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Today’s Headlines – Nov. 15, 2011
Good morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Supreme Court will take up the health law. The New York Times: Justices To Hear Health Care Case As Race Heats Up The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the 2010 health care overhaul law, President Obama’s […]
Today’s Headlines – Nov. 14, 2011
Good morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the Supreme Court’s expected health law announcement; about where things stand with the super committee and its fast-approaching deadline; and other health policy news. Los Angeles Times: A Buoyed Healthcare Law Reaches Supreme Court After a year and a half of […]
Conventional health care wisdom says that a less invasive procedure will be less expensive: Fewer days in the hospital and an easier recovery should reduce costs, right? Well, it’s complicated. A new heart valve device and procedure approved by the FDA last week costs less than the standard treatment, but it can’t replace that procedure. […]
Today’s Headlines – Nov. 11, 2011
Happy Veterans Day! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the challenges the super committee continues to confront its deadline approaces, as well as news about the Supreme Court’s announcement on whether it will hear health law appeals. The Associated Press/Washington Post: Supreme Court Says Nothing About Whether It Will […]
Do Extra Brain Cells Offer A Clue To Autism?
Every week, reporter Jessica Marcy selects interesting reads from around the Web. Time: Study: Autistic Children Have More Brain Cells There’s growing evidence that the brains of autistic children are very different from the brains of other youngsters. Now a new study that found an excess of brain cells in children with autism comes closer […]
Today’s Headlines – Nov. 10, 2011
Good morning! Here are today’s early morning headlines. The New York Times: Panel Is At Impasse, But Obama Sees No Reason To Step In The White House’s expectations for the special Congressional committee on deficit reduction, never high, have been all but dashed now that the panel has reached a partisan impasse less than two […]
States Cut Mental Health Budgets As Demand Increases
More than half the states have cut their mental health budgets since the recession hit home, while the economic slump has pushed up demand for such services, according to a new report from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. TABLE.blogtable { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 200px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; PADDING-TOP: 0px; […]
GOP Candidates Urge ‘Market Forces’ For Health Care, Complain About Format
In last night’s CNBC debate, moderator Maria Bartiromo asked the eight candidates
Does Walmart aim to be a major player in the world of primary care health services – or not? A request for information letter the retailer sent to its strategic partners in late October says the firm wants just that – but Walmart backed off on its own document Wednesday, calling part of it “overwritten […]
Workforce Shortages To Strain Certain California Communities
Medical workforce shortages will disproportionately strain certain communities in California, as at least 4 million more people receive coverage in coming years through the 2010 federal health law, a new report finds. Researchers at the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California, San Francisco, wrote that “distribution (of health professionals) poses a […]
Does Herman Cain Want A State Takeover of Medicare?
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1 Herman Cain is certain to face tough questioning about his personal behavior in tonight’s CNBC debate among the Republican presidential hopefuls. But one of the candidate’s recent policy proposals might merit more attention from the debate’s moderators: Just how does Cain propose to fix Medicare’s finances? During his health policy speech last week, Cain […]
Today’s Headlines – Nov. 9, 2011
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports on the latest super committee’ developments, an appeals court upholds the health law and results from yesterday’s elections. The New York Times: Health Law Survives Test In Court Of Appeals The decision came as the Supreme Court is about to consider whether to take […]
Mixed Verdict: Ohioans Vote Against Health Law; Miss. ‘Personhood’ Fails
Ohioans overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment designed to block implementation of the individual mandate in the Buckeye State, but Mississippi voters rejected an anti-abortion amendment to that state’s constitution. Here are some details of last night’s election results — and what they mean about the voters’ mood on health policy issues: Ohio Referendums: By a […]
Herman Cain On States’ Role In Medicare
Cain says he want to “talk to the states” about the federal health program for seniors.
Panel Proposes Cures For Health IT Ills
For all of the federal government’s enthusiasm to move the health care system into electronic medical records — in tandem with the implementation of the health care law — the widespread use of information technology for patient care still raises some concerns, according to a new report today from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The IOM’s 197-page report, requested by the […]
Kansas Announces Sweeping Medicaid Restructuring
The major overhaul of the state’s Medicaid program announced Tuesday would put nearly all Medicaid recipients into private, managed-care plans.
Grumpiest Hospital Patients Are In New York City, Chicago and Florida
Not all hospital patients are alike. Some are harder to satisfy. Especially those who are admitted to hospitals in and around New York City, Chicago and sections of Florida. Patients in those regions of the country gave some of the lowest evaluations of their hospital stays, a Kaiser Health News analysis of Medicare data shows. Those […]
Today’s Headlines – Nov. 8, 2011
Good morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including stories on malpractice reforms and previews of voting in Ohio on two ballot questions affecting health care issues and a Mississippi abortion issue. Politico: Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts Stalled In a bid to win support for health reform from skeptical doctors back in 2009, […]
Study Finds Potential, Challenges For Bundled Payments
It’s almost Black Friday, when people across the country will be doing price comparisons to save money on their holiday gifts. And a new study shows that reducing price differences among hospitals could provide the U.S. health care system with a similar gift: lower costs. Researchers reporting in Health Affairs on Monday found that, after adjusting for […]
Chart: Changes In Popular D.C. Area Medicare Drug Plans For 2012
Details on changes in Medicare Part D plans in the Washington, D.C., area for 2012.
