Congress And The VA Deal With Complications Of Veterans’ Health Care
Pressure from Congress telling the Department of Veterans Affairs to make it easier for veterans to settle their disability claims is sparking some controversy.
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Health Care Practitioners Call For National Database To Crack Down On Prescription Drug Abuse
"Doctors can be hamstrung in making critical decisions about prescribing painkillers if they aren't able to find out if patients filled prescriptions elsewhere," The Associated Press reports.
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Kids’ Health Can Suffer When Parents Must Choose Between Health Care And Basic Necessities
"The health of children is harmed when families are forced to choose between medical care and basic household necessities such as food, rent and utilities, a new study found," HealthDay News/U.S. News & World Report writes.
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As Doctor Frustration With Medicare Pay Grows, A Few Opt To Leave The System
Other doctors cut down on the number of Medicare patients they will see and some areas are reporting that seniors are having trouble finding a doctor. Also, hospice leaders report stiff cuts in Medicare reimbursements.
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Anesthesiologist Group To Decertify Physicians Who Help With Lethal Injections
The American Board of Anesthesiologists "has quietly decided to revoke the certification of any member who participates in executing a prisoner by lethal injection," The Washington Post reports.
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Calif. Doctors Say E-Health Saved Lives; In Mich., Doctors Visit Patients Online
For the first time, doctors say they have demonstrated the life-saving potential of an e-health system. Also, online physician visits are blossoming in Michigan and some insurers are reimbursing doctors for the services.
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First Edition: May 3, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news about the insurance industry and states' decisions regarding high risk pools.
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Some Republican States Opting Out Of High Risk Health Insurance Pools
Gov. Crist says Florida will let the federal government set up the new pool there. News outlets covered the variety of state responses to the federal government's deadline on high risk insurance pools, a provision of the new health law.
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Officials’ Plan To Enforce Rescission Ban Still Unclear
WellPoint, UnitedHealth and other major insurers have said they will move early to end the practice of terminating policies when policyholders become sick. But the plan to enforce the ban remains unclear.
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Federal Deadline On State Health Insurance ‘Pools’ Sparks Confrontations, Triggers Decisions
Today is the deadline for states to announce whether they will run new insurance pools for high-risk patients or leave the task to the federal government.
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While Global Adult Mortality Rates Drop, Gaps Between Countries Grow, Lancet Study Finds
"The global mortality rate for adults [ages 15-59] has fallen by about 1 percent a year for the past 40 years, with women making greater gains than men and huge differences opening up between countries and regions over that period, according to a new study" published online Friday in the journal Lancet, the Washington Post reports, noting the study offers "the most detailed nation-by-nation trends in adult mortality" to date.
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Tobacco Companies Increase Marketing To Women In Developing Countries
Agence France-Presse examines a trend among tobacco firms targeting ads toward women in developing countries: "Advertisements telling smokers they are smarter, more energetic and better lovers than their non-smoking counterparts are a familiar sight across Bangladesh
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Report Highlights Lack Of Humanitarian Access To Cyclone Nargis Survivors In Myanmar
"Almost two years after Cyclone Nargis killed nearly 140,000 people in Myanmar, the repression of rights in areas hit by the cyclone continues and the humanitarian space in the country is shrinking instead of growing as originally hoped, a [Human Rights Watch] report released on Thursday said," Reuters AlertNet reports.
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NPR Examines U.N.’s Effort To Stop Sexual Violence In War
"Hundreds of thousands of women in conflict zones around the world have been or are now becoming victims of rape and sexual torture," reflects Michel Martin, host of NPR's "Tell Me More," as she interviewed Margot Wallstrom, U.N. special representative on sexual violence in conflict, in a show examining the U.N.'s "ramped up" campaign to end systemic sexual violence in war.
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Foreign Policy Examines Global Food Security
Foreign Policy magazine has published two opposing pieces on global food security and farming.
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Schwarzenegger Expresses Support For Health Law While Reid Uses Reform As Campaign Issue
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday announced his support of the health reform law, even as other Republicans around the United States look for ways to roll back the overhaul.
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Today’s Opinions: Ending Rescissions, Exploring Issues Of Doctor Payments And The Oklahoma Abortion Law
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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Modern Healthcare Reports On Health IT Implementation Meeting
"Since passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act early last year, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has had its hands full doing what its name implies-stage managing a massive national health IT promotional production," Modern Healthcare reports.
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Officials Face Challenges In Writing New Health Law Regulations
National Journal reports that Obama administration officials face a "monumental task" in writing new regulations to the health care law while keeping one eye on public perception ahead of November's midterm elections.
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