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New Poll Shows Only 20 Percent Say Health Care Is Their Biggest ConcernA new poll shows only one in five respondents say
health care is the biggest concern for their family. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: "Want to know why President Obama continues to have trouble gaining traction in the national debate about
health-care reform? A Franklin & Marshall College poll to be released today offers a few key clues.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Democrats Face High Stakes, GOP Seeks AdvantageAs Democrats struggle with the
health reform proposal from Sen. Max Baucus, the GOP is hoping to seize the advantage. Roll Call: The stakes are high for Baucus, D-Mont., who chairs the Finance Committee.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Antiabortion-Rights Black Pastors To Endorse Obama's Health PlanA group of black church leaders who oppose abortion rights plan to endorse President Obama's
health reform plan, a move that could help rally support as the president fights false claims by many white evangelical leaders and Republicans that the public plan option would provide taxpayer-funded abortions, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Health Reform Ads Confusing Public, News Outlets Try To Dispel The FogAdvertising on the
health care debate, more than $100 million of it spent so far, is offering little understanding on the issue as the dueling sides and media look to dispel myths about what's true and what's not.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Dems Court Snowe For Key 60th VoteDemocrats are courting Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Me., the Republican most likely to provide the key 60th vote that Democrats need to pass a
health care overhaul package without the use of budget reconciliation. "As the only Republican on the Finance Committee still in talks with Democrats on a final bill, Snowe now finds herself with extraordinary leverage as crunch time hits for health reform,"
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Procedural Amendments Take On Political Weight As Finance Committee Debates Health BillDemocrats on the Senate Finance Committee considered, and then rejected, a Republican amendment that would have required legislative language of a
health reform bill be posted for three days before the panel could vote on the bill. Democrats will post conceptual language instead.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Pelosi Tries To Unite Divided Democratic Factions In HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is facing a difficult task in the House: herding the different Democratic factions to fashion a single
health care bill. "It's Whac-A-Mole time for Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The second one faction retreats, another surfaces with contradictory complaints," Politico reports.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Costs To Government, Consumers Remain Unclear In Finance BillThe effect of a
health overhaul on the country's finances is hard to predict. The Congressional Budget Office, the official scorekeeper for new legislation's price tag, tends to miss the mark on bigger bills, the office's director said, Bloomberg reports. When it comes to "more dramatic or novel changes in policy, there's no previous experience to refer to. ...
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Dems Hope To Merge House Health Reform Bills By Next WeekHouse Democratic leaders on Wednesday said that they hope to merge the three committee versions of their
health reform bill (HR 3200) by next week to allow time for members to review it and the Congressional Budget Office to score it before it is introduced on the floor for a final vote, CQ Today reports (Roth, CQ Today, 9/23). House Democratic Caucus Chair John Larson (D-Conn.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009Major Disasters Tax Surgical Staff But May Reduce Costs For Routine OperationsNew research published in the September issue of the Journal of the
american College of Surgeons offers important insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services in a hospital. In the study, researchers at Ochsner
health System, New Orleans, LA, showed that although Hurricane Katrina resulted in a significant loss of surgical staff and an
increase in the number of uninsured patients undergoing operations, greater cost efficiencies were achieved.
Medical News Today Friday, September 25, 2009
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