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As the debate over health care reform dominates the media and political arena, a new American Lung Association report finds that states aren't doing enough to help smokers quit - and policymakers must fix this in the health care reform process.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP ; Abortion Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST The 220-215 pencil-thin margin of victory for the House Democrats' health reform bill foreshadows a potentially tougher fight in the Senate, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Illinois is to receive nearly $100,000 in federal money to fight health care associated infections, or infections that some patients contract while in a hospital or outpatient clinic.

In the Oct. 22 Federal Register , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule calling for a significant number of policy and technical changes to Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Part D prescription drug plans.

Indiana's human services agency said Tuesday it will slice $34 million from its budget by paying hospitals less to treat Medicaid patients, renegotiating contracts with most of its vendors, moving some offices and leaving about 400 jobs unfilled.

A $250,000 stimulus grant will help more Kentucky children enroll in the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, commonly called KCHIP.

Main Category: Public Health Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 Of all the torrent of words that followed House passage of its version of healthcare reform legislation in early November, perhaps the most misleading were those comparing it to enactment of Social Security and Medicare.

Now comes the really hard part. After a brief celebration of House passage of landmark health legislation, House and Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama face weeks, if not months, of difficult negotiations in constructing a final package that will win congressional approval.

David Harris-Gershon Nov 4, 2009 The Obama administration is looking into whether Humana insurance violated Medicare marketing rules when it sent suspect mailers to Medicare Advantage policy holders.

The House of Representatives approved late Saturday night a historic bill to remake the U.S. health-care system, delivering President Barack Obama a key procedural victory on his top domestic priority after a lengthy and sometimes emotional day of debate on the nearly 2,000-page measure.

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For more views on health care and New York: Fixing a Broken System : State Sen. Liz Krueger writes that New York and the rest of the country can't afford to let this moment pass without addressing our health care crisis.

House Republicans have drafted an alternative healthcare bill that would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and allow small businesses to band together and buy insurance exempt from most state regulation.

Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 09 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Democratic Senate leaders are trying to consolidate support within their own caucus.

In the world of obscure Medicare regulations, 35 miles amounts to a magic number.

House Democrats burst into sustained applause at 11:08 EST as the majority-making 218th vote was cast in favor of the the Affordable Health Care for America Act.

West Virginia's lone Republican in Congress wants to know how national health care legislation would affect the state's budget.

Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 4:09 a.m. EVEN without a robust public option, any of the health care reform bills now under consideration would expand coverage greatly.

U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a historic bill on health care reform, which was considered a landmark legislation that has been worked on for decades.