Today’s Editorials And Opinions
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of today's opinions and editorials.
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Kaiser Health News presents a selection of today's opinions and editorials.
States consider major cuts to Medicaid services and reimbursement rates to help fill gaps in the budget.
Women are saying they face roadblocks to care when they seek treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals, even as they return in record numbers from battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News reports.
CNN reports on wasteful spending in the American health care system.
A five-day workshop that opened Monday in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will address ways to improve HIV/AIDS surveillance in the Asia region, Viet Nam News reports. The workshop has brought together "surveillance technical staff from government departments, non-governmental organisations and U.S. Government agencies from 14 countries in Asia to provide updates and best practices on key issues related to the conduct and use of HIV/AIDS surveillance data," according to the news service (3/3).
House Democrats prepare to introduce legislation on Medicare drug prices while senators propose lifting cap on Medicare's inpatient mental health benefits.
After five days of blocking Senate action, Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., allowed passage of an unemployment benefits package that would delay a cut in Medicare payments to doctors and briefly extend COBRA benefits.
UNAIDS on Tuesday launched a five-year initiative to help tackle gender inequalities and human rights violations that increase the vulnerability of women worldwide to HIV/AIDS, BBC reports (3/3).
As part of her trip to Latin America, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton handed out 25 satellite phones on Tuesday in Chile and said the U.S. would help "in any way the government of Chile asks us to," the Washington Times reports (3/3).
"Clinton toured an area of the airport where tea, flour and other supplies were being loaded into boxes for shipment to parts of the country where supplies are short," the Associated Press/New York Times reports.
News outlets profile Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and the "everyday Americans" invited to a White House forum on health care last year.
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which last week probed Anthem's increases in Calif., seeks testimony and records from four other health insurers.
Within the next two years, 58 percent of small physician practices surveyed by Accenture and Harris Interactive will have begun using electronic medical records.
People seeking care by using someone else's name and insurance could complicate that person's care if bad information, such as blood type or medications, are added to the victim's medical records.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about President Obama's outreach yesterday to the GOP and his speech today detailing new elements of his health reform plan.
Nelson says, "Doing nothing on healthcare reform might seem like a reasonable option to some, but in my opinion it's not," The Hill reports.
In a letter to congressional leaders, Obama listed many areas of interest, including medical malpractice and combating waste fraud and abuse.
President Obama will focus on cost when he presents the blueprint for his latest health care reform overhaul on Wednesday.
President Obama is expected to urge congress to use this legislative tool tomorrow when he announces his new overhaul plan.
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