of Obama administration officials and the health overhaul.
GOP Responds To Threats, Vandalism Over Health Care Legislation
Republicans reacted strongly to the flurry of threats and vandalism over the passage of health care overhaul, saying Democrats are trying to exploit the incidents.
Research Roundup: Middle Class Health Cost Burden, Disparities And Cancer, Summary Of New Health Law
This week’s research roundup has studies and briefs from Health Affairs, the Urban Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, George Washington University, and the Kaiser Family Foundation, among others.
Today’s early morning highlights stories from major news organizations, including reports on congressional passage of the final piece of the health overhaul legislation, President Barack Obama’s trip to Iowa to tout the law’s benefits and some concerns raised by big business.
House Passes Final Piece Of Landmark Health Reform, 220-207
In the final act of the historic health reform of 2010, the House of Representatives tonight gave final approval to the compromise bill passed earlier in the day by the Senate.
Senate Passes Health Reform Reconciliation Bill, Sends It Back To House
By a vote of 56-43, the Senate passed the health reform reconciliation bill and sent the measure back to the House where members are expected to vote on it later today.
Obama Dares Republicans To Attempt Health Bill Repeal
President Obama travels to Iowa City for a rally where he first called for health care legislation as a candidate.
GOP’s Cantor Reports Someone Fired On His Office, Says Dems Are ‘Fanning The Flames’
Rep. Eric Cantor, the number 2 House Republican, accuses Democrats of using reports of violence for political gain.
Parties Vie For Political Momentum After Health Vote
News outlets analyze how the health care debate has already become a proxy for 2010 election fights, with candidates and leaders in both parties wielding the issue.
