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Health Bill Deal 'Close' Though Some Democrats - And All Republicans - Hold Out
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 53 sec ago
Democrats are reportedly close to a final agreement on a health reform bill as they seek to alleviate concerns from holdouts on some of the bill's provisions.
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Obama Makes Impassioned Argument For Health Reform, Tough Measures To Combat Health Fraud
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 1 min ago
A shirt-sleeved President Obama took his closing arguments for health care reform to St. Louis Wednsday and told the audience there that the time for talking on health care reform is over and that combating health care fraud would help save costs in the system.
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Today's OpEds: Rove On Reconciliation, An Imagined Plea From Kennedy, Vulnerable Hispanics
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 31 min ago
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of today's opinions and editorials.
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PhRMA Spends $6.3 Lobbying In Fourth Quarter, Slight Increase From Year Before
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 35 min ago
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $6.3 million lobbying Congress and other government arms on health care in the fourth quarter of 2009, The Associated Press reports.
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Blog Watch: He Said/She Said
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 36 min ago
Cusp of victory or death throes? Bloggers on the right and left have very different interpretations of the health reform debate this week.
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KHN Column -- Public Reverse Mortgages And Long-Term Care: Can They Work Together?
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 36 min ago
What if your state helped you turn unused home equity into cash to pay for the care you need when you become old and frail?
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Political Cartoon: 'Relax'
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 37 min ago
KHN's daily installment of health policy humor.
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Powerful Catholic Quietly Shaping Abortion, Health Bill Debate
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 37 min ago
As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' point man on abortion, Richard Doerflinger has emerged as a major player in the health care debate, one likely to play a pivotal role in the outcome
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New Insurance Plan To Link A Patient's Cost To Effectiveness Of Treatments
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 37 min ago
Workers at a Portland, Ore., steel mill soon will be able to pick a new type of health insurance: one with financial rewards to use proven treatments and disincentives to use less-effective surgeries and diagnostic tests.
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State Overhaul Fears, Rising Costs, Medical School Expansions
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 39 min ago
The Virginia General Assembly has approved a measure to thwart federal overhaul efforts. A pro-business group says the Massachusetts state government should step up price control efforts. A Connecticut university hopes to train more doctors.
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Survey: Employers Plan To Shift More Health Costs To Workers
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 46 min ago
News outlets report on new trends in the employer health insurance market.
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Study Questions Frequency Of Heart Angiograms
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 11 hours 57 min ago
A recent study raises questions about the frequent use of heart angiograms, which show no disease in almost 40 percent of patients.
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Hospitals Cope With Losing Money
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 12 hours 29 min ago
A hospital in Lousville, Kentucky is eliminating 500 jobs this month. The layoffs represent the area's first large-scale health system cuts since the recession began.
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Sebelius Attacks Health Insurers, They Fight Back
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 12 hours 31 min ago
At a meeting of America's Health Insurance Plans, the industry's main trade group, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius continued the administration's attack against rate increases.
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Senate Passes Extension Of COBRA, Other Unemployment Benefits
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 12 hours 54 min ago
The package also includes a temporary Medicare pay fix for physicians.
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Does Medicare 'Doughnut Hole' Spur Increase In Foreign Drug Imports?
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - 12 hours 56 min ago
Medicare Part D's gap in prescription drug coverage called the "doughnut hole" may induce a rise in illegal foreign drug imports. Meanwhile, federal regulators ban an insurer from selling Medicare drug coverage.
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Obama Makes Final Public Push For Health Reform As Democrats Consider Timeline
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:39am
President Obama is delivering his "closing argument" for health care reform in St. Louis today as Democratic leaders strategize on moving the bill through the House and Senate.
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Abortion Holding Up Democrats' Endgame On Health Overhaul
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:38am
Abortion remains among the obstacle to a health care reform bill as Democrats seek to assuage doubts from within their own party on treatment of the issue in the Senate bill.
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Today's OpEds: Congressional Dealmaking, Cutting 'Honchos Pay,' Controlling Costs
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:52am
A selection of today's opinion's and editorials.
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States' Legislative Health Initiatives Stall
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:49am
Meanwhile, Florida considers state legislation aimed at Medicaid fraud.
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