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Massachusetts Health Reform Update

Posted on May 08, 2009
The Columbia Journalism Review has another great update on the Massachusetts Health Reform and whether it appears to be working to provide access to health care. It may not be as successful as some in the press have reported. Trudy...

NewsHour on the Flu

Posted on May 05, 2009
Tonight on the NewsHour - Health Concerns Create Economic Worries in Mexico Tonight on the NewsHour: Senior NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez looks at Mexico City's attempt to balance the safety of its residents during the H1N1 outbreak with the economic...

Pace of Health Reform - Fast

Posted on May 05, 2009
Doug Trapp at AMNews reports on the recent Senate Finance Committee meeting on health reform. He writes, The Senate Finance Committee, whose leaders appear to have taken the helm in the health system reform debate, started a round of public...

Reforms to Fraud and Abuse Laws

Posted on May 04, 2009
BNA provides a helpful overview of legislation in Congress to reform the False Claims Act to strengthen the statute after several court decisions limited its impact. The story provides, Both houses of Congress April 28 acted on amendments intended to...

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Human Rights and Disability website

Posted on May 04, 2009
From InSITE, information about a helpful new website: Human Rights and Disability website - http://www.unhchr.ch/disability/intro.htm The United Nations? Human Rights and Disability website was founded on the premise that "persons with disabilities are entitled to the enjoyment of the full...

Medical Malpractice Claims Decline in Massachusetts

Posted on May 03, 2009
The National Law Journal reports on the decline in medical malpractice claims in Massachusetts and provides some suggestions on why the decline may have occurred. Shari Qualters writes, Massachusetts medical malpractice lawsuit filings continued their downward trajectory last year, with...

New Medicare Secondary Payer Obligations

Posted on May 02, 2009
The Legal Update from the law firm of Littler Mendelson reports on the new Medical Secondary Payer obligations of employers and insurance companies: Beginning July 1, 2009, many employers and insurance companies will be required to report claims for workers'...

Early Warning of Flu Missed . . . .

Posted on May 01, 2009
McClatchy News reports that one biosurveillance firm noticed an uptick in respiratory illness in Mexico and tried to alert various health authorities but without results. Les Blumenthal writes, A Washington state biosurveillance firm raised the first warning about a possible...

Health Reform and Pandemics

Posted on May 01, 2009
Matthew Yglesias points out the need for health reform that this swine flu outbreak has reinforced. He writes, The CDC?s ?Swine Flu and You? page offers the following under the heading of ?what should I do if I get sick?:...

Doctor v. Patient Decisions

Posted on May 01, 2009
Ezra Klein points out an interesting difference between the left and right on the issue of who should be making the decisions on a variety of health care issues: If you look at the health care policies favored by liberals...

Tracking the Flu

Posted on April 30, 2009
Here it is - if you like your data in charts, the Swine Flu Tracker will not disappoint.

First Swine Flu Death in US

Posted on April 29, 2009
Reuters reports on the first swine flu death in the United States and states, A 23-month-old child has died in Texas from the new H1N1 swine flu, becoming the first death in the United States from the virus, a U.S....

Sebelius Confirmed, Sworn In, Busy at Work

Posted on April 29, 2009
Mark Silva describes the whirlwind confirmation and more of the new HHS Secretary. He writes, After the Senate confirmed the last of President Barack Obama's Cabinet appointees today, the president immediately swore in Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius...

The Daily Show and Snoutbreak '09

Posted on April 28, 2009
Just to keep things slightly on the lighter side, here is the Daily Show take on the cable news coverage of the swine flu. He does a great job demonstrating how they speak out of both sides of their mouth....

WHO Phase 4 Described

Posted on April 28, 2009
DemFromCt has a helpful overview (including charts) of the WHO's recent decision to raise the pandemic alert to phase four. Here is a brief excerpt: . . . There's a confirmed human outbreak overseas (several, actually - US, Canada, Spain...

Sebelius Confirmation VoteToday

Posted on April 28, 2009
Today, the Senate will consider Governor Kathleen Sebelius' nomination for Secretary of HHS. You would think with the swine flu issue still causing concern that this would be a time for quickly confirming the President's choice for this position. You...

Domestic Cow Genome

Posted on April 27, 2009
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on the completion of the cow genome. The article provides, The cow is the first livestock mammal to have its genetic blueprint sequenced and analyzed. The research was unveiled Thursday in the journal Science. ?The...

Swine Flu Update

Posted on April 27, 2009
The New York Times reports on the public health emergency declared by the US in response to the spread of the swine flu from Mexico to other countries, including the US. The article provides, Responding to what some health officials...

Digital Medical Records

Posted on April 26, 2009
Business Week provides an overview of some of the discussions and debate taking place over digital medical records. Here is a brief excerpt: The high cost and questionable quality of products currently on the market are important reasons why barely...

Swine Flu

Posted on April 25, 2009
The Washington Post reports on the recent outbreak of a new strain of swine flu. Rob Stein and David Brown write, An unusual strain of swine flu has been detected among victims of a large outbreak of a severe respiratory...

Further Delay/Potential Filibuster on Sebelius Nomination

Posted on April 24, 2009
The Washington Post reports on the continued delay in the Senate on the approval of Governor Sebelius nomination to be the Secretary of HHS. Ceci Connolly writes, President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his...

Upcoming Presentation on Health Law and Policy

Posted on April 24, 2009
Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy We invite you to attend an address by health law and policy faculty on: The Current State of Health Care Reform Friday, May 1, 2009 7:00 - 9:00 pm Ceremonial Courtroom at Loyola...

Plan B Available to 17 Year Olds w/o Prescription

Posted on April 23, 2009
The Associated Press reports that the FDA has changed course and will be permitting young women to obtain Plan B without a doctor's prescription. The article provides, Food and Drug Administration, reversing field, will now let 17-year-olds get the 'morning-after'...

What good services do your tax dollars provide?

Posted on April 23, 2009
Nuisance Industry, writing at DailyKos, has an article about water contamination and cancer in a community outside Chicago. The website provides, Corruption is in Cook County, Illinois, and it is endangering residents. This week, the Chicago Tribune reported on a...

Convincing the Already Insured about the Need for Health Reform

Posted on April 22, 2009
The Seattle Times has an editorial by Froma Harrop discussing a difficult group to convince that health reform is necessary. The author writes about some potentially helpful arguments to convince these individuals, The hardest group to sell on national health...

Sebelius Wins Approval from Senate Committee

Posted on April 22, 2009
Governor Kathleen Sebelius won Senate Finance Committee approval and a vote on her appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services could be soon. It is about time as President Obama had his first Cabinet meeting yesterday. According to an...

Not Caving on a Public Health Care Plan

Posted on April 21, 2009
Health Care reform advocates are a bit alarmed about the potential for "caving" on the health care reform agenda. According to Ceci Connolly writing in the Washington Post, As Congress returns to begin an intense debate over reshaping the nation's...

Some Statistics on Delayed Health Care

Posted on April 21, 2009
Reuters reports on the findings of its new survey that shows one in five Americans have postponed medical care. The article provides, Twenty percent of Americans say they have delayed or postponed medical care, mostly doctor visits, and many said...

US News Rankings

Posted on April 20, 2009
Concurring Opinions' Dave Hoffman provides a look at the 2009 US News Rankings that we really don't care too much about . . . . although we do.

Republican Health Care Plans??

Posted on April 20, 2009
I haven't posted much about what the Republicans in Congress plan to propose as an alternative to some of the Preisident's health reform efforts and policies. This results from a certain lack of plans from the Republican party at this...

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