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Additionally, The Tulsa World reports that Oklahoma health providers will face lower Medicaid payments after the Oklahoma Health Care Authority approved Thursday a 3.25 reduction in reimbursement rates to providers.
Reports explore data breaches, privacy concerns and patients' access to their own medical records.
A new poll show the race for the Senate seat formerly held by Sen. Edward Kennedy is in a dead heat, putting the critical 60th vote in the Senate on health care reform in jeopardy.
News outlets focus on lawmakers, including Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.
Today's roundup of research and analysis explores studies on care for low-income patients in New Orleans, why the rise is bioresearch funds is declining, new physician guidelines for dealing with caregivers, and aspects of the health overhaul debate.
State governors and other lawmakers continue to worry that an expansion of Medicaid could put their budgets in crisis.
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are closing in on the deals necessary to finalize their sweeping health overhaul package.
Lobbyists for generic biologic drugmakers are fighting to undercut a provision that would protect brand-name pharmaceutical companies from lower-cost, generic competition over new products for 12 years.
President Barack Obama promised to wage "a great campaign" in support of health reform, and he praised lawmakers who made "tough choices" with possible electoral consequences during the House Democrats' annual retreat Thursday on Capitol Hill.
"Twenty Republican governors and governors-elect are accusing the White House of providing too little transparency on health care, causing worry that 'deals' are being cut without their input," Politico reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including coverage of the agreement reached by the White House, Democratic leaders and Unions regarding the "Cadillac" tax.
Kaiser Health News reports on the fight over whether states or the federal government should run a proposed health insurance marketplace and the "outcome has big implications for consumers."
In the race to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat, Republican Scott Brown is campaigning to be the "41st vote" against the health overhaul bill--the number needed by Republicans to halt the bill in the Senate.
News reports suggest Democratic leaders have reached a deal to include an excise tax on high-cost health insurance plans to pay for their health care overhaul.
"Scientists on Wednesday unveiled the genome of the soybean, saying it was an achievement that should deepen understanding of one of the world's most important crops, help to boost yields and defend the plant against pests," Agence France-Presse reports.
Kaiser Health News presents a roundup of state and local news.
"Aid started flowing into Haiti Wednesday in the wake of the earthquake that slammed the impoverished nation late Tuesday afternoon," CNN reports. "One of two [U.S] military cargo planes carrying a 30-man assessment team arrived at Port-au-Prince airport Wednesday evening to assess Haiti's needs." The article outlines aid groups' strategy for coordinating efforts and also lists countries' contributions to relief efforts (1/14).
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