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GOP Budget Plan Would Revamp Medicare, Medicaid
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- House Republicans set up a politically defining clash over the size and priorities of government Tuesday, unveiling a budget plan that calls for both unprecedented spending cuts and a fundamental restructuring of taxpayer-financed health care for the elderly and the poor. The plan would slash federal spending by $5 trillion or more over the coming decade. It would leave Social Security untouched but shift more of the risk from rising medical costs from the government to Medicare beneficiaries. It also calls for sharp cuts to Medicaid health care for the poor and disabled and to ...
Senate to Vote to Repeal Part of Obama's Health Law
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - Congress is poised to send the White House its first rollback of last year's health care law, a bipartisan repeal of a burdensome tax reporting requirement that's widely unpopular with businesses. Even President Barack Obama is eager to see it gone. The Senate is scheduled to vote on the bill Tuesday. Republicans hope it is the first of many such bills, resulting in the entire health care law being scrapped. Democrats say the bill is part of an inevitable tinkering that will be needed to improve the health measure. The bill, which passed the House last month, would rescind a tax ...
Vet Treats Dogs With Hip, Knee Problems With Stem Cell Therapy
By not in system - AOL NewsA Virginia veterinarian is one of just a few dozen nationwide experimenting with adult stem cell therapy for dogs who have problems with their hips and knees. Dr. John Herrity in Burke, Va., was inspired to look into stem cell therapy as an option for treating dogs with arthritis, joint and hip pain as part of his continuing search for alternative treatments for pets. Rachael Dickson, Burke Patch Ashley, a Brittany spaniel, wakes up after receiving stem cell therapy. "You get frustrated treating the same thing again and again without getting results," Herrity told Patch, noting ...
Opinion: The GOP's Dangerous Attack on Planned Parenthood
By not in system - AOL NewsIn 1916, one woman's strength, determination and conviction helped open the door for hundreds of millions of women worldwide to plan their own pregnancies. As a nation, we have made great strides since Margaret Sanger opened that first family planning clinic in New York City nine decades ago, and Planned Parenthood is still at the forefront of the fight for reproductive health and rights for all women. Our services provide a lifeline for 3 million people every year. One in five American women receives care from a Planned Parenthood health center at some point in her life, and 90 percent of ...
Gov. Scott Walker's Budget Speech of Doom: What to Expect From the Wisconsin Address
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsAs protesters continue to criticize his proposal to eliminate most collective bargaining rights for public workers, Gov. Scott Walker this afternoon will reveal his full budget plan for Wisconsin. (Watch it live here.) He's said his goal is to help close a $3.6 billion deficit, and it's likely we'll hear about more controversial cuts during his speech. WISC-Madison reports that education funding will take a huge hit: Capitol watchers said that statewide school aid will likely see a cut of at least $900 million, which amounts to a loss of nearly $500 per pupil in the biennial budget's ...
Horrific US Medical Experiments Come to Light
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital. Much of this horrific history is 40 to 80 years old, but it is the backdrop for a meeting in Washington this week by a presidential bioethics commission. The meeting was triggered by the government's apology last fall for federal ...
Judge Tosses Suit Against Obama Health Care Plan
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit claiming that President Barack Obama's requirement that all Americans have health insurance violates the religious freedom of those who rely on God to protect them. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington dismissed a lawsuit filed by the American Center for Law and Justice, a Christian legal group founded by evangelist Pat Robertson, on behalf of five Americans who can afford health insurance but have chosen for years not to buy it. The case was one of several lawsuits filed against Obama's requirement that Americans ...
111 Charged in Medicare Scams Worth $225 Million
By not in system - AOL NewsMIAMI -- Federal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud Thursday, part of a massive nationwide bust that snared more suspects than any other in history. More than 700 law enforcement agents fanned out to arrest dozens of people accused of illegally billing Medicare more than $225 million. The arrests are the latest in a string of major busts in the past two years as authorities have struggled to pare the fraud that's believed to cost the government between $60 billion and $90 billion each year. Stopping Medicare's budget ...
Opinion: Could Watson Save Your Life?
By not in system - AOL NewsWatson, the remarkable computer that beat some of the world's best players of "Jeopardy" this week, doesn't have to be just for games. Its ability to parse ungrammatical statements, interpret puns and deal with ambiguity promises to give it a role in more serious endeavors -- such as saving lives. Watson's capabilities could mark a great leap forward in the long effort to develop intelligent, computer-based assistance for physicians. Jeopardy Productions Inc. / AP This week, Watson beat two "Jeopardy" champions. Could it also one day help doctors beat disease? The amount of ...
Opinion: Waiver-ing on Health Care Reform
By John Merline - AOL NewsWhen the House passed health reform in March, Joe Hansen, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, responded with fulsome praise. "This is an achievement that will rank among the highest in our national experience," he said. Among other things, he said, the law would put "an end to the worst of insurance company abuses," including "lifetime limits on the dollar value of benefits." Less than six months later, UFCW sent a note to its members complaining that "the gradual elimination of annual limits on benefits under the Act has a significant impact on many of ...
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