News
Fox News | Virginia Governor Adds Abortion Coverage Restrictions to Fed Health Insurance Exchange
Furthering an anti-abortion push by Virginia Republicans, Gov. Bob McDonnell is seeking to ban abortion coverage by the state health insurance exchanges that are being created as part of the federal health care overhaul.
NationalJournal | Cancer Deaths Still Falling in U.S
Lung cancer deaths are falling for the first time among U.S. women—showing that smoking-cessation efforts targeting women are finally showing results, according to new cancer statistics released on Thursday. The new report shows cancer rates fell by about 1 percent a year between 2003 and 2007, although rates rose for kidney cancer and melanoma in both sexes.
RollCall | Senate to Vote on Repealing Portion of Health Care Law
The Senate set up a vote for Tuesday on a bill that would make the first significant change to President Barack Obama’s signature health care overhaul law.
Politico | New reform regulations fire up health debate
The Senate wrapped up its work Thursday without repealing the hated paperwork requirement of the health care law. Again. But the long delayed accountable care organization regulation finally came out providing details on a part of the law with the potential to thoroughly transform care delivery.
Politico | GOP plans $1 trillion Medicaid cut
House Republicans are planning to cut roughly $1 trillion over 10 years from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor and disabled, as part of their fiscal 2012 budget, which they will unveil early next month, according to several GOP sources.
Blogs
EconLog | John Goodman on Medicaid
Health economists tend to think Medicaid insurance is really valuable - worth a lot more, say, than $20. Many patients, through their actions, communicate that they disagree.
NRO: Critical Condition | Repeal Obamacare’s 1099 Reporting Provision? No Way!
The 1099 provision refers to the justly reviled clause in Obamacare that compels any business spending at least $600 on a supplier to issue a 1099 to that supplier. Its supposed to raise some tax revenue by giving the IRS more accurate information about business transactions, but it's an easy target for a "mini repeal" of an obviously ridiculous provision of Obamacare.
