"A week-old agreement among House Democrats to smooth out disparities in the way Medicare reimburses rural and urban health providers is in danger of crumbling, as disputes erupted Friday over what actually was agreed to," The Wall Street Journal reports.
(Daily Report) Aug 03, 2009
International patients spending $3 billion a year on care in the United States are helping fund a gap for hospitals waiting with bated breath to see how health care reform will affect them, Marketplace reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 31, 2009
Lobbying efforts by a Texas hospital have steered hundreds of thousands of dollars to key lawmakers in hopes of blocking reforms that would restrict ownership of hospitals by physicians.
(Daily Report) Jul 31, 2009
Massachusetts lawmakers will vote today to provide $40 million for health care coverage for legal immigrants, the Boston Globe reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 29, 2009
A new report finds nearly 10 percent of health care costs are due to obesity and per capita medical spending is significantly higher for obese people.
(Daily Report) Jul 28, 2009
Evidence of the nation's struggles with physician and nurse shortages continues to emerge.
(Daily Report) Jul 28, 2009
A health care reform proposal that would allow employers and insurers to give large discounts to employees who lose weight or lower their cholesterol is facing push back from several groups worried about premium disparities, Kaiser Health News reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 28, 2009
In a benchmark case, a Florida jury decided Monday that Martin Memorial Medical Center did not act unreasonably when it chartered a plane and repatriated a brain-injured Guatemalan patient against his guardian's will.
(Daily Report) Jul 28, 2009
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(Daily Report) Jul 27, 2009
CNN reports that studies show blacks and whites are treated differently by doctors.
(Daily Report) Jul 24, 2009