A selection of editorials and opinons on health policy from around the country.
(Daily Report) May 03, 2012
A second federal judge in Texas issued an injunction allowing Texas to exclude Planned Parenthood from Texas' Women's Health Program -- for now -- a day after another judge in Texas had ruled the state couldn't bar the group from the health program.
(Daily Report) May 02, 2012
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill Tuesday banning most late-term abortions -- those after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The law was pushed after controversial research found a fetus can feel pain at that stage of the pregnancy.
(Daily Report) May 02, 2012
NPR reports that the latest flashpoint involves a $15 billion cut from the health law's prevention trust fund. Meanwhile, The Washington Post offers a fact check on stats offered by the Romney campaign about the Obama administration and women.
(Daily Report) May 02, 2012
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report that House Republican lawmakers want to cut bonuses to states for enrolling low-income kids in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
(Daily Report) May 02, 2012
The federal judge prevented Texas from enforcing the law, which banned Planned Parenthood from the state's health care program for women, until the legal challenge is concluded.
(Daily Report) May 01, 2012
Another study in today’s news examines two eye drugs and finds they are comparable, a conclusion that could potentially save Medicare and other insurers millions of dollars.
(Daily Report) May 01, 2012
Sooner state voters won't vote on the controversial proposal to label a fetus a person.
(Daily Report) May 01, 2012
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports from the presidential campaign trail and from states on issues ranging from Massachusetts' payment reform to Idaho's scope-of-practices issues.
(Daily Report) May 01, 2012
Health policy news from Masschusetts, California, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Connecticut.
(Daily Report) Apr 30, 2012