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Will Health Care Savings Be Used To Reduce The Deficit?
Kaiser Health News staff writer Mary Agnes Carey writes: “In their effort to overhaul the health system, President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats pressed hospitals, drug makers and other providers to accept billions of dollars in government payment cuts and new fees to help finance the legislation. …
WHO Will Meet To Decide If H1N1 Has Peaked
The WHO will convene a meeting of its emergency committee later this month to assess whether H1N1 (swine flu) has peaked, Keiji Fukuda, the special adviser to the WHO’s director general for pandemic influenza, said Thursday, Bloomberg reports…
Calif. Budget Cuts Will Hit Adult Day Care Centers, Prison Health Care; Texas And Kansas Weigh Medicaid Cuts
The Los Angeles Times, on adult day care centers in California: “Under the most recent cost-saving budget proposals, 327 adult day healthcare centers throughout California would be eliminated. Cuts could save the state $135 million in fiscal 2011, state projections show…
Health Spending Consumes More Of U.S. Economy, Will Tip Toward Government
A new report by federal actuaries shows government programs will pay for more than half of all U.S. health care spending by 2012, and that total spending on health grew as a share of the economy by 1.1 percent last year to 17.3 percent, the largest leap ever, the Los Angeles Times reports. “The almost $2…
As Dems Look To Regroup, Pelosi Says House Will Not Pass Senate Reform Bill Without Changes
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Democrats in the House do not have enough votes to pass the Senate’s health care reform bill (HR 3590) in its current form, effectively removing that option from the table as party leadership weighs how to proceed with the legislation, Politico reports…
MAP Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Will Not Require A Second Pivotal Efficacy Study For LEVADEX(TM) NDA Submission
MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed the Company that a second pivotal efficacy study is not required for the Company’s LEVADEX(TM) new drug application (NDA) submission for the acute treatment of migraine…
Poll: Forty Percent Of Americans Will Change Holiday Plans Due To H1N1 Virus
Forty percent of U.S. adults intend to change their holiday plans due to the risk of being exposed to the H1N1 flu virus, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by JohnsonDiversey, a global leader in the commercial cleaning and sanitizing industry. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive? between Nov. 20 and Nov…
Difficult Issues Will Remain Even If Senate Democrats Pass Health Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made two major changes to the Senate’s version of the health overhaul legislation – removing the proposed “public option” and restricting abortion coverage – that have helped ease tension enough to secure more votes for the bill, but left advocates with much to complain about…
CMS Report: House Bill Will Raise Health Care Costs, Affect Seniors’ Benefits
A new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the health overhaul bill passed by the House will raise health costs by approximately $289 billion in the next ten years. The report was requested by House Republicans and compiled by CMS’ chief actuary, Richard Foster. The
Some Dems Worry Health Bill Will Come Up Short On Savings
The New York Times: “As health care legislation moves toward a crucial airing in the Senate, the White House is facing a growing revolt from some Democrats and analysts who say the bills Congress is considering do not fulfill President Obama’s promise to slow the runaway rise in health care spending. …
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