Today’s OpEds: DeMint, Pingree And Others On Effects Of New Health
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Archives: Morning Breakouts
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States Gear Up For Implementation, Others Continue To Fight Overhaul
States gear up for implementation while others continue to fight overhaul.
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Mass. Health Official Quits, Rumors Say He’s Washington Bound
The director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, an agency that led the state's 2006 health overhaul law implementation, has resigned, saying he's interested in the national legislation.
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Health Law Help For Those With Preexisting Conditions; IRS To Enforce Individual Mandate Through Refunds
Reports explore provisions of the legislation that affect people with preexisting conditions who can't buy insurance on the individual market, and how the IRS will enforce the individual mandate.
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Harvard Researchers’ Beef? Insurance Companies Owning Fast Food Stock
A study by Harvard researchers raises concerns about leading insurance companies investing in fast food restaurants. But the industry says it needs to have diversity in its holdings and get the best possible value for customers.
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Sen. Rockefeller Casts ‘A Watchful Eye’ On Insurers’ Accounting Practices
A new Senate report cautions insurers about using accounting tricks to meet new health law requirements.
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Federal Cancer Research Is ‘At A Breaking Point,’ IOM Study Finds
The National Cancer Institute program that coordinates and facilitates cancer studies needs greater funding and an overhaul because of inefficiency, according to a study by the Institute of Medicine.
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Research Roundup: Revamping NCI Clinical Trials, Reducing Malpractice Suits, Health Disparities Persist
Today's research roundup includes studies and briefs from the Institutes of Medicine, Rand Corp., the journal Circulation, AHRQ, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund.
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First Edition: April 16, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about congressional passage of a temporary extension of jobless benefits -- including a COBRA subsidy -- and a directive issued yesterday by President Obama to extend medical rights for same-sex partners.
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Hospitals Experience Hardships, Including Staff Reductions And Quality Penalties
A California hospital faes state and Medicare program fines while a Florida institution continues to confront budget issues.
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Director Of Mass. Health Connector Authority Steps Down
State officials and a memo to Massachusetts' health-plan providers suggest Kingsdale may eventually be headed for a position on the Obama administration's health overhaul implementation team.
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Failure To Demonstrate Insurance Coverage In 2014 Could Hinder Tax Refund
An IRS official, testifying during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, said the agency has tools it can use to enforce the new health law's insurance requirement. Meanwhile, Kaiser Health News provides a touch of health policy humor with a "Tax Day" cartoon.
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Despite Global Economy, Aid Flow To Poor Countries Continued To Grow In 2009, OECD Report Finds
"Governments in developed countries continued to increase the amount of aid they gave to poorer countries in 2009, despite the financial crisis, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD] said," following the release of its annual review of aid, the Wall Street Journal reports (Hannon, 4/14).
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Legislation To Create USAID Office Of Water
"The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation [by voice vote] Tuesday launching a government effort to provide 100 million people in the world's poorest countries with first-time access to safe drinking water and modern sanitation," CongressDaily reports.
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Vote Expected Today On COBRA Subsidy Extension
Democrats' extension of jobless benefits - including provisions to extend a subsidy to help the newly laid-off afford health insurance - passed a key procedural test yesterday. A final Senate vote on the bill could come today.
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Congress Sends Haiti Recovery Act To President Obama
The House of Representatives approved a measure by voice vote Wednesday that "instructs U.S. directors at the International Monetary Fund and other global development institutions to use their votes and influence to cancel Haiti's debt," CongressDaily reports (4/15).
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Senate Democrats Move Closer To Passing Bill That Will Delay Medicare Pay Cut Slated For Doctors
On a tight vote Wednesday, the Senate agreed to exempt the doctor payment fix from rules that all spending must be paid for.
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China Responds To 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake
China is responding to a major earthquake that injured thousands of people Wednesday in the country's Tibetan region, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the initial earthquake at a magnitude of 6.9, the news service reports.
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First Meeting Of WHO H1N1 Response Probe Concludes
The first meeting of external experts tasked with reviewing the WHO's handling of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus came to a close Wednesday, with health leaders maintaining it was still too early to declare the pandemic over, Agence France-Presse reports.
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