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OPINION

 Public Option 
 Pivotal to Health 
 Reform: Reich 

Obama can't give in to critics

Jun 24, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - As wrangling over health care reform drags on, President Obama is putting the idea of a public option on the back burner. But public competition would drive private plans to offer better, less expensive care, cutting the massive costs that are hindering progress, writes Robert Reich in the Wall Street ... More »

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health care • health care costs • health care reform • Robert Reich • Obama administration • President Obama • public option

Obama Offers Docs Backing
on Malpractice
Suit Limits

President may buck Dems to win over AMA

Jun 15, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is taking his case for overhauling health care to a tough audience today: The American Medical Association, which is holding its annual meeting in Chicago, came out last week against Obama's plan to offer federal insurance to compete with private insurers. But the president privately with AMA officials... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • medical malpractice • American Medical Association • health care reform • malpractice • President Obama

Obama Seeks Another $313B in Health Cuts

He wants to reduce Medicare payments
to hospitals

Jun 13, 09 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to pay for his ambitious health care plans, Barack Obama today proposed another $313 billion in cuts to government health care spending over the next decade, the Wall Street Journal reports. That brings the total cuts proposed to nearly $950 billion, just shy of the $1... More »

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Barack Obama • health care costs • hospitals • Medicare • drug companies • universal health care • Medicaid • health care reform

(Newser) - President Obama praised the passage of a bill allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco products as “a long time coming," the Hill reports. The legislation, which sailed through the House this morning, grants the agency new power to regulate tobacco ingredients and marketing. "After a decade of... More »

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Barack Obama • health care costs • advertising • marketing • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • regulation • Food and Drug Administration

(Newser) - President Obama took his push for health-care reform on the road today. Speaking to a town hall meeting in Green Bay, Obama broke no new ground on initiatives but reiterated his goal to have a law through Congress by the fall, the Los Angeles Times reports. He urged people to... More »

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health care • health care costs • health care reform • President Obama • Green Bay

Medical Bills Linked to
62% of Bankruptcies

Many bankrupt despite having health insurance, researchers find

Jun 4, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Medical bills were a factor in 62% of American personal bankruptcies in 2007, marking a 50% rise over 6 years, a study found. Some three-quarters of these families couldn’t stay afloat despite having health insurance, Reuters reports. “Most medical debtors were well-educated, owned homes, and had middle-class occupations,... More »

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health care • health care costs • health insurance • bankruptcy • research • medical bills

(Newser) - President Obama has begun wading into the murky details of health care reform. In a letter to Democratic leaders, the president said he could accept a law that requires all Americans to buy insurance—provided it has a "hardship waiver" for those who can't afford it, reports the New ... More »

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health care • health care costs • Ted Kennedy • health care reform • Max Baucus • President Obama

(Newser) - For a clear example of our warped health care system, look no further than McAllen, Texas. The border town is second only to Miami in how much it spends on health care per person—$15,000 per Medicare enrollee, twice the national average. The problem? Atul Gawande of the New ... More »

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medicine • health care • health care costs • health care reform • McAllen, Texas

Terminally Ill Patients Avoid Hospice Talk

Doctors, poorly trained in breaking bad news, also procrastinate

May 26, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors and patients are prone to procrastinate when it comes to tough end-of-life decisions, according to a Harvard study. Researchers found that only about half of the 1,517 terminal lung cancer patients surveyed had discussed hospice with their doctors within four to seven months of their diagnosis. Hospice care... More »

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health care costs • Harvard Medical School • hospice • doctors • terminal illness

OPINION

 Soda Tax Makes Good Sense 


May 20, 09 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The soda tax is a great idea, and its probable death at the hands of lobbyists serves to highlight all the problems with our tax system, writes David Leonhardt in the New York Times. The current system doesn’t raise enough money, and it’s “complex in all the... More »

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obesity • health care costs • taxes • diabetes • public health • soda • sugar • lobbyists • corn syrup • soda tax

Cut Down on C-Sections, Experts Tell US Women

Hospitals profit from unnecessary cesareans

May 17, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - American women are risking their health and driving up medical costs by having too many cesarean sections, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most common operation in the US, the C-section is used in 31% of births and accounts for 45% of rising birth costs. It can also lead to... More »

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health care • health care costs • surgery • Victoria Beckham • birth • cesarean section

OPINION

To Cut Deficit, Rein in Health Costs: Orszag

Budget director makes White House's case
for cutting expenses

May 15, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the future of Medicare and Social Security in the headlines, the Obama administration is jumping at the chance to push its health care reform agenda. Up today: budget director Peter Orszag. "Slower growth rate in overall health-care spending would help to promote and sustain a slowdown in... More »

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health care costs • Medicare • budget • Medicaid • national debt • GDP • Obama administration • Peter Orszag • White House budget director

analysis

 Health Care Reform: 
 What We Can Agree On 

High costs hurt all of us—here's how we can cut them

May 13, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The issue of health care reform crops up regularly, then disappears—but now it may have a foothold, writes Karen Tumulty in Time. That’s because the focus of the issue is on the current system’s huge cost to everyone. Much of the spending may be unnecessary, and a... More »

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health care costs • health care industry • health care reform • incentives • Obama administration • President Obama • Peter Orszag • Jay-ZTV

 Congress Weighs Soda Tax 

A few cents on every can could improve health

May 12, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - With health care reform expected to run the government around $1.2 trillion, Congress is looking for ways to pay for it. A new idea bouncing around Capitol Hill is a soda tax, reports the Wall Street Journal. “Soda is clearly one of the most harmful products in the... More »

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obesity • Congress • health care costs • taxes • soda • sugar • Jay-ZTV • soda tax

OPINION


Bully for Health Care Players Joining in
Cost Cutting

But is the gift on offer
a Trojan horse?

May 11, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The last time Democrats tried to reform health care, the insurance industry crushed them, spooking the public with its infamous "Harry and Louise" campaign. This time, it’s offering to help, along with doctors, hospitals, unions, and medical-device makers. “On the face of it, this is tremendously good... More »

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health care costs • health insurance • health care reform • Paul Krugman • Obama administration • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Top health care industry reps meeting with President Obama today plan to say they can reduce costs by $2 trillion over the next 10 years to help him overhaul the health care system, Bloomberg reports. Committed to reforming health care this year, the coalition, which brings together insurance, hospitals, pharma,... More »

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Barack Obama • health care costs • health care industry • health care reform • Jay-ZTV

 Doctor Shortage 
 Could Hurt Obama 
 Health Care Plans 

More primary care physicians are needed to serve aging population, uninsured

Apr 27, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's ambitious plants to expand health care for millions of currently uninsured Americans while simultaneously meeting the needs of aging boomers, may be stymied not only by politics-as-usual but a shortage of primary care physicians, the New York Times reports. Officials are weighing several options, including increasing Medicare payments... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • universal health care • National Health Service • shortage • health care reform • primary care


 Broke Feminist 
 Faces Health 
 Care Battle 

Family tragedies have left Michelman with nothing

Apr 19, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Kate Michelman had mounting bills as a pregnant single mother of three in 1969, she lobbied for abortion rights and became one of America's top feminists. Now, treading water financially again, she's girding for a new fight—over health care. Her daughter is paralyzed and her husband has health... More »

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health care costs • health insurance • Parkinson's disease • feminists • paralysis • NARAL • Kate Michelman

ANALYSIS

 India's Medical Innovators 
 Have Much to Teach US 


Experts search for better, cheaper methods

Apr 18, 09 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, US hospitals lead the world in the latest technology—but they could learn a thing or two from India’s improving health care system, where pioneers are demonstrating how to give superior care without unnecessary costs, the Economist reports. “In our country’s patient-centric health system, you must... More »

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health care • technology • health care costs • India • hospital

Many Medicare Patients Leave Hospital, Then Quickly Return

Readmissions cost
US billions a year

Apr 2, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - One-third of all Medicare patients hospitalized each year are readmitted within 90 days of being discharged, costing taxpayers billions of dollars annually, a new study found. Meanwhile, half of patients who went back in the first month after treatment had not seen a doctor in the interim. "Given the... More »

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health care • health care costs • New England Journal of Medicine • budget • hospital • health care reform • hospitalization

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