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By not in system - AOL News(April 10) -- Now that health care reform is the law of the land, state governments will have to start looking for serious ways to control health costs. And one tempting target will be prescription drugs, which account for an increasing share of the nation's health tab. But one cost-cutting idea bandied about would put patients' care at risk and could easily end up costing more money than it saves. It's called "therapeutic substitution," and several states already use it in an attempt to cut costs in their Medicaid programs. Therapeutic substitution is a practice in which a pharmacist swaps ...
Nelson Says He'll Now Support Health Care Bill
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 19) -- Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced Saturday in the Capitol that he will vote for health care reform -- and Nelson's announcement virtually assures passage of the Democrats' sweeping health care reform bill. "I believe this legislation will stand the test of time and will be noted as one of the major reforms of the 21s century," Nelson said. "Lives will be saved and our health care system will reflect the better nature of our country." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid revealed the final package of changes to the bill, known as the managers' amendment, on Saturday morning. ...
America's Health Care Compares Poorly
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Dec. 8) -- Fewer doctors, shorter lives, but at least it's expensive. That's how the U.S. health care system compares with those in most other major economies, according to the latest number-crunching released Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The comparison from the OECD, the Paris-based economic think tank for the United States and 29 other countries, may tell Americans little about themselves they haven't already heard in a year when health care is the No. 1 issue in Washington. But it does add global context to the public debate. So here are five key ...
Medicaid: Struggling States Need More Help From the Feds
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyTucked away in an inner passage of the 1,990-page health care bill passed by the House is a $23.5 billion holiday season gift to states to help them meet the growing costs of Medicaid, which provides medical coverage for the poor. This little-noticed provision is in reality a hidden federal stimulus, much welcome to states, as they confront the looming budget gaps of 2010 and beyond. State governments are less happy with other provisions of the bill, but they will take what they can get from Washington as revenues fall in tandem with rising joblessness. Even though the Great Recession is ...
Sen. Stabenow's Zinger on Health Care
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyA little advice to any insurance agents out there trying to lure Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) away from the government-subsidized congressional health plan to a private plan: Don't pitch him anything that includes prenatal coverage -- Sen. Kyl won't be requiring it. As David Sessions wrote, in a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee Friday, Sen. Kyl criticized legislation that would bar insurance companies from excluding some benefits. After Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) complained that 60 percent of health insurance companies refuse to cover prenatal care, Sen. Kyl responded: "First of ...
Obama's Health Care Call to Action Reminds Us How He Got Elected and Why
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyFor months we've known quite a bit about what President Obama wants in a health reform bill. What we were in danger of forgetting was that he can be an inspirational and forceful leader. He reminded us Wednesday night with his moral, economic and political call to arms on health care. Veering from poetry to prose and back again, sometimes stern, sometimes earnest, always determined, Obama took ownership of what he called "my plan" and his place in nearly 100 years of presidential striving for reform. He ended with a meditation on the late Ted Kennedy's "large-heartedness" in pursuing a ...
Health Care Reform: Fasten Your Seatbelts -- Congress is at the Wheel
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThe truest legislative assessment of the prospects for health care reform was uttered by none other than Bette Davis in "All About Eve:" "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." Just when it seemed like Congress was going to slink into its August recess with everything in suspended animation, both Senate and House negotiators reported unexpected progress Wednesday afternoon in easing bills through key committees. ...
Liberals Threaten Revolt After Blue Dog Deal on Health Care
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyHours after the Blue Dog Democrats announced a deal on a scaled-back health care reform bill Wednesday, anger among liberal members threatened to derail the bill from the left. ...
The Last Worst Hope for Health Reform
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIf Senate Democrats seem to be in endless negotiations about health care, there's a reason: They only have one shot at a sweeping reform bill. If they don't get enough support for it, there's no good fallback route. ...
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