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Landrieu Defends 'Louisiana Purchase' In Senate Remarks
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., won a $300-million Medicaid bonus for her state during health overhaul negotiations, spawning a wave of criticism that Democratic leaders needed to make the so-called "Louisiana purchase" to secure her support for their reform bill. On Thursday, she defended the action, saying during a Senate floor speech, "I make no apologies for leading this effort...
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Today's Opinions And Editorials
Pfizer's Bad Political Bet The Wall Street Journal The sight of ObamaCare on life support has many Democrats disappointed. It could be worse. They could be Pfizer CEO Jeffrey Kindler (Kimberley Strassel, 2/4). The Verizon Wireless Cure The Christian Science Monitor Are health insurance company employees just meaner and more greedy than those who provide cellphone service ...
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Obama: 'Take Time' On Health Reform, Democrats Haggle On Next Steps
ABC News: "Summoning the message back that once mobilized his grass-roots campaign, the president spoke tonight in front of the same people - Organizing for America and DNC members - whose poll show some are feeling somewhat discouraged by the first year of the Obama administration. ... The president outlined in broad strokes what he'd like to see happen [on health reform]...
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In Jobs Bill, Democrats Push To Include Extension Of COBRA Benefits, Medicare 'Doc Fix'
The New York Times reports that Democrats are trying to address some health coverage considerations in their jobs bill even as they grasp "for ideas to keep alive their health care legislation." Negotiators on the Senate Finance Committee may be close to a jobs agreement...
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Anthem Blue Cross Of California Raises Rates As Much As 39 Percent
Los Angeles Times: "California's largest for-profit health insurer is moving to dramatically raise rates for customers with individual policies, setting off a furor among policyholders and prompting state insurance regulators to investigate...
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State Policy Developments: Iowa Seeks To Extend Birth Control Coverage; Minn. Eyes More Health Care For Poor; Miss. Drug Settlement
BusinessWeek: "Mississippi will receive $18.5 million from drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. as part of a settlement over claims the company promoted the anti-psychotic Zyprexa for ailments it was not federally approved to treat, Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday" (Byrd, 2/4)...
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Obama Outlines Plan To Pass Health Reform
President Obama on Thursday at a Democratic National Committee fundraising reception presented his most clear-cut strategy to date for passing health reform, the New York Times' "Prescriptions" reports...
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Health Bill Stall Creates Uncertainty For Drug Makers
"With the possible demise of health care legislation, getting back to business as usual may not be the best thing for the nation's drug makers," The New York Times reports...
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AHIP Statement On New Health Spending Projections
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), released the following statement today in response to new health spending projections released by CMS which found that health care's share of the economy grew 1...
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Health Spending Consumes More Of U.S. Economy, Will Tip Toward Government
A new report by federal actuaries shows government programs will pay for more than half of all U.S. health care spending by 2012, and that total spending on health grew as a share of the economy by 1.1 percent last year to 17.3 percent, the largest leap ever, the Los Angeles Times reports. "The almost $2...
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With Health Reform Stalled, Medicare Coverage For Some Therapies Subject To Caps
Stalled health care reform efforts have created several unresolved issues, some of which related to Medicare and Medicaid. The Hill: "Medicare beneficiaries face a steep cliff in their coverage for physical therapy and similar treatments due to Congress's failure to enact a healthcare reform bill. On Jan...
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Republicans Should Allow Stalled Nominees To Move Forward, Obama Says
President Obama on Wednesday criticized Republican senators for using legislative tactics to delay confirmation votes on several nominees for reasons unrelated to their qualifications, the Washington Post reports...
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KHN Column: The President's Budget And Health Care Reform
In his latest Kaiser Health News column, James Capretta writes: "President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress continue to insist that the push for health care reform is far from over...
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House To Move Forward To End Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers
"House Democratic leaders are moving forward with Plan B for passing health care reform by introducing a stand-alone measure to strip the antitrust exemption for health insurance companies - a popular piece of their stalled health care reform package," Roll Call reports. "Freshmen Reps. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) and Betsy Markey (D-Colo...
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Today's Opinions And Editorials
Reconciliation Is Not Representative Politico To reform health care, we must proceed carefully, deliberately and cooperatively; we must listen to all sides so that we can replace practices that result in waste and inefficiency with more affordable and effective solutions. Reconciliation is not the right path to achieve this goal (Judd Gregg, 2/4)...
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Obama Calls On Senate Dems To 'Finish The Job' On Health Reform
President Obama at a Senate Democratic Conference meeting on Wednesday told lawmakers to "finish the job" on health reform, despite increased criticism around the stalled initiative, The Hill's "Blog Briefing Room" reports...
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Government Health Spending To Top Private Sector By 2012
Kaiser Health News staff writer Christopher Weaver reports on a new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "In their fight against the Democrats' health overhaul bills, Republicans repeatedly warned of a 'government takeover' of health care...
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Obama Tries To Bridge Democratic Divide On Health Reform
Speaking with Senate Democrats Wednesday, President Obama "suggested that Republicans could be enlisted to play at least some role in negotiating a final bill, The Washington Post reports...
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Survey: 60 Percent Of Americans Doubt Health Reform Will Pass This Year
While a growing segment of people are becoming more optimistic that a health care overhaul will pass this year, they're still largely outnumbered by people who think reform won't happen, The New York Times reports. "In the survey, conducted from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, 60 percent of those polled said they thought health care legislation would not pass this year...
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Sebelius, Vilsack Celebrate One Year Anniversary Of Children's Health Insurance Law, Highlight Campaign To Cover Kids
Exactly one year after President Obama signed the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that 2...
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Study Highlights Substance Use Disorder Treatment Need Among Full-Time Workers Without Health Insurance
An estimated 3 million full-time workers in America without health insurance (16.3 percent of all full-time workers without health care insurance) needed substance use treatment in the past year according to a national survey conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)...
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The Debate Over Selling Insurance Across State Lines
Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz writes that Republicans in Congress have proposed this concept in the past "and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., embraced it as part of his 2008 presidential campaign...
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Poll: Health Care 'Damage' To Democrats 'Has Been Done'
Politico: "Democrats will face nearly the same political environment this fall whether or not they pass health care reform legislation, according to a new poll out Tuesday." The poll, by Public Policy Polling, found that "Republicans currently have a generic ballot advantage of 43 percent to 40 percent in races for Congress. ...
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Drug Company CEOs Under Pressure
News outlets feature profiles and opinions of the CEOs of some of the largest American drug manufacturers. Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal on Severin Schwan, chief executive of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Holding AG: "'It is difficult to gauge the impact of the planned U.S...
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States Consider Their Own Health Reform Ideas
The Associated Press/Boston Globe: "Supporters of a bill that seeks to bar lifetime and annual payment caps on health insurance plans in Maine say they expect a large crowd at a legislative committee's hearing on the proposal." The same topic has been considered by the U.S. Congress as part of Democrats health overhaul (2/3)...
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