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Bush Vetoes Bill Protecting Doctors From Medicare Cuts

Posted on July 15, 2008
CNN reports that Bush has vetoed last week's approval of the Medicare Bill, which would have prevented cuts in Medicare payments to doctors. Prospects of a veto override in the Senate are unclear. CNN writes, President Bush has vetoed a...

Amgen, Johnson & Johnson Come to Truce in Oncology Marketing Suit

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Wall Street Journal reports on the $200 million settlement between Amgen and Johnson & Johnson after a two-and-a-half year battle over marketing of rival oncology products. Marilyn Chase writes, Amgen Inc. agreed to pay $200 million to settle an....

DNA Testing Industry Wrestles with California Law

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports that as a result of violating two types of California laws, the California State Department of Public Health ordered thirteen DNA testing companies operating in California to stop performing genetic testing. Consumer complaints about the...

Guide to Genetic Testing

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Wall Street Journal provides a brief guide to understanding the costs, processes, and legal protections of genetic testing and what insurers typically cover in such testing. Jilian Mincer writes, In recent years, about 1,000 genetic tests have become available...

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Is Genetic Testing Really Worth the Cost?

Posted on July 15, 2008
As genetic testing becomes more widely understood and administered, Karen Ravn for the Los Angeles Times questions whether the costs (and hidden costs) of genetic testing are actually worth it. Ravn writes, Everyone agrees that the science of gene testing...

Medicare Auditors Recover $700 Million in Overpayments

Posted on July 14, 2008
The Wall Street Journal reports that auditors have recovered nearly $700 million in Medicare overpayments to hospitals and other medical providers. Theo Francis writes, Auditors have recovered nearly $700 million in Medicare overpayments to hospitals and other medical providers in...

Long-Term Fix Is Elusive in Medicare Payments

Posted on July 14, 2008
Criticism of the recent Medicare Bill approval continues as New York Times' writer, Robert Pear, reports that although cuts in Medicare payments to doctors have been blocked, nothing has been done to solve the problem that caused the cut in...

Obama Proposes Small Business Tax Credits for Health

Posted on July 14, 2008
Barack Obama proposes to give tax credits to small businesses that provide health insurance plans. Small businesses would get a refundable credit of up to 50 percent on premiums paid on behalf of their employees, but will have to offer...

Pioneering Heart Doctor Michael DeBakey Dies at 99

Posted on July 14, 2008
The Washington Post and the New York Times report on the recent death of the renowned cardiovascular surgeon, Michael DeBakey. John Porretto for the Washington Post writes, When Dr. Michael E. DeBakey pushed forward with his groundbreaking research and maverick...

Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

Posted on July 13, 2008
The New York Times reports on the uneasiness felt by many regarding paid consulting arrangements between doctors and drug companies. Many people fear that these arrangements lead to bias within the industry and impede advancement. The American Psychiatric Association is...

As Outbreak Affects 1,000, Experts See Flaws in Law

Posted on July 13, 2008
The New York Times reports on the nation's salmonella outbreak and the urge for better laws that will allow people to trace contamination. Bina Venkataraman writes, More than 1,000 people in 41 states and the District of Columbia have now...

White House Vows Veto of Medicare Bill

Posted on July 12, 2008
Writing for the Los Angeles Times, Nicole Gaouette reports on the continued tension over the Senate's approval of the Medicare Bill, which would avert fee cuts to doctors who treat patients under the federal program. Gaouette writes, The White House....

Suit Alleges Inadequate Care of Hepatitis C Outbreak in California Prisons

Posted on July 12, 2008
The Los Angeles Times reports on a federal class-action lawsuit alleging that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is wrongly excluding thousands of inmates from proper diagnostic testing and treatment. Up to 40% of the 171,000 inmates in state...

States Moving Toward Comprehensive Health Care Reform

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Kaiser Family Foundation has been following state health care reform initiatives. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured writes, With the problem of the uninsured continuing to grow, states have taken the lead in developing proposals to reform...

With Nudge by Kennedy, Medicare Bill Passes

Posted on July 11, 2008
The Washington Post reports on the recent approval of the Medicare Bill due in part to Senator Kennedy's encouragement. Paul Kane writes, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) made a dramatic return to the Capitol yesterday to help the Senate pass...

Animal Rights in Spain

Posted on July 10, 2008
William Saletan has a brief piece discussing recent legislation in Spain that makes it illegal to "kill or deprive of liberty" Great Apes. He is rather critical and writes, The resolution, approved last week by a parliamentary committee with broad...

AMA Apologizes for Discrimination

Posted on July 10, 2008
The Washington Post reports on the American Medical Association's apology yesterday for its discrimination against African American physicians. The country's largest medical association issued a formal apology today for its historical antipathy toward African American doctors, expressing regret for a...

Goodbye to the Primacy Care Physician: A Health Care Crisis ...

Posted on July 09, 2008
Salon.com reports on the "passing" of the primary care/family doctor. Robert Burton writes about the shortage of primary care physicians in the United States and what this means for our health care system as well as noting how the shortage...

Medicare Reform Discussion

Posted on July 09, 2008
Today, the Diane Rehm show discusses the Medicare Reform bill currently stuck in Congress. The brief overview states, Senate Republicans are under pressure to pass legislation reversing scheduled pay cuts for doctors who care for Medicare patients. The White House...

FDA Responds to Antibiotic Risks

Posted on July 08, 2008
The Washington Post reports on today's news that the FDA has issued an urgent warning concerning the cipro and other similar antibiotics. The risk is that a tendon rupture could occur requiring extensive surgery. Although some tendon injuries occurred without...

Ad Buys and Organizing for Health Care Reform

Posted on July 08, 2008
Ezra Klein provides the latest ad promoting health care reofrm from the new organization Health Care for America Now. He reports that the supporters of health reform have learned many lessons from their failures during the Clinton administration. He writes,...

Medicare Vote This Week

Posted on July 07, 2008
Robert Pear of the New York Times writes about the Medicare pay cuts and the impact the failure to enact a new Medicare funding bill has had on doctors. He reports, Congress returns to work this week with Medicare high...

The Problem of the Underinsured

Posted on July 07, 2008
Ezra Klein posts a review of the Commonwealth Fund's latest study on the number of underinsured in the United States. The Commonwealth Fund finds that nearly 14% of the American public do not have sufficient health insurance. Ezra Klein discusses...

Large Nation

Posted on July 07, 2008
Ian Welch at Firedoglake posts a brief overview of CalorieLab showing the latest results of their survey ranking states based on weight of residents. You can click on the CalorieLab link to review a map showing where various states rank....

Senator Kennedy and Universal Healthcare

Posted on July 03, 2008
The Boston Globe reports on Senator Kennedy's new efforts to prepare for universal healthcare. Lisa Wangass writes, Senator Edward M. Kennedy's office has begun convening a series of meetings involving a wide array of healthcare specialists to begin laying the...

European Health Care: Germany

Posted on July 03, 2008
National Public Radio has a brief overview of German health care. It is quite an interesting piece and shows the importance of access to health care and also how differently the government role in providing or financing or regulating health...

Parents and Health Care Issues

Posted on July 02, 2008
The Boston Globe reports on a tragic case of an austic boy with leukemia whose mother apparently failed to follow a specific treatment regime and now faces jail time. The parents are divorced, their relationship is strained and it is...

Balancing Billing

Posted on July 02, 2008
The LA Times reports on the California's recent move to prevent PrimeHealth from billing its privately insured patients for unpaid treatment received at PrimeHealth medical facilities. Daniel Costello writes, The Department of Managed Health Care, in a lawsuit filed Friday...

New Medicare Rules for Hospice

Posted on July 01, 2008
The Washington Post reports on the new Medicare rules for hospice care. Alicia Ault writes, Twenty-five years after Medicare began paying for hospice care, the federal health program has issued a new rule calling hospice providers to closer account on...

Emergency Room Malfunction - Again

Posted on July 01, 2008
Wasn't fairly recently that we read about person dying in the emergency room after she fell to the floor and displayed symptoms of severe distress. It seemed too terrible to repeat - but yet today we read about an emergency...

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