Posts Tagged ‘health’
Health Bill Deal ‘Close’ Though Some Democrats – And All Republicans – Hold Out
Congressional Democrats, reportedly closing in on a final health reform agreement, are seeking to alleviate concerns of reluctant members. The Associated Press: “It will come down to a phenomenal effort by congressional leaders and the White House to win over skittish lawmakers after a year of incendiary debate …
States’ Legislative Health Initiatives Stall
The Boston Globe: “A group of Massachusetts mayors, fed up with what they say is legislative inaction on skyrocketing municipal health care costs, has launched a ballot initiative for 2012 aimed at giving cities and towns more flexibility in reducing expensive benefits for employees, retirees, and elected officials” (Murphy, 3/10)…
Administration, Health Insurers Point Fingers At Each Other In Premium Hike Dust-Up
The Obama administration and insurance industry executives are continuing their battle over rate increases. Politico: “Insurance industry executives sat down with administration officials in the White House last week to justify their rising premium costs, attributing them to increasing medical costs. But it’s an answer President Barack Obama apparently wasn’t buying…
President Announces Plans To Crack Down On Health Care Fraud
The Boston Globe: “President Barack Obama said Tuesday he’ll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system. … Obama’s anti-fraud announcement was aimed directly at the political middle.” “Waste and fraud are pervasive problems for Medicare and Medicaid. …
Medical ID Thefts Can Harm Patients’ Health; Prosecutors Go After Medicare Fraud
News outlets covered different aspects of fraud in the health care system. NPR/KSMU: “Experts say a different type of identity theft is on the rise — one that could compromise both the victim’s credit and physical safety…
GOP Rejects Obama’s Compromise On Health Care, Wants ‘New Approach’
USA Today: “President Obama offered to add a handful of Republican ideas to his 10-year, $950 billion health care plan Tuesday but was rebuffed and urged to start over.The letter from Obama to the GOP signalling his interest in four specific Republican health reform ideas was met with an icy reception from Republican leaders. …
Last Chance To Change Medicare Health Plans
People with Medicare have one last chance to change their Medicare health plan before they are locked into their plan for the rest of 2010. During the Open Enrollment Period, which began January 1 and lasts through March 31, people with Medicare are allowed to change their choice of Medicare health coverage once…
Neurologists On Capitol Hill To Push For Health Care Reform
What: More than 100 neurologists from 40 states will be in Washington, DC, March 8-9, 2010, for “Neurology on the Hill,” an event hosted by the American Academy of Neurology to educate lawmakers about the need for health care reform changes that consider neurologists and the patients they treat, including people with Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, mi…
AMA Enters Health IT Partnerships
The American Medical Association has made deals with computer retailer Dell, and Ingenix, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, to “help physicians adopt and implement electronic health records”, the Chicago Tribune reports. The terms of the deals were not released, but one part of the arrangement with Ingenix will be to offer doctors a Web-based medical record system called CareTracker…
Blogs Comment On State Antiabortion Bills, Health Reform Summit, Other Topics
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Making Miscarriage Murder,” Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon’s “Broadsheet”: A Utah bill (HB 12) awaiting action from Gov. Gary Herbert (R) “could criminalize miscarriage,” according to Williams…
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