Doctors Face Medicare Payment Cuts; Congress Considers Short-Term Fix
Medicare reimbursement rates could fall by 21 percent on March 1 if Congress does not act.
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Reid Wants COBRA Subsidy Extension, Eyes Medicaid Funds For States
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to extend unemployment benefits, health insurance subsidies for the recently laid off and help for state Medicaid budgets that would cost $100 billion.
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First Edition: February 24, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the run-up to tomorrow's White House health summit and the latest from Capitol Hill regarding the outlook for health reform.
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Obama Backs Repeal Of Health Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption
The White House makes another move in its tussle with insurers.
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Doubts, Questions Loom Over Planned Bipartisan Health Summit
More reactions to President Obama's health proposal are trickling in from Capitol Hill, as the White House attempts to parry Republican criticism by asking GOP lawmakers to put their own plan on the table.
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Obama Builds On Senate Health Bill In Hopes Of Broader Support
President Obama's new proposal, an effort to resuscitate the stalled health debate, merges the separate legislation passed in the Senate and House into something with which the administration hopes both chambers will find agreement.
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The White House Weighed Political Risks In Health Plan Calculation
President Obama's health overhaul proposal suggests the administration will continue an aggressive push for sweeping legislation, flouting conjecture that the loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority would lead to scaled-back plans, news analyses suggest.
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Insurers Reject Obama’s Proposal For A Rate-Hike Review Panel
President Obama's recently unveiled overhaul proposal puts the heat on insurers by requiring federal oversight of their premium rate hikes, something the industry has strenuously objected to.
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Flightless Mosquitoes Could Fight Dengue, Study Says
By rendering female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
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Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Kaiser Health News presents a sampling of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from around the United States.
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State Round Up: Utah Struggling With State Online Health Exchange; California Cracks Down On Discount Health Plans
As states grapple with lower revenues in this budget cycle, New Jersey considers cuts to public employee benefits and Ohio governor proposes switching some Medicaid funds to help seniors at home.
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Senate Committee Report Addresses U.S. Government Response To Haiti
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee report, written by two Senate staffers, who just returned from Haiti where they assessed relief efforts, draws attention to "immediate shelter and sanitation concerns" and voices "concern about the coordination of Washington's U.S. government response to Haiti," Politico's Laura Rozen writes on her blog. A link to the text of the report appears on Politico's Web site.
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Research Addresses Preterm Birth, Stillbirth Health Issues, Highlights Preventive Interventions
New research published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth notes some of the "serious short- and long-term health issues" associated with preterm births and identifies steps that can be taken to reduce the number of stillbirths and premature births worldwide, United Press International reports. Each year, 13 million babies are born preterm and there are 3.2 million stillbirths, according to the research. "Neonatal deaths account for more than 42 percent of mortality in children under age 5
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Poll: Americans Split On Health Care Bills, But Majority Frustrated By Delays
A new tracking poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds Americans still split on the proposed health care overhaul.
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Blair Talks About Combating Malaria In Nigeria, Part Of 3-Nation African Trip
"Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Saturday called for concerted efforts to combat malaria in Nigeria which accounts for a quarter of the [nearly] one million malaria deaths annually in Africa," Agence France-Presse writes (2/20). Blair is scheduled to visit Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone on a three-country trip to Africa, VOA News writes (Ssali, 2/20).
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Trial For Lawsuit Against Anthem Blue Cross Begins In California
At issue is a coverage decision regarding a liver transplant.
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Jobs Bill Missing Medicaid Money For States, Governors Call For Change
The $15 billion jobs bill that passed the Senate Monday does not include additional matching funds for state Medicaid programs, and that has governors and state lawmakers scrambling to try to find other funds to make up the entitlement program shortfall.
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House Antitrust Bill Will Keep Exemption For Med-Mal Insurers
A House bill would revoke the antitrust exemption from health insurers but keep the exemption for medical malpractice insurers.
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Government, With Billions In Loans, Bets Electronic Medical Records Can Improve Care
Electronic health records are creating potential for major improvements in health outcomes for patients as the federal government puts a renewed emphasis on implementing and digitizing patient back stories.
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