State Round Up: Florida Considers Eliminating Popular Medicaid Plan; State Program For Low-Income Adults Changing In Minn.
States change Medicaid plans amid struggling budgets and face other challenges in providing care to low-income populations.
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States change Medicaid plans amid struggling budgets and face other challenges in providing care to low-income populations.
The Lancet has formally retracted a controversial paper published 12 years ago that purported the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism.
States are grappling with some of the same issues Congress explored.
Democrats will face an uphill climb in the 2010 elections regardless of whether they pass health care legislation according to a new poll.
The many available Medicare Advantage plans often confuse consumers.
Officials worry about questionable health insurance plans.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a genetics company that holds patents on breast- and ovarian-cancer-causing genes, saying their claims on the two genes hinders further research by other companies and scientists.
Many hospitals suffer from the effects of the struggling economy. Meanwhile, community health center increasingly provide more care and help fill in health care gaps.
News outlets feature profiles and opinions of the CEOs of some of the largest American drug manufacturers.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that House Democrats have a plan for their next health reform move.
Compromise is difficult on insurance regulatory reforms, but not passing reform could lead many young voters to stay home in the 2010 elections.
News outlets covered the mixed signals on Capitol Hill on the prospects for Democratic health legislation.
President Obama said the government needs to fix the health insurance system, which, he added, often works better for the insurance industry than it does for Americans.
President Barack Obama's FY 2011 budget request for global health totals $9.6 billion and includes funding for global health activities within the State Department, USAID and HHS, the Wall Street Journal reports. "That compares with $8.8 billion enacted for fiscal 2010," according to the newspaper (McKay, 2/1).
The challenges associated with protecting the people of Africa from malaria took center stage Monday during the second day of the African Union (AU) Summit, the New Times/allAfrica.com reports (2/2).
The FDA on Monday said it's entering into a collaboration with the nonprofit group PATH "to speed creation of a pneumococcal vaccine for children in developing nations," United Press International reports (2/1).
"The federal government announced on Monday that it would reimburse American hospitals who treat Haitian earthquake victims with life-threatening injuries, making it possible for more hospitals in states outside Florida to consider taking those patients," the New York Times reports.
Democrats' health overhaul efforts are stalled in Congress, but President Obama's 2011 budget offers a "modest" back-up plan.
Analysts, considering past experiences and present situation, evaluate options for President Obama and a Democratic Congress to enact health reform.
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