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A two-part series published in the Worcester, Mass., Telegram & Gazette explores the reasons health care costs are on the rise, and what consumers, medical professionals and policy makers may be able to do about it.
Firms are preparing to cash in on stimulus funding for electronic medical record development, while others fret that the influx of money will steer customers away from their products to more traditional systems.
A provision of the health reform law that goes into effect June 1 was explained last week by the White House. The $5 billion program will help companies fund health coverage of early retirees.
On Monday, the Obama administration is expected to announce rules concerning the section of the new health law that allows young adults (up to age 26) to stay on their parents' insurance plan.
In his weekly address, President Obama said the new law is "holding insurance companies accountable," and young adults may be able to be covered by their parents' policies "this spring."
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including how 'gradfathering' will be defined in regulations and the latest details on the early retiree reinsurance program.
A rift between health insurers and lawmakers is widening again, news outlets report.
Country and donor under-investment in agriculture has hindered food security across Africa, Jacques Diouf, director-general of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said on Thursday at the group's 26th Regional Conference for Africa in Luanda, Angola, Reuters reports.
A Lancet World Report examines the details of the Canadian government's strategy for the G8 maternal and child health initiative and reactions from global health leaders and politicians to the plan, including the announcement during a meeting of G8 leaders Halifax, Nova Scotia, that the initiative would not support abortion.
On the second day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, Graca Machel, founder and president of the Foundation for Community Development, called on African governments to implement strategies aimed at empowering women in order to accelerate the continent's social and economic development, Tanzania Daily News/allAfrica.com reports.
CBSNews.com reports on the development of a dry, inhalable measles vaccine by researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU-Boulder), who hope that their work will "help pave the way for the inexpensive treatment of a range of other illnesses" (Cooper, 5/5).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and South Africa's Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) will join the Pool for Open Innovation against Neglected Tropical Diseases, Science|Business reports. According to Science|Business, "MIT is the first university to contribute intellectual property to the pool," while South Africa's TIA is the first government agency to join (5/6).
Politico reports that regardless of party, "health care reform is treacherous campaign territory."
State leaders around America are considering their options in complying with or challenging the new health law.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will limit the kinds of surgeries at some hospitals after a review of surgical deaths at a hospital in southern Illinois.
A report out Thursday on the accessibility of doctors to pharmaceutical reps showed less physicians are letting reps visit them.
A House Committee opens inquiry saying "the company's repeated recalls 'point to a major problem' with production," Reuter reports.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of today's opinions and editorials from around the country.
Hospitals in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., are all facing financial turmoil that could lead to consequences for the instiutions' identities and staffs.
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