Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) bill, the Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 1416), continues to add cosponsors to stop the application of the sequester cut to cancer drugs. The bill is gaining support in the House.
Created on: Friday, May 24, 2013
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) bill, the Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 1416), continues to add cosponsors to stop the application of the sequester cut to cancer drugs. The bill is gaining support in the House.
Created on: Friday, May 24, 2013
Today’s seniors are facing higher Medicare costs. Over the next five years, current law, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, also known as Obamacare), already guarantees higher out-of-pocket costs for today’s seniors. Beyond the current law, the President’s latest budget proposal would increase seniors’ costs even more.
Created on: Friday, May 24, 2013
Medicare is withholding more than $1 million from metro Omaha and Lincoln hospitals because too many of their patients returned to the hospitals within a month of being sent home.
Created on: Friday, May 24, 2013
Congress again is working on a solution to solve the problem of how Medicare can continue to pay physicians without making cuts. How did we get into this position?
Created on: Friday, May 24, 2013
The advice to detect and treat cancers at the first opportunity may not apply to older men with prostate tumors, according to the latest study.
Created on: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Congresswoman Renee Ellmers (R-NC) bill, the Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013 (H.R. 1416), continues to add cosponsors to stop the application of the sequester cut to cancer drugs. The bill is gaining support in the House.
Created on: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Special report: Because of nationwide shortages, Washington hospitals are rationing, hoarding, and bartering critical nutrients premature babies and other patients need to survive. Doctors are reporting conditions normally seen only in developing countries, and there have been deaths. How could this be allowed to happen?
Created on: Thursday, May 23, 2013
How much will the United States spend on health care during the next decade or two? The answer matters greatly to physicians, federal and state governments, businesses, and the general public. The
Created on: Thursday, May 23, 2013
In October 2012, the University of Kentucky launched the country’s first working model for EHR reporting of cancer cases to a state’s cancer registry. The project marks a milestone in the operation of cancer registries, institutions that have been collecting and analyzing cancer-related data for nearly 100 years.
Created on: Thursday, May 23, 2013
Physicians weighing the benefits and risks of CT scans for detecting lung cancer now have more information to help with the decision. A new analysis of a 2010 U.S. study finds that low-dose CT scans pick up significantly more lung tumors than chest X-rays do.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
As disaster personnel and volunteers comb through the havoc left by the tornadoes that tore through Oklahoma on Sunday and Monday, they are going to rely on critical federal funding that was severely cut by the massive cuts known as sequestration.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
U.S. prioritizes funding for China, North Korea threats despite growing dangers from Venezuela, Iran.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Congress’ recent action to allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to avoid furloughs of air traffic controllers is an indication that the fiscal sequester is starting to bite.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
While many public schools will be able to stave off some of the harshest impacts of sequestration with other sources of revenue, those that serve military families and Native American communities are in a much more difficult situation. That’s because they rely heavily on federal Impact Aid.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Mandatory sequestration cuts just started kicking in. About $85 billion will eventually be excised from the national budget. And about $10 billion of these cuts will fall on Medicare and the many seniors who depend on it.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Among President Obama’s broken promises, there is this gem of June 15, 2009: “no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.”
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
No single reason led to the recent decision by Internal Medicine Associates to stop following their patients in the hospital beginning in July, said Dr. A. Austin Pearre Jr.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
This week, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, as the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced legislation to address “gray market” drug companies that are taking advantage of the national drug shortage crisis to charge exorbitant prices for drugs used to treat cancer and other life-threatening conditions.
Created on: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that makes generic Lipitor for millions of Americans.
Created on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is taking an all-or-nothing approach to handling sequestration and furloughs.