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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Examines Aid To Haiti, Rebuilding; Senators Introduce Legislation
At a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Thursday and in a "separate teleconference by relief organizations," officials said international aid to Haiti has been delayed by the "island nation's inept government, a lack of coordination by aid organizations and the legacy of past U.S. policy failures," McClatchy/Miami Herald reports.
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West Africa’s Sahel Belt Could Face Famine In 2010
The European Commission's humanitarian aid department warned Thursday that West Africa's Sahel belt could face famine this year, with millions potentially affected, Reuters reports (John, 1/29). "We are already into what looks like a period of extreme vulnerability and extreme difficulty for the most disadvantaged of the population," according to Brian O'Neill, regional sector head of European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), Agence France-Presse writes.
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Canada To Donate 5M Doses Of H1N1 Vaccine To WHO; Agency Has Received Commitment Of 200M Vaccines
The Canadian government on Thursday announced the country would donate five million doses of H1N1 vaccines to the WHO from the country's current surplus, the Canadian Press reports (Branswell, 1/28). "[T]he donation will help the Geneva-based international body in its efforts to redistribute the vaccine to developing countries that couldn't afford their own supplies," the Globe and Mail reports (Alphonso, 1/28).
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Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Kaiser Health News presents a sampling of Friday's editorials and opinions from around America.
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Single Payer Bill Passes Calif. Senate; Other States Consider Smaller Health Care Changes
California's state Senate voted in favor of creating a single-payer health system Thursday. Other state health news includes Medicaid fixes, veterans issues, and spending from the tobacco settlement.
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Texas Colleges Readying Students To Build, Maintain Electronic Medical Records
Three central Texas colleges are applying for a federal grant to train students in the use of electronic medical records, The Texas Tribune reports.
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Democrats Offer Varying Views On Health Overhaul’s Fate
Senators and representatives offer their views on the latest trajectory of the health overhaul.
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Health Bill – ‘On Life Support’ – Continues To Highlight Political Divides
President Obama's State of the Union speech has so far failed to unite Democrats or get them moving on a strategy to advance health reform.
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Pelosi, Reid Search For Health Reform’s Forward Path
Legislative leaders looking for a way forward on health care reform "conceded that they did not have an immediate strategy" and said their timeline was open-ended.
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Republicans Tout Alternative Health Care Reform Plans, React To Dems
Republicans respond to health care reform efforts with scaled back plans.
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Claims By Obama, Leading Republican Draw Fact-Checker Attention
A handful of news reports examine the claims being tossed around by politicians
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Surgeon General’s Report Lays Out Recommendations To Address Childhood Obesity
First Lady Michelle Obama and health officials open a new campaign against childhood obesity.
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Breast Cancer Patient Battles Insurer; Recession Burdens Charity Clinics
News outlets report on a patient's struggle to get coverage for cancer treatment and over-burdened charity clinics.
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Government Cracks Down On Drug Marketing
Wall Street Journal reports that recent legal actions targeting drug companies show "improper marketing practices are still a problem years after the U.S. government started cracking down on them."
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Novel Health Care Approaches: The ‘Medical Home’ And ‘Medicine At Work’
News outlets report on two novel approaches to health care: the medical home and patient-doctor intereactions via video.
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White House Wants To Scale Up War On Medicare Fraud
The White House plans to ask Congress to increase fraud-fighting funding by 80 percent, in hopes of curbing billions of dollars in Medicare abuses.
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Research Roundup: Raising Seniors’ Co-Pays Increases Costs; The Stimulus And Safety Net Providers
Today's health policy research roundup includes studies on copayments' effect on the quality and cost of care, the effect of stimulus funding on the public health safety net, an increase in teenage pregnancies, a guide for states to increase CHIP enrollment and health IT and "meaningful use."
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Mass. Probe Finds Discrepancies In Health Care Payments; Experts Examine Mayo Clinic As Model For Reform
Health care experts examine discrepancies in health care payments and seek ways to reward efficient high quality, low cost hospitals.
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First Edition: January 29, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest on Dems' efforts to find a way to advance health reform, Dept. of Justice figures regrading health care fraud; and some interesting news from the state level.
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