As details of health reform policies shake out, questions, answers and consequences are emerging. Kaiser Health News: The new health care law could shift billions in Medicaid drug rebates from states to the federal government by changing how the rebates are treated. "Democrats...
Everybody Loves A Winner The New York Times The president got health care reform passed, and it may turn out to be his single most important foreign policy achievement. ... Have no illusions, the rest of the world was watching our health care debate very closely, waiting to see who would be the...
As details of health reform policies shake out, questions, answers and consequences are emerging. Kaiser Health News: The new health care law could shift billions in Medicaid drug rebates from states to the federal government by changing how the rebates are treated. "Democrats...
The Denver Post: In Colorado, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter is scheduled to sign an executive order Tuesday that "health care advocates say is key to turning the federal government's vague framework for reform into reality." The order "will create a board of health-policy advisers to guide the...
The Denver Post: In Colorado, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter is scheduled to sign an executive order Tuesday that "health care advocates say is key to turning the federal government's vague framework for reform into reality." The order "will create a board of health-policy advisers to guide the...
Las Vegas Sun: "Like many other Las Vegas Valley residents, Yvette Williams is hoping the new national health insurance law will choke down the siphoning of money from her family's budget." The family spends $12,000 a year on health care. "Because the new national health insurance law is...
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The NHS Partners Network today calls upon the next government to increase the amount of information publicly available to NHS patients, revitalise NHS market reform and fully realise the benefits the independent sector can bring to the health service...
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NPR: Confusion persists about health reform and insurance for members of Congress. "The law stipulates that lawmakers and some members of their staffs enroll in new health insurance exchanges. But an apparent drafting error in the law makes it unclear when that transition is supposed to occur."...
Reuters/The Washington Post: The federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before." "Because the U.S. Congress used a maneuver known as 'reconciliation' to pass the final healthcare bill, it could not...
The Hill: House Republican Leader John Boehner said Monday that repealing the new health care law will be Republicans' "'No. 1 priority' ... if [the GOP] wins back control of Congress this fall. ... Republicans have talked up a strategy of 'repeal and replace' in the weeks since health reform...
A "little-noticed provision" in the new health reform law (PL 111-148) requires employers to provide breastfeeding women with break times and a private location -- other than a bathroom -- to express milk or breastfeed their infants, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The provision, which...
Reuters/The Washington Post: The federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before." "Because the U.S. Congress used a maneuver known as 'reconciliation' to pass the final healthcare bill, it could not...
The Hill: House Republican Leader John Boehner said Monday that repealing the new health care law will be Republicans' "'No. 1 priority' ... if [the GOP] wins back control of Congress this fall. ... Republicans have talked up a strategy of 'repeal and replace' in the weeks since health reform...
A "little-noticed provision" in the new health reform law (PL 111-148) requires employers to provide breastfeeding women with break times and a private location -- other than a bathroom -- to express milk or breastfeed their infants, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The provision, which...
Reuters/The Washington Post: The federal government is turning to states to "to institute key components" of the health overhaul law, "some of which have never existed before." "Because the U.S. Congress used a maneuver known as 'reconciliation' to pass the final healthcare bill, it could not...
The Hill: House Republican Leader John Boehner said Monday that repealing the new health care law will be Republicans' "'No. 1 priority' ... if [the GOP] wins back control of Congress this fall. ... Republicans have talked up a strategy of 'repeal and replace' in the weeks since health reform...
A "little-noticed provision" in the new health reform law (PL 111-148) requires employers to provide breastfeeding women with break times and a private location -- other than a bathroom -- to express milk or breastfeed their infants, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The provision, which...
The following summarizes selected women's health-related videos. *Maddow Examines Violent Threats: On Tuesday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow discussed a potential connection between violent anti-government threats and antiabortion-rights activism. Maddow reports that a Washington man was arrested...