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Even With Budget Concerns, Lawmakers Fight For Rural HospitalsKaiser Health News' staff writers Eric Pianin and Mary Agnes Carey report in a story produced in collaboration with Politico on rural hospitals' stake in the ongoing efforts to overhaul the nation's health system. "Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas, Ark.
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009Analysts Say Dems Should Aim Health Reform Messages At WomenSome analysts and advocates say Democrats are missing an opportunity to gain support for health care reform legislation by not reaching out more to women voters, Politico reports.
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009GSA Showcases Groundbreaking Aging Research Slated For Atlanta MeetingAmerica's foremost authorities on aging will share the latest information on "death panels," anti-aging medicine, health care reform, and other current topics at The Gerontological Society of America's upcoming 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. This four day event - the country's largest interdisciplinary conference in the field of aging - will take place from November 18 to 22 in Atlanta, GA. All sessions will be held at the Hilton Atlanta and Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009Health Reform Bills May Not Protect Consumers From Treatment Denials"Despite growing frustration with the way health insurers deny medical treatments, major healthcare bills pending in Congress would give patients little new power to challenge those sometimes life-and-death decisions," The Los Angeles Times reports.
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009White House Hedging Bets On Public Option In Health BillsThe Associated Press "The White House is waiting for Congress to settle on a final health care bill, even though President Barack Obama has a clear preference in favor of at least one specific - the much-debated public option, advisers said.
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009Obama Critical Of Health Insurers, Not Insistent On Public Plan OptionPresident Obama said on Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address that the U.S. is now closer to overhauling the health care industry than at any other point in history, but he warned that the health insurance industry is determined "to kill reform at any cost," the Washington Post's "
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009Insurers, Other Health Businesses Examine Effect Of Reform BillsHealth care industry CEOs are analyzing their wins and losses in the bills being considered in Congress. "The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especially those that cater to the individual market -- look like they are in for a tougher time,"
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009Lawmakers Struggle To Balance Interests As Sweeping Health Legislation Negotiations ProceedLawmakers continue to try to shape health bills as they move closer to floor votes. Kaiser Health News and Politico report that "Some (senators) seeking to help rural hospitals in their states also want to hold the line on the cost of reform." They include Sens.
Medical News Today Tuesday, October 20, 2009Time Examines Catholic Bishops' Position On Abortion, Health ReformAccording to a Time column by Amy Sullivan, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently sent a letter to senators saying that it would "vigorously" oppose health reform, despite previously arguing that access to quality health care "is a universal human right.
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