Posts Tagged ‘reform’
As Reform Hangs In Balance, Policy Benefits Continue To Be Discussed
News outlets report on policy issues the health care reform bills would address. NPR reports on the immediate effects of the proposed health care bill, and that Congressional Democrats are focusing on those benefits in messages to constituents…
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…
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…
Health Policy Research Roundup: Length Of Hospital Stays, Analyses Of Obama’s Reform Proposals
Archives Of Internal Medicine: Hospital Cost Of Care, Quality Of Care, And Readmission Rates – This study compares patients treated for pneumonia and congestive heart failure (CHF) and finds that high-cost hospitals don’t always deliver better care…
Statement By Medicare Rights Center President Joe Baker On Release Of President Obama’s Health Reform Proposal
The White House proposal outlined today maps a way to passage and enactment of comprehensive health reform legislation that will improve coverage for people with Medicare. The proposal would fully close the coverage gap in the Medicare drug benefit by 2020…
Governors On Health Reform: ‘We Want In’
“Some governors, frustrated by halted federal efforts to overhaul the U.S. health-care system” and by lingering budget shortfalls deepened by rising health costs, “are introducing their own changes at the state level,” The Wall Street Journal reports…
Obama To GOP On Health Reform: ‘Show Me What You’ve Got’
News outlets report on the president’s campaign for a health reform bill. The Washington Post: “President Obama made an impassioned plea Friday for his health-care overhaul, challenging Republicans to come to the televised summit he is hosting next week with a plan to fix the system — or get out of the way…
Florida Faces Fight Over Medicaid Reform Expansion; In Kansas, Cuts Hurt A Mental Health Clinic
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration may broaden that state’s Medicaid-reform pilot program to include 19 more counties to save more than $58 million by requiring Medicaid beneficiaries enroll in managed-care plans, Health News Florida reports. “Such an expansion could affect 375,000 people and save $58.7 million during the upcoming fiscal year…
KHN Column: The Health Reform That Scares Both Parties
In his latest Kaiser Health News column, Michael Millenson writes about one of reform’s touchiest topics. “Twenty-seven years ago, President Ronald Reagan and a Congress split between Republican and Democratic control agreed to a radical new payment scheme for Medicare…
Videos Feature Comments On Focus On The Family’s Super Bowl Ad, Health Reform
The following summarizes selected women’s health-related videos. O’Neill, Dannenfelser on CNN: On CNN’s “Rick’s List,” NOW President Terry O’Neill and Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser debated Focus on the Family’s Super Bowl ad featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam…
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