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With Congress On Recess, Health Reform Politics Emerge On Homefront
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:08am
Democrats are calling town meetings to tout the benefits of the new health law to seniors, Republicans calling for repeal. Polls show Americans divided.
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Obama Administration Sides With City In San Francisco Lawsuit
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:48am
Federal lawyers filed a brief in support of San Francisco's requirement that employers contribute to a city plan for providing health care, saying the Supreme Court need not rule on the issue.
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Today's OpEds: Concerns About Reform; Relieving Businesses' Burden; The Health System Arrogance
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:45am
A sampling of opinions and editorials from around the country.
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GOP Candidates For California Governor Struggle With Budget Issues, Including Health Care
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:41am
Also, Oregon and Massachusetts seek new ways to pay for public employees' health costs.
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Scammers Look To Take Advantage Of Health Law
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:38am
Since the legislation beame law, the Better Busines Bureau has noticed an uptick in scams.
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Health Law Implementation: Insurance, Coverage And Medicare Payment Questions
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:33am
Kaiser Health News reports that the insurance industry — traditionally a state-regulated industry — is facing new federal scrutiny under the health overhaul.
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Businesses Fret About Penalties, Seek Opportunities In Health Reform
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:31am
Some small businesses may get financial help as part of the health overhaul that could cover up to 35 percent of companies' premium costs for insuring employees in the form of new tax credits.
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Firms Chase Opportunities In Online Medicine
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:00am
General Electric chief executive Jeffrey Immelt urged Japan, at a conference in Tokyo Monday, to use health information technology to improve home-based health care as a hedge against the strains of an aging population.
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State Roundup: Ohio And Washington Prepare High Risk Pool Plans; Calif. Lawmakers Consider 20 Bills; Virginia Wrestles With Medicaid Issues
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 9:00am
States prepare for changes created by federal health overhaul.
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911 Program Aims To Reduce ER Visits
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 8:49am
USA Today reports on a 911 pilot program that aims to reduce unnecessary trips to the emergency rooms.
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Former Columbia/HCA CEO Rick Scott Spends Millions On Florida Governor Campaign
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 8:20am
News outlets report on the campaign of multimillionaire Rick Scott, the former CEO of the Columbia/HCA health care company, who is running for governor in Florida.
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Medtronic Discloses Payments, Mostly Royalties, To Doctors
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 8:07am
Medtronic initiative comes as officials are increasingly probing ties between industry and doctors, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Jobs Bill Passes House: Dems Keep 'Doc Fix' But Jettison COBRA Benefits, Extra State Medicaid Funding
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 3:15pm
House Democrats, under pressure from fiscal conservatives to cut spending, dropped from a jobs bill both a COBRA subsidy extension to help the newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as more federal aid to boost state Medicaid budgets.
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State Roundup: Employees' Insurance Rates, A Hospital Merger, Florida And Mass. Public Health Issues
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 10:14am
Today's round up of state news includes changes in insurance rates for Kansas state employees, problems with EMT certification in Massachusetts and a hospital merger in the Washington D.C. area.
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Today's Opinions: Never-Events, Medicare 'Propaganda' and Drug Copays
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 10:01am
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials.
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Health Law Having Effect On Managed-Care Firms, Medical Suppliers
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:55am
Small business owners are worried they will lose money because of the new health law.
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Sebelius: Employers Should Quickly Offer Coverage To Workers' Children Up To Age 26
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:52am
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday urged employers to extend health insurance to children of their employees up to age 26 before a provision in the new law requiring them to do so takes effect later this year.
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FDA May Seek Criminal Penalties Against J & J For Faulty Recall Of Children's Tylenol, Other Medicines
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:48am
Some House Democrats seek to expand FDA authority to recall drugs.
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Safety Rules Lag In Biotech Industry
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:45am
The New York Times reports that "some critics say the modern biolab often has fewer federal safety regulations than a typical blue-collar factory."
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Health Law Implementation Deadlines Missed, GOP Offers Repeal Bill
kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report - Fri, 05/28/2010 - 9:43am
Politico reports that the Obama administration has missed a health reform law deadline to "set up a task force on breast cancer and another on health care in Alaska."
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