Archive for January, 2008
Increased Health Care Costs, Aging Population Pose Long-Term Financial Concerns, Comptroller General Says
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Comptroller General David Walker on Tuesday at a Senate Budget Committee hearing said that increased health care costs and an aging population have placed the federal budget on an "imprudent and unsustainable path" and that "passage of time only serves to worsen this situation," CongressDaily reports.
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Nevada Shifts Oversight Of J-1 Visa Program, Will Address Abuses
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Nevada has shifted oversight of the J-1 visa program from another bureau of the state Health Division to the Health Planning and Statistics Bureau, and the new overseer of the program said she will aggressively enforce the program's guidelines, the Las Vegas Sun reports (Allen, Las Vegas Sun, 1/29).
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Report Compares Health Of Asians With Other Racial, Ethnic Groups
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
"Health Characteristics of the Asian Adult Population: United States, 2004-2006" (.pdf), CDC: The report looks at data from the 2004-2006 National Health Interview Surveys to compare how non-Hispanic Asian subgroups fare with other racial and ethnic groups on various health indicators.
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Epsom Salts Reduces Risk Of Cerebral Palsy In Preterm Babies
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A new study of American women at high risk of premature labour showed that giving them an intravenous infusion of magnesium sulfate, commonly known as Epsom salts, just before delivery cut the rate of cerebral palsy in their babies by half.
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Study Finds Improvements In Access To Health Care For Minority Children
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Health care disparities remain between white and minority children, but the gaps narrowed over the past 20 years, according to a report sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development and released on Wednesday by the New America Foundation, CQ HealthBeat reports (Grimaldi, CQ HealthBeat, 1/29).
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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Care-Related Funding In Delaware, Georgia Budget Proposals
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
The governors of Delaware and Georgia recently released their fiscal year 2009 state budget proposals. Summaries of health-related budget issues appear below.Delaware: Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) on Thursday proposed a $3.4 billion operating budget for the next fiscal year that includes additional spending on Medicaid, the Wilmington News Journal reports. The proposed budget is 3.
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Ugandan Pharmaceutical Plant Begins Production Of Generic Antiretrovirals
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
A pharmaceutical plant in Uganda this week will begin production of generic antiretroviral drugs following an order from the Ugandan government for drugs worth 17 billion Ugandan shillings, or about $10 million, the East African Business Week reports (Etyang, East African Business Week, 1/28).
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Defeat Of California Health Care Legislation Highlights Difficulties States Face In Establishing Universal Coverage
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
The defeat of a $14.9 billion proposal to overhaul California's health care system "underscores a difficulty states face in achieving universal insurance coverage" and "their inability to slow the upward trajectory of health care costs," the Wall Street Journal reports.
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California Regulators Issue $3.5M Fine Against UnitedHealth Subsidiary For Alleged Claims Processing Violations
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
California health insurance regulators on Tuesday issued a $3.5 million fine against PacifiCare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, the Sacramento Bee reports (Chan, Sacramento Bee, 1/30).
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Number Of New HIV Cases In South Korea Decreasing, Report Says
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
The number of new HIV cases reported in South Korea in 2007 decreased for the first time since the country recorded its first case in 1985, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Korea Times reports. According to the CDC report, HIV incidence in 2007 decreased by 0.8% compared with 2006.
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