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Doctors Still Waiting For Capitol Hill Action On Medicare Payment Cuts
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:05am
Congress's failure to address looming 21-percent cuts to physician Medicare payments have left doctors questioning whether to continue participating in the program.
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Race Is On For Money For Early Retirees; Insurers Prepare For Health Law's New Customers
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 10:04am
Consultants are pushing big companies to apply quickly for a $5 billion fund to help cover retiree health costs as part of the overhaul.
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Rand Paul, Who Opposed Federal 'Handouts,' Is Criticized For Taking Medicare Patients; Other Health Politics News
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:32am
Rand Paul, a Kentucky GOP Senate candidate, sees Medicare and Medicaid patients, even as he opposes the federal programs and is facing criticism from his Democratic opponent for not releasing his Medicare billing records.
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States Push For Additional Medicaid Funding With Budget Cuts On The Horizon
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:17am
Inside Health Policy reports that Democrats and Hospital groups are pushing harder for the Senate to increase Medicaid payments as part of the "tax extenders" bill being considered in the upper chamber.
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State Round-Up: Calif. Orders Review Of Insurers' Planned Rate Hikes; S.D. Targets Young Smokers
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:12am
Oregon makes minor cuts to state workers' health benefits; Maine probes cost of health overhaul; medical mart planned for Cleveland.
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Wednesday's OpEds: Berwick Nomination; Health Reform Costs And Benefits; Medicaid And COBRA In Jobs Bill
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:06am
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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GAO Audit Explores Use Of Taxpayer Funds By Family Planning Groups
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 9:02am
At least $967 million in federal funds went to family planning organizations over the past eight years, study finds. Republicans say money allows groups to use other donations to perform abortions but Planned Parenthood official says funding provides crucial health care for the uninsured.
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Hospital Lobbying Spending Down
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 8:35am
The Associated Press reports on hospital industry lobbying in the first quarter of 2010.
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GOP-Led Health Law Repeal Vote Fails
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 8:25am
An effort by House Republicans to overturn the new health law's requirement that Americans get insurance failed Tuesday.
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Federal Government Seeks Power To Exclude Those Involved With Health Fraud From Working Again With Medicare
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 8:22am
In other fraud prevention efforts, Medicare will scrutinize new payment models for fraud potential.
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Reid Moves Toward Vote On Bill With Medicare 'Doc Fix,' Medicaid Provisions
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:41am
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion Monday to stop debate on a $140 billion bill that includs extending unemployment benefits, enhanced Medicaid payments and a fix for Medicare pay to doctors. The move suggests Reid thinks he is close to having the votes for passage.
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Medicare Will Hold Off Processing Payment Claims Until June 18
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 10:40am
AMA members express displeasure about inaction by sending Congress hundreds of signed white lab coats.
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Both Sides Try To Score Political Points On Health Law
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:57am
NPR reports that both Democrats and Republicans are continuing efforts to use the health reform law to their advantage as the American public sorts outs its feelings on the subject.
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Today's OpEds: Prevention Promise And Controversies; Hamburg And Collins On Personalized Medicine
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:51am
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Tuesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
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WellPoint To Begin Offering 'Electronic' House Calls
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:45am
Insurance giant WellPoint has unveiled a plan to give members access to doctors and other health care providers via the Internet.
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HHS Issues Interim Rules For Grandfathered Health Plans
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:30am
The guidance details ways in which health plans could lose the special status that exempts them from complying with the health law.
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Employer Health Costs Slowing, But Still Face 9 Percent Increase In 2011
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:26am
PricewaterhouseCoopers has found that employer health costs will rise 9 percent in 2011, slightly less than they rose in 2010.
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Cancer Overtreatment Raises Concern; Physicians Tend To Use New Technology Even Before Solid Evidence Backs It
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:18am
Even cancer screening advocates note that the ability to differentiate which tumors are dangerous is a key piece missing from the prevention arsenel.
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Supreme Court To Hear Case On Overcrowding And Medical Needs Of Calif. Prisoners; Ohio State Employees Have Unusual Situation Covering Adult Children
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:16am
States address a range of health policy issues.
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Elite Medical Schools Rate Poorly On Social Mission
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 9:11am
A new study ranking the social mission of medical schools puts historically black schools on top and many Northeast private schools at the bottom.
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