Federal marriage benefits? Not for everyone

The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Just like other married couples, same-sex couples are about to find out that federal benefits for being married might not be all they're cracked up to be.

http://www.htrnews.com/viewart/20130630/MAN0101/307010112/Federal-marriage-benefits-Not-everyone

Republicans Moving From Obstruction To Outright Sabotage

During the first years of the Obama administration the Republican strategy was to obstruct efforts to improve the economy and bring more jobs.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Republicans-Moving-From-Ob-by-Dave-Johnson-130630-87.html

Valley employers grapple with health care act

More than 150 business leaders recently attended a Modesto forum on the Affordable Care Act, where they were warned the new federal requirements are complicated and in flux.

http://www.modbee.com/2013/06/30/2787679/valley-employers-grapple-with.html#storylink=rss

Wendy Davis Won't Back Down, Maher Rips Voting Rights Act Decision, and More

No Surrender: Expect more to come from Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, the lawmaker whose marathon filibuster blocked the passage of a strict anti-abortion bill during a special session of the legislature.

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/wendy_davis_wont_back_down_maher_rips_voting_rights_act_decision_and_more_2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Truthdig+Truthdig%3A+Drilling+Beneath+the+Headlines

Corbett gets Pa. budget bill, other items stalled

HARRISBURG – The main Pennsylvania state budget bill was sent to Gov. Tom Corbett Sunday night, a victory for the Republican governor and his legislative allies that was clouded by uncertainty over the fate of his other legislative priorities.

http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20130630/NEWS04/130639972

OTC morning-after pill sales coming _ but not yet Don't look for the...

This undated file photo provided by Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., shows a package of Plan B One-Step, an emergency contraceptive.

http://www.news.net/article/327562/Health/

Top 5 new laws passed by Ariz. Legislature in 2013

This part of summer is a time for patriotism. It's also the time new state laws go into effect across the nation.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Top-5-new-laws-passed-by-Ariz-Legislature-in-2013-4639567.php

Corbett signs Pa. budget, as bigger agenda stalls

The main Pennsylvania state budget bill became law with Gov. Tom Corbett 's signature on Sunday night, as he acknowledged that the wider agenda he had sought with it of overhauling public employee pension systems, privatizing wine and liquor sales and increasing transportation funding has stalled until the fall.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Corbett-signs-Pa-budget-as-bigger-agenda-stalls-4638769.php

Walker signs 2-year, $70B state budget

Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a $70 billion, two-year state budget on Sunday that he said would invest in Wisconsin education, residents and infrastructure, but Democrats complained would mostly help the wealthy.

http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/viewart/20130630/MNH0101/306300282/

NFL says no to the White House asking them to promote Obamacare

The White House is now reaching out to the NFL and others in the sports industry to do their promoting of Obamacare.

http://www.examiner.com/article/nfl-says-no-to-the-white-house-asking-them-to-promote-obamacare?cid=rss

Monthly News Round Up - June 2013

Brisdelle has been approved the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first non-hormonal treatment for moderate to severe hot flashes associated with menopause.

http://www.drugs.com/news/monthly-news-round-up-june-2013-45623.html?

Corbett signs new state budget

A $28.375 billion state budget bill that boosts spending for education and law enforcement was signed by Gov. Tom Corbett with two hours to spare before a midnight Sunday deadline.

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/corbett-signs-new-state-budget-1.1513567

America's librarians recruited to tout ObamaCare

It was hard enough to learn the Dewey Decimal System. Now they've got to learn the health care law? In the escalating campaign to promote ObamaCare, the nation's librarians are about to become the Obama administration's latest recruits.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/30/administration-recruits-librarians-to-promote-obamacare/

Kasich signs $62B, 2-year Ohio budget

WEATHERSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio - Beginning at 7 a.m. Monday, emergency calls for Weathersfield police and fire departments will be handled by county dispatchers at the Howland dispatch center.

http://www.wfmj.com/story/22727648/kasich-signs-62b-2-year-ohio-budget

Kasich signs $62B budget, leaves in anti-abortion provisions

Gov. John Kasich smiles as he reaches for a pen to sign Ohio's new, $6.2 billion biennial budget.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/06/30/Governor-signs-$62billion-budget.html

Walker signs 2-year, $70 billion budget

Gov. Scott Walker signed a $70 billion, two-year state budget on Sunday that includes a $650 million income tax cut and the expansion of private school vouchers statewide but rejects a federal Medicaid expansion.

http://www.fdlreporter.com/viewart/20130630/FON0101/307010114/Walker-signs-2-year-70-billion-budget?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE

Supreme Ct. to consider fight over frozen assets

When Kerri and Brian Kaley came under federal investigation for allegedly stealing medical devices, they took out a $500,000 line of credit on their New York house to hire lawyers.

http://www.charlotte-sun.com/sunnews/portcharlotte/5451916-455/sunnewspaperssupremect.toconsiderfightoverfrozenassets.csp

When it comes to federal benefits, marriage is mixed bag

Two couples got married at City Hall in San Francisco on Saturday. On Sunday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy denied a request from Proposition 8 supporters in California to halt the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses.

http://www.startribune.com/nation/213776301.html

Pa. House passes budget bill, on its way to Corbett's desk

The main Pennsylvania state budget bill was sent to Gov. Tom Corbett Sunday night, a victory for the Republican governor and his legislative allies that was clouded by uncertainty over the fate of his other legislative priorities.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_23569816/pa-house-passes-budget-bill-its-way-corbetts

Kasich vetoes block on Medicaid planning, lets fetal heartbeat rule stand

Gov. John Kasich Sunday night vetoed a provision in the two-year state budget that would have barred Ohio from preparing to expand Medicaid coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act.

http://news.cincinnati.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cincinnati.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306300102%26nclick_check%3D1

Gov. John Kasich used his line-item veto power to nix 22 items in the 6,000-page budget

Gov. John Kasich has signed the state's new budget. He used 24 pens to sign the $62 billion spending plan for the next two years.

http://www.610wtvn.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=268656&article=11444160

Monday Protests Swell as Republican Party Remakes North Carolina

It started in April with 17 arrests at the North Carolina statehouse. By last week, more than 600 people had passed through Raleigh's jail and the crowd on the grassy mall outside the capital numbered in the thousands.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-01/protests-swell-as-republican-party-remakes-north-carolina.html

News from around Wisconsin at 5:58 p.m. CDT

Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a $70 billion, two-year state budget on Sunday that he said would invest in state education, residents and infrastructure, but Democrats complained would mostly help the wealthy.

http://www.krmg.com/ap/ap/crime/news-from-around-wisconsin-at-558-pm-cdt/nYZnm/

HHS clarifies gay couples have nursing home visitation rights

Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius had sought to expand the hospital visitation rights memo to include nursing homes.

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/06/28/hhs-clarifies-gay-couples-have-nursing-home-visitation-rights/

Continued investment in HIV prevention research can speed development ...

However, continued progress requires a broader base of funders committed to sustained support according to the new report From Research to Reality: Investing in HIV Prevention Research in a Challenging Environment Steady progress in research and development for HIV vaccines, pre-exposure prophylaxis using antiretroviral drugs , and treatment as ... (more)

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2720681

Pa. lawmakers on track to pass budget bill

Pennsylvania lawmakers were expected to approve a nearly $28.4 billion state budget Sunday, the last day of the fiscal year, but not the companion bills that go with it.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/statenews/ci_23570629/pa-lawmakers-track-pass-budget-bill

The Real John Roberts Emerges

The Real John Roberts Emerges - This time a year ago, the conservative chief justice whose vote saved President Obama's health care law was a figure of mystery. In fact, "The Mystery of John Roberts" was the title I gave to one of my Opinionator columns for The New York Times last summer.

http://www.memeorandum.com/130630/p3#a130630p3

Court sends abortion drug case back to Okla. court

The Supreme Court is sending back to state court a case about an Oklahoma anti-abortion law that bans off-label use of certain abortion-inducing drugs.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/30/us-supreme-court-abortion-drugs/

Court: Hobby Lobby can challenge health care law

Hobby Lobby stores won't have to start paying millions of dollars in fines next week for not complying with the federal birth-control coverage mandate.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/30/us-hobby-lobby-birth-control/

Lessons the Legislature teaches us - Sun, 30 Jun 2013 PST

Well, technically not 153 days of watching, because there were big stretches of time in the 105-day regular session, the 30-day first special session and the 18-day second special session that there really was no Legislature to watch.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/jun/30/lessons-the-legislature-teaches-us/

2009 lawsuit over medical billing stalled

A whistle-blower lawsuit filed four years ago by a northeast Indiana woman making allegations about systematic medical overbilling remains in limbo.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130630/BIZ/306309966/1031/BIZ

Pa. lawmakers on track to pass budget bill

Pennsylvania lawmakers were expected to approve a nearly $28.4 billion state budget Sunday, the last day of the fiscal year, but not the companion bills that go with it.

http://www.ydr.com/state/ci_23570629/pa-lawmakers-track-pass-budget-bill

Violations amid strict rules

The Davis group home whose youth residents allegedly committed a rape and other crimes was supposed to shadow children or call police when they ran away, according to new documents obtained by The Bee.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/30/5534345/families-first.html#mi_rss=Crime

Crisis to Cure: Maine's Health Care Reform Law is Helping Business

Opponents of Maine's new health care reform law erroneously describe the law as "a gift to the insurance companies."

http://www.mainepolicy.org/2013/02/crisis-to-cure-maines-health-care-reform-law-is-helping-business/

Unresolved in Lansing: 5 issues in doubt besides Medicaid expansion

The Rick Snyder v. Senate Republicans showdown over Medicaid expansion is overshadowing the fact that other big bills went unresolved before lawmakers adjourned for at least two months.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20130629/NEWS01/130629841/unresolved-in-lansing-5-issues-in-doubt-besides-medicaid-expansion

Walker vetoes bounty hunter provision in budget

Bounty hunters will not be allowed in Wisconsin and an investigative journalism center will continue to operate on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with vetoes Gov. Scott Walker plans to the state budget.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Walker-vetoes-bounty-hunter-provision-in-budget-4638185.php

Investing in Medicaid is prudent management

Gov. Paul LePage takes pride in his business expertise. His decision to restrict access to Medicaid coverage, however, demonstrates how little he understands his responsibility as the chief executive officer of the state.

http://www.kjonline.com/opinion/investing-in-medicaid-is-prudent-management_2013-06-29.html

Healthcare changes could ease - job lock'

... in Ohio will soon have a new reason to consider striking out on their own. On Jan. 1, 2014, provisions of the healthcare law go into effect that will allow Ohioans who previously stayed at their jobs solely for health coverage to start their own ...

http://www.tribunechronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/589565/Healthcare-changes-could-ease--job-lock-.html?nav=5017

We need more than Obamacare

The authors of this article have both spent many decades in the health care field.

http://thegazette.com/2013/06/30/we-need-more-than-obamacare/

What's in the 2013-14 state budget deal: highlights of the $28.37 billion plan

Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Tom Corbett reached a deal on a $28.37 billion budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year Saturday night, finalizing a spending plan that is less austere than the past couple of years.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/06/whats_in_the_2013-14_state_bud.html

Walker to veto bounty hunter provision in budget

Bounty hunters will not be allowed in Wisconsin and an investigative journalism center will continue to operate on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with vetoes Gov. Scott Walker plans to the state budget.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/viewart/20130629/WDH0101/306290405/Walker-veto-bounty-hunter-provision-budget

Garry Rayno's State House Dome: Lawmakers bask in dawn of new day

The 2013 session of the New Hampshire Legislature has ended, with the exception of dealing with vetoes and an expected special session to vote on Medicaid expansion this fall.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130630/NEWS0604/130639965

Webb named to high level committee

Kentucky Senator Robin Webb whose district includes Greenup, Lewis, Bracken, Carter, Mason and Robertson counties, has been appointed to serve on a committee of the Southern Legislative Conference of The Council of State Governments by Senate President Robert Stivers .

http://portsmouth-dailytimes.com/bookmark/23016838

Byetta Lawsuit Website Launched by Bernstein Liebhard LLP Provides...

The Firm is currently investigating Byetta lawsuit claims on behalf of patients who allegedly developed pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis or thyroid cancer after taking the type 2 diabetes medication.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/byetta-lawsuit/byetta-pancreatic-cancer/prweb10884421.htm

Health Care Surveillance: Citizens' Council for Health Freedom...

Twila Brase, president and co-founder of Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, wants Americans to know what she believes is another government intrusion into their private health data.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10876209.htm

Davis-Bacon Act should be repealed

Already, that is not allowed for some goods and services. For example, the new national health care law, "Obamacare," will require millions of Americans to pay more to buy health insurance meeting federal requirements.

http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/568141/Davis-Bacon-Act-should-be-repealed.html?nav=5087

Don't limit access of mentally ill to meds

Experience can be a useful teacher for N.C. lawmakers – in this case, it's the experience of Pennsylvania.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/30/4135775/dont-limit-access-of-mentally.html#storylink=rss

Walker vetoes bounty hunter provision in state budget, saves investigative journalism center

Bounty hunters will not be allowed in Wisconsin and an investigative journalism center will continue to operate on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with vetoes Gov. Scott Walker plans to the state budget.

http://www.startribune.com/business/economy/213730721.html

People on the move

Joseph P. Vendetti, of the Erie law firm of Vendetti & Vendetti, has been certified a specialist in the practice of workers' compensation law.

http://www.goerie.com/article/20130630/BUSINESS05/306309954/People-on-the-move

Playing the brain card in the Legislature

It was a remarkable moment in a remarkable legislative session when House Minority Leader Ken Fredette stood to explain that he was having a hard time understanding Democrats because they think like women.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/our-view/2013/06/30/playing-brain-card-legislature/1384756

Help seniors age at home

Owning your own home is a big part of the American Dream. So is staying in it after you get old.

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130630/PC1002/130639960/1021/help-seniors-age-at-home

Judge: Hobby Lobby won't have to pay fines

U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton set a hearing for July 19 to address claims by the owners of Hobby Lobby and the Mardel Christian bookstore chains that their religious beliefs are so deeply rooted that having to provide every form of birth control would violate their conscience.

http://www.thestate.com/2013/06/28/2839300/hobby-lobby-seeks-formal-ruling.html#RSS=business

SC business notebook, Junbe 28

Federal prosecutors place the blame for Tuomey's current legal dilemma at the feet of the local hospital's management team and board of directors in a brief filed with the United States District Court late Monday night.

http://www.thestate.com/2013/06/27/2838247/sc-business-notebook-junbe-28.html#RSS=business

Judge rules Hobby Lobby wona t have to pay fines

Hobby Lobby and a sister company will not be subject to $1.3 million in daily fines beginning Monday for failing to provide access to certain forms of birth control through its employees' health care plans, a judge ruled Friday.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/business/judge-rules-hobby-lobby-won8217t-have-pay-fines-2094811

Texas "pro-life" itinerary

Prepare a 3 minute testimony on how abortion has hurt you or someone you love. Wear blue.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/30/1220045/-Texas-pro-life-itinerary

A status report on Pa. Legislature's 2013 session

It would increase spending by $719 million, or 2.6 percent, including an extra $122 million in aid to public schools.

http://www.krmg.com/ap/ap/legislative/a-status-report-on-pa-legislatures-2013-session/nYZLD/

Librarians to help with health law

The nation's librarians will be recruited to help people get signed up for insurance under President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul.

http://www.goerie.com/article/20130630/NEWS07/306309932/Librarians-to-help-with-health-law

Ohio looking toward primary care...

Attempting to steer more medical students toward careers that will fill a projected growing gap in primary care physicians, Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to focus graduate medical education funding in the state budget on training for primary care services.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/552670/Ohio-looking-toward-primary-care---.html

NFL has 'no plans' to promote Obamacare

The National Football League has "no plans" to work with the Obama administration in educating the public about the president's controversial health care reform, according to an NFL spokesman.

http://www.koat.com/news/politics/NFL-has-no-plans-to-promote-Obamacare/-/9153652/20762326/-/cs7yecz/-/index.html?absolute=true

Lorillard's Non-Menthol Gold Mine

Although notice of the approval came suddenly, Lorillard Tobacco Co.' s Newport Non-Menthol Gold Box 100s and Newport Non-Menthol Gold Box--the first new tobacco products that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved since the Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act of 2009 gave it the authority to regulate tobacco products--have ... (more)

http://www.cspnet.com/news/tobacco/articles/lorillards-non-menthol-gold-mine

Sunday spin: Lots to learn from six months of session

Well, technically not 163 days of watching, because there were big stretches of time in the 105-day regular session, the 30-day first special session and the 18-day second special session that there really was no Legislature to watch.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2013/jun/29/sunday-spin-lots-learn-six-months-session/

Hobby Lobby, Mardel won't have to pay $1.3 million in daily fines,...

Some key players in the debate over state health-care policy have embraced elements of the Leavitt Report, a detailed analysis of the state's Medicaid system and its options as the Affordable Care Act is implemented.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Hobby_Lobby_Mardel_wont_have_to_pay_13_million_in_daily/20130629_13_A13_OKLAHO146416?subj=1

One year later: Readers react to Affordable Care Act

Friday marked the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision upholding much of the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's key domestic legislative victory.

http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2013-06-29/one-year-later

Advocates for disabled press for veto session

Families of disabled children and advocacy groups whose funding for services was a casualty of Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto pen are urging lawmakers to return to Baton Rouge to overturn the governor's budget cuts.

http://www.theadvertiser.com/viewart/20130629/NEWS01/306290022/Advocates-disabled-press-veto-session

Federal Agency Demands, Competition Challenge Cloud Vendors

Cracking the federal cloud computing market will not be an easy task for information technology vendors.

http://www.crmbuyer.com/rsstory/78294.html

U.S. sets birth control rule for employers with religious ties

The Obama administration on June 28 made it final that employees of religiously affiliated, nonprofit institutions would receive insurance coverage for birth control amid mounting legal challenges to a rule in the recent healthcare law.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-healthcare-contraceptives-20130628,0,564433.story

Speaker questions top Ohio judge on school funding

The leader of the Ohio House said Friday that Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor might need to bow out of school-funding litigation after recent public statements that the state formula remains unconstitutional.

http://www.reviewonline.com/page/content.detail/id/330682/Speaker-questions-top-Ohio-judge-on-school-funding-.html?nav=5038

LiveWell Tour wraps up in Lincoln

Olympians Curt Tomasevicz, left, and Jordan Larson, left top, sign autographs for 4-year-old Hailee Jasnoch, middle, and her sister Alaina, 6, along with mom Geri and baby brother Lawson, 1, during a LiveWell Nebraska Tour stop Thursday at Hy-Vee Supermarket in Grand Island.

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130629/LIVEWELL70/130629600/1161

More information out soon on Iowa health exchanges

Iowans should soon know more about what they can expect to find on the new health exchange, though whether the state's two largest carriers will participate remains unclear.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/06/29/ia--health-exchanges-iowa.html

Advocates for disabled press for veto session

Families of disabled children and advocacy groups whose funding for services was a casualty of Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto pen are urging lawmakers to return to Baton Rouge to overturn the governor's budget cuts.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/06/29/la-xgr--veto-session.html

Ind. hospitals anxiously await Medicaid ruling

It probably sounded like a good trade-off at the time: Hospitals would give up $155 billion in Medicare and other government payments to help provide more money for a Medicaid coverage expansion that begins in January.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/06/29/in--exchange-health-overhaul-hospitals.html

Stephanie Grace: Jindal will serve as foil for next governor

The next gubernatorial campaign is two years off, but there's already talk over who will run to replace Bobby Jindal.

http://theadvocate.com/news/opinion/6378937-123/stephanie-grace-jindal-will-serve

Sebelius and Cleaver meet with veterans about health care reform

The secretary of health and human services and the congressman spoke to about 200 veterans and family members in Independence on how Obamacare affects veterans' benefits.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/29/4320883/sebelius-cleave-meet-with-vets.html

Medicaid expansion bill wins Senate panel vote

Legislation to potentially expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of adult Pennsylvanians under the 2010 federal health care law won approval from a Pennsylvania state Senate committee on Friday night, even though support for it is uncertain from Gov. Tom Corbett and the more conservative state House.

http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/572838/Medicaid-expansion-bill-wins-Senate-panel-vote.html?nav=742

Local election officials attend conference

Speaking to more than 500 local elections administrators this week at the 2013 Ohio Elections Officials Summer Conference, Secretary of State Jon Husted called for the continued modernization of Ohio's election systems, specifically making the case for the implementation of an online voter registration system.

http://portsmouth-dailytimes.com/bookmark/23011216

A look inside Wash. state's $33.6B budget plan

Washington lawmakers hurried Friday to approve a new state budget with a total price tag of $33.6 billion, even though the public had less than 24 hours to review the spending plan.

http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/A-look-inside-Wash-state-s-33-6B-budget-plan-4637205.php

Pa. Senate committee approves Medicaid expansion

Legislation to potentially expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of adult Pennsylvanians under the 2010 federal health care law won approval from a Pennsylvania state Senate committee on Friday night, even though support for it is uncertain from Gov. Tom Corbett and the more conservative state House.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130629/NEWS90/306290321/-1/rss01

Speaker questions top Ohio judge on school funding

The leader of the Ohio House said Friday that Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor might need to bow out of school-funding litigation after recent public statements that the state formula remains unconstitutional.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/330682/Speaker-questions-top-Ohio-judge-on-school-funding-.html?nav=5018

Judge: Hobby Lobby won't have to pay fines for refusing certain birth-control for workers

In this May 22, 2013, customers enter and exit a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. A federal appeals court on Thursday, June 27, 2013 ruled that Hobby Lobby stores have a good case that the federal health care law violates their religious beliefs in ordering them to provide birth control to employees, and that they shouldn't be subject to millions in ... (more)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/judge-hobby-lobby-wont-have-to-pay-fines-for-refusing-certain-birth-control-for-workers/2013/06/28/cfee3f98-e05e-11e2-a0de-145598a7b2b7_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop

Judge: Hobby Lobby won't have to pay $1.3 million daily fines A...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said it may hear Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's appeal of a recent decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to toss out a law regulating medical abortions.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/Judge_Hobby_Lobby_wont_have_to_pay_13_million_daily/20130628_18_0_OKLAHO56473?subj=1

Final compromise issued on birth-control mandate

The Obama administration issued its final compromise Friday for religiously affiliated charities, hospitals and other nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans.

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2021291582_healthcontraceptivexml.html?syndication=rss

Debate on Corbetts 3 initiatives as budget deadline nears

All signs pointed to a frantic weekend in the Capitol as Gov. Corbett and the Republican-controlled legislature raced to meet the deadline to pass a state budget by midnight Sunday, as well as strike a compromise on the governor's three key initiatives - and perhaps help Philadelphia with its school funding crisis, as well.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130628_Debate_on_Corbetts_3_initiatives_as_budget_deadline_nears.html

Ohio looking toward primary care training

Attempting to steer more medical students toward careers that will fill a projected growing gap in primary care physicians, Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to focus graduate medical education funding in the state budget on training for primary care services.

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/552670.html

Fall River woman indicted for Medicaid fraud

A Fall River woman has been indicted for a multi-year scheme that defrauded more than $233,000 from the state's Medicaid program by falsely billing for her brother's personal care attendant services, Attorney General Martha Coakley said Friday in a news release.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130629/NEWS/306290340/-1/rss30

Federal Government Recruits the Nation's Librarians to Help WithObamacare?

The nation's librarians will be recruited to help people get signed up for insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/28/federal-government-recruits-the-nations-librarians-to-help-with-obamacare/

$62B spending blueprint

The $62 billion, two-year budget that Gov. John Kasich will sign into law Sunday feeds the "momentum" Ohio needs as it recovers from what he characterized as a "meltdown" that greeted him when he took office, the governor said Friday.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/06/29/Kasich-challenger-attacks-budget-plan-Copy.html

A look inside Wash. state's $33.6B budget plan

Washington lawmakers hurried Friday to approve a new state budget with a total price tag of $33.6 billion, even though the public had less than 24 hours to review the spending plan.

http://www.krmg.com/ap/ap/environment/a-look-inside-wash-states-336b-budget-plan/nYY25/

NFL says no to promoting Obamacare

The National Football League is used to big, bruising battles. But on Friday, it announced that it was likely staying out of one of the roughest fights in Washington: the war over Obamacare.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/nfl-says-no-to-promoting-obamacare/2013/06/28/1d02af1e-e026-11e2-b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html?tid=pm_pop

Pro Report, presented by POWERJOBS: House panel says Lerner waived...

WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT , where I'm sitting in for regular author Rachael Bade, who went to watch Darrell Issa's committee bicker about Lois Lerner this morning and then sped off to Shenandoah National Park.

http://www.politico.com/proreport/0613/proreport11045.html

Panel OKs Medicaid increase

Legislation to potentially expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians under the 2010 federal health care law won approval from a Pennsylvania state Senate committee on Friday night, even though support for it is uncertain from Gov. Tom Corbett and the more conservative state House.

http://tribune-democrat.com/x1293877164/Panel-OKs-Medicaid-increase

Law Offices of Todd M. Garber Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Invacare Corporation

The Law Offices of Todd M. Garber announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of a class comprising all purchasers of the common stock of Invacare Corporation between July 22, 2010 and December 7, 2011 .

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130628005932/en

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By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON -- The final rules issued June 28 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services implementing its mandate that employers provide coverage of contraceptives "will require more careful analysis," New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a statement.

http://www.iobserve.org/index.php?cntnt01articleid=2630&mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0

Mississippi Senate sends 2 Medicaid bills to governor

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, shows his opposition to the amendment for Medicaid expansion supported by Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, at the podium, as the Republican-controlled Senate debates a Medicaid funding bill Friday, June 28, 2013 at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/28/4767171/mississippi-senate-sends-2-medicaid.html#storylink=rss

Obamacare contraceptive rules finalized

The Obama administration finalized rules on Friday that allow religious-affiliated organizations opposing the use of contraception to opt out of a federal mandate requiring that they provide their employees with insurance coverage for birth control.

http://www.ktvz.com/news/politics/Obamacare-contraceptive-rules-finalized/-/4894412/20759286/-/k4m08h/-/index.html

National briefs

A Republican-led committee Friday increased pressure on Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner to break her silence on who in the tax agency was behind decisions to make it more difficult for tea party and other conservative groups to obtain tax-exempt status.

http://www.goerie.com/article/20130629/NEWS07/306299943/National-briefs

Gov. McCrory and N.C. history: Some lessons from the past

Recently, Gov. Pat McCrory has characterized those who have protested against the General Assembly's destruction of basic citizenship rights in North Carolina as "outside agitators" who have conducted "unlawful demonstrations."

http://www.jeffersonpost.com/view/full_story/22965340/article-Gov--McCrory-and-N-C--history--Some-lessons-from-the-past?instance=commented

Ind. hospitals anxiously await Medicaid ruling

It probably sounded like a good trade-off at the time: Hospitals would give up $155 billion in Medicare and other government payments to help provide more money for a Medicaid coverage expansion that begins in January.

http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/news/ap/health/ind-hospitals-anxiously-await-medicaid-ruling/nYY77/

4 Miami-area hospital executives guilty in $70M Medicare fraud

Four executives of a Miami-area mental health care hospital were convicted Friday of participating in a nearly $70 million Medicare fraud scheme.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/06/28/4-Miami-area-hospital-executives-guilty-in-70M-Medicare-fraud/UPI-68921372473196/

Budget agreement makes down payment on education funding

Education - higher, lower and in between - was the clear winner in the double-overtime legislative session that ended Friday, according to local lawmakers.

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2013/jun/28/budget-agreement-makes-down-payment-on-education/?partner=RSS

June 28, 2013

Friday morning, the Department of Health and Human Services released the final version of the regulations requiring employers to provide insurance that includes coverage for contraceptive and abortive drugs and sterilization procedures.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/352374/final-hhs-mandate-yuval-levin

Social services budgets advance as lawmakers attempt last-ditch deal on taxes, public pensions

Kathryn Phillips, 29, uses her Oregon Trail card in 2009 after getting her food stamps at the Clackamas office earlier the same day.

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/social_services_budgets_advanc.html

Nation's librarians to help with health care law

CHICAGO - The nation's librarians will be recruited to help people get signed up for insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Up

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2013/jun/28/nations-librarians-help-health-law/

White House Asking NFL to Promote ObamaCare?

VitalSpring Technologies CEO Dr. Sreedhar Potarazu on White House efforts to gain support for the health-care law, particularly among young people.

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/2516263749001/white-house-asking-nfl-to-promote-obamacare

White House makes small changes in requirement for contraceptive coverage

The Obama administration issued its final compromise Friday for religiously affiliated charities, hospitals and other nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/white-house-makes-small-changes-in-requirement-for-contraceptive-coverage-b9944107z1-213615061.html

Gov. Tom Corbett will not be going to go 4 for 4 on his budget wishlist

Now that the countdown to the midnight Sunday deadline is being counted in hours, instead of days, it's starting to become clear that Gov. Tom Corbett will not be going four-for-four on his wishlist of big-ticket items.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/06/gov_tom_corbett_will_not_be_go.html

Lawmakers approve budget to avert shutdown | June 28,

The House and Senate both voted by wide margins to approve the $33.6 billion spending plan, just hours after the 483-page bill was made available for public inspection.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jun/28/Olympia-lawmakers-Washington-budget-avert-shutdown/

Medicaid expansion wins Pa. Senate panel vote

Legislation to potentially expand Medicaid eligibility to hundreds of thousands of adult Pennsylvanians under the 2010 federal health care law won approval from a Pennsylvania state Senate committee on Friday night, even though support for it is uncertain from Gov. Tom Corbett and the more conservative state House.

http://www.njherald.com/story/22714562/medicaid-expansion-headed-to-pa-senate-panel-vote

Online pharmacy crackdown shutters 1,677 websites

U.S. and international regulators have seized more than $41 million in illegal medicines worldwide and shut down 1,677 websites as part of their ongoing fight against counterfeit drugs sold over the Internet.

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/22706264/online-pharmacy-crackdown-shutters-1677-websites

State-run hospital faces $21M audit

Missouri should pay back more than $21 million in federal Medicaid payments made to a state-operated children's hospital in St. Louis County, according to an audit released Friday by the Federal Office of Inspector General.

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/163293/state-run-hospital-faces-21m-audit/

Wash. lawmakers approve budget to avert shutdown

The House and Senate both voted by wide margins to approve the $33.6 billion spending plan, just hours after the 483-page bill was made available for public inspection.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/06/28/2451830/wash-lawmakers-prepare-for-swift.html

NFL officials say 'no' to promoting Obamacare

The National Football League is used to big, bruising battles. But Friday, it said it was likely staying out of one of the roughest fights in Washington: the war over Obamacare.

http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_23564676/nfl-officials-say-no-promoting-obamacare?source=rss

Hassan has until Sunday night to act on N.H. budget

Gov. Maggie Hassan has until midnight Sunday to act on the $10.7 billion budget lawmakers sent her this week.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130628-NEWS-130629753

Librarians To Help With Health Law

Librarians are being recruited to help people sign up for insurance under the nation's health care overhaul.

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=264319

Re: Court: Hobby Lobby can challenge health care law

Customers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A challenge to the federal health care law faces its most prominent test yet in a full 10th Circuit hearing in Denver on Thursday.

http://www.kansas.com/2013/06/27/2865982/court-hobby-lobby-can-challenge.html#comment-945966531

NFL has 'no plans' to promote Obamacare

The National Football League has "no plans" to work with the Obama administration in educating the public about the president's controversial health care reform, according to an NFL spokesman.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/28/gop-senators-caution-nfl-over-obamacare/?hpt=po_c2

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An appeals court said Thursday that Hobby Lobby and a sister company that sells Christian books and supplies can fight the nation's new health care law on religious grounds, ruling the portion of the law that requires them to offer certain kinds of birth control to their employees is particularly onerous, and suggesting the companies shouldn't have ... (more)

http://www.wdam.com/story/22704990/court-hobby-lobby-can-challenge-health-care-law

Wash. Senate approves state budget; House next

Gov. Jay Inslee is joined by legislative leaders from the House and Senate as he announces a budget deal, on Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Olympia, Wash.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Wash-Senate-approves-state-budget-House-next-4633363.php

PA Public Welfare Secretary Bev Mackereth talks name change, Medicaid and funding

Pennsylvania Public Welfare Secretary Bev Mackereth expressed support for changing the name of the department she oversees, described the debate over Medicaid expansion and discussed other topics Friday morning.

http://www.ydr.com/politics/ci_23563973/pa-public-welfare-secretary-bev-mackereth-talks-name

Judge: Hobby Lobby won't have to pay fines

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http://www.710knus.com/news/article.aspx?id=5222462

Legislature passes budget

With strong bipartisan majorities in both houses, the Legislature passed a $33.6 billion operating budget, staving off a threatened shutdown of some state government services.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spincontrol/2013/jun/28/legislature-passes-budget/

Pa. budget hostage to Medicaid expansion opponents

Chambersburg's Rep. Rob Kauffman helped 32 other state House Republicans throw a snit last week over reportedly growing support for an optional expansion of Medicaid coverage enabled by the federal Affordable Care Act.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/opinion/ci_23562841/pa-budget-hostage-medicaid-expansion-opponents-editorial

Chalk dust advocacy draws criminal charges

News has a habit of arriving in waves, but it's especially striking when a trend arises from ridiculous, repressive and overtly unconstitutional overreactions.

http://www.publicopiniononline.com/opinion/ci_23562837/chalk-dust-advocacy-draws-criminal-charges-editorial

Watchdog

In a ruling that has once again tossed ideological groupings like a salad, the U.S. Supreme Court in June upheld a Maryland law allowing police to take a person's DNA upon arrest for a serious offense, rather than upon conviction.

http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?TM=75136.7&SubSectionID=110&SectionID=9

FDA Approves Hemophilia B Drug "Rixubis"

The FDA has just approved the drug Rixubis [Coagulation Factor IX ] for people over the age of 16 suffering from hemophilia B. Hemophilia B is an inherited chronic blood disorder where the blood does not clot properly, it is caused by mutations in the Factor IX gene.

http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=262610

Business briefs

The SBA Mississippi District Office and the South Mississippi Contract Procurement Center will host a statewide 8 Application Conference and HUBZone Program Conference July 25 in Gulfport.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/27/4764769/business-briefs.html#storylink=rss

Sarcoma Alliance Examines Affordable Care Act

The nonprofit has just published an article on the ACA, also known as Obamacare.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10882050.htm

Marietta to Distribute New Items for Pet Care Line

An agreement with John Paul Peta will give Marietta the chance to market and distribute the pet care line to the lodging industry.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10876297.htm

Analysis: In shadow of landmark decisions, U.S. high court also rules for business

Less noticed in a flurry of high-profile rulings on race, voting rights and gay marriage was how the U.S. Supreme Just this week, the court handed wins to generic drug manufacturers facing design-defect lawsuits, employers battling harassment and retaliation claims and landowners struggling to obtain permits for construction projects.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/484240/20130628/analysis-in-shadow-of-landmark-decisionss-high-court-also-rules-for-business.htm

Damaged Gettysburg statue returns for anniversary

A federal indictment accusing Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of carrying out the April bombings says the teenager had the information he needed to make explosives with a... Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will be restrained during his trial by wearing a harness under his clothes that will be anchored to the floor, the ... (more)

http://www.nbc29.com/story/22710038/damaged-gettysburg-statue-returns-for-anniversary

LePage losing relevance

Moderate Republicans backed away from Gov. Paul LePage this week in the wake of his largest legislative defeat and a string of public outbursts in which the governor crudely insulted a Democratic senator and toyed with a run for Congress rather than re-election to the Blaine House.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/0001/11/30/lepage-losing-relevance/1385914

Physical therapy available in Kansas without physician referral

Direct patient access to physical therapy services is now available to Kansans because of a new law.

http://www.abilene-rc.com/newsdetail.asp?article_id=1045&HL=Sports:

Mississippi House votes to renew Medicaid, set budget

Rep. George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, right, speaks on the merits of the Medicaid reauthorization bill Thursday, June 27, 2013 during the Special Session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., as Republican lawmakers Bill Kinkade of Byhalia, left, and Patricia Willis of Diamondhead listen.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/27/4764830/mississippi-house-votes-to-renew.html#storylink=rss

Lipstick on the Obamacare Pig

The Weekly Standard reserves the right to use your email for internal use only. Occasionally, we may send you special offers or communications from carefully selected advertisers we believe may be of benefit to our subscribers.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/lipstick-obamacare-pig_738062.html

Around South Mississippi

Mississippi in 2011 had the seventh-highest rate in the nation for HIV infection at 20.7. The 2011 national rate for HIV infection was 15.8 per 100,000.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/27/4764645/around-south-mississippi.html#storylink=rss

Walker flooded with veto requests

Since the Legislature passed the Wisconsin budget last week, Gov. Scott Walker has been flooded with about 200 requests - urging him to scrap or save dozens of the thousands of items in the $70 billion spending plan.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/viewart/20130627/WDH01/306270446/Walker-flooded-veto-requests

Analysis - In shadow of landmark decisions, U.S. high court also rules for business

Less noticed in a flurry of high-profile rulings on race, voting rights and gay marriage was how the U.S. Supreme Court rounded off its term by delivering a string of victories to businesses and employers.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/-/world/17787944/analysis-in-shadow-of-landmark-decisions-u-s-high-court-also-rules-for-business/

Special Report: Plastic Surgery Nightmare

An eye doctor doing a face-lift? A dentist doing liposuction? It can happen. Any doctor in the state of Arkansas can perform cosmetic procedures with a quick certification class.

http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Special-Report-Plastic-Surgery-Nightmare/o5PWh3h5EEC-kR6dtYUVJw.cspx?rss=315

Website sheds light on new health exchanges

While the uninsured or underinsured must wait until Oct. 1 to start purchasing health insurance on new health care exchanges, a key provision in President Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act, they can begin learning now how the process will work.

http://www.kjonline.com/news/website-sheds-light-on-new-exchanges_2013-06-28.html

Arizona Governor Gets Her Medicaid Expansion

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who challenged President Obama's health care law all the way to the Supreme Court, advocated publicly for full repeal of the law, and refused to set up a state-based health insurance exchange, changed her tune when it came to the law's Medicaid expansion.

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/06/28/arizona-governor-gets-her-medicaid-expansion

Analysis: In shadow of landmark decisions, U.S. high court also rules for business

Less noticed in a flurry of high-profile rulings on race, voting rights and gay marriage was how the U.S. Supreme Court rounded off its term by delivering a string of victories to businesses and employers.

http://www.courant.com/business/sns-rt-us-usa-court-business-20130627,0,2795190.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Courant%2FBusiness%2FNationWorld+%28courant.com+-+National+BUSINESS+UPDATES%29

Finding Above The Line Tax Reductions for your business in the New Year

When it comes to federal business taxes, your focus should be to pay only what's owed, nothing more.

http://livepressworld.com/finding-above-the-line-tax-reductions-for-your-business-in-the-new-year/

On Native GroundHOW to Bring Equity Back to Our Economy

The weight of history was unavoidable. The first African-American to be elected twice to the presidency.

http://www.american-reporter.com/4,760/30.html

House GOP opposes Senate-passed immigration bill

Senate passage of a comprehensive immigration overhaul sparked no excitement in the GOP-controlled House, where Republican leaders continue to oppose the Senate bill in favor of a piecemeal approach to addressing the nation's immigration system.

http://www.9news.com/rss/article/342610/166/House-GOP-opposes-Senate-passed-immigration-bill

Da Vinci Lawsuit News: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Recent FDA Letter...

Da Vinci Lawsuit News: Bernstein Liebhard LLP Notes Recent FDA Letter Stating Intuitive Surgical May Have Violated Federal Regulations Concerning its da Vinci Robot The Firm is offering free and confidential case evaluations to patients who may have experienced bad robot surgery complications after undergoing a procedure aided by the da Vinci ... (more)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/da-vinci-lawsuit/bad-robot-surgery/prweb10880933.htm

ANALYSIS-In shadow of landmark decisions, U.S. high court also rules for business

Less noticed in a flurry of high-profile rulings on race, voting rights and gay marriage was how the U.S. Supreme Court rounded off its term by delivering a string of victories to businesses and employers.

http://www.trust.org/item/20130628045957-bnvp9

Ohio Dems push to bring GOP Medicaid bill to vote

Democratic lawmakers in Ohio began an effort Thursday to try to call a vote on a Republican-sponsored bill to expand the Medicaid program to cover thousands more low-income residents after attempts to add the proposal to the state's budget repeatedly failed.

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/330346/Ohio-Dems-push-to-bring-GOP-Medicaid-bill-to-vote-.html?nav=5072

FDA crackdown targets prescription websites

U.S. and international regulators have seized more than $41 million in illegal medicines worldwide and shut down 1,677 websites as part of their ongoing fight against counterfeit drugs sold over the Internet.

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/business/ci_23557218/fda-crackdown-targets-prescription-websites?source=rss

Doctors, patients say they intend to stick with Medtronic drug pump

Despite 14 deaths and the FDA action, doctors and patients said the benefits of the SynchroMed device outweighed the risks.

http://www.startribune.com/business/213427361.html

Policy Studies

Although Social Security is projected to remain solvent through 2033, its annual cash-flow deficits are already adding to federal deficits.

http://insideronline.org/SummaryArchive.cfm?Display=Detail&StartDate=2013/06/29&EndDate=2013/06/22

Medicaid vote complicated by Capitol renovations

If Gov. Rick Snyder persuades the Michigan Senate to vote soon on Medicaid expansion, senators may have to vote somewhere else.

http://www.abc12.com/story/22705428/medicaid-vote-complicated-by-capitol-renovations

Bar Codes: Scanning the Past for the Future

On October 7, 2012, the bar code celebrated its 60th anniversary. And while PMP News is only celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013, much of our reporting over the years has been on this automatic identification enabler.

http://www.pmpnews.com/article/bar-codes-scanning-past-future

Court: Hobby Lobby can challenge health care law

Customers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A challenge to the federal health care law faces its most prominent test yet in a full 10th Circuit hearing in Denver on Thursday.

http://www.dailycamera.com/nation-world-news/ci_23556699/court-hobby-lobby-can-challenge-health-care-law?source=rss

Should Women with Menopause Take Supplements?

Some women take calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause for bone health; others choose not to.

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=31646

Supreme Court: Everyone Deserved Better

... he can find a way to deal with a case by fiddling around with the rules (recall his creative rewriting of the healthcare law to salvage it?), he will resolve things that way, rather than on the merits. That has to be disappointing to conservatives ...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/28/rulings_on_doma_and_prop_8_everyone_deserved_better_119002.html

National HIV Testing Day: HIV down 21 percent in black women

... Act has already expanded access to free HIV screening for many people. For those living with HIV/AIDS, the healthcare law will help to ensure patients get the care and treatment they need. "On Jan. 1, 2014, many of the ACA's most important ...

http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/06/27/National-HIV-Testing-Day-HIV-down-21-percent-in-black-women/UPI-50251372388631/

Witnesses subpoenaed for Moffett trial

Several witnesses have been subpoenaed by the defense team organized to represent former Point Pleasant Intermediate School Principal Cameron Moffett who is going to trial next month on a charge of child abuse causing risk of injury.

http://www.mydailyregister.com/view/full_story/22971266/article-Witnesses-subpoenaed-for-Moffett-trial?instance=commented

Blount Memorial Hospital drops part-time insurance coverage

The effects of the Affordable Care Act are being felt locally as regulations begin to kick in for public and nonprofit employers.

http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local_News/story/Blount-Memorial-Hospital-drops-part-time-insurance-coverage-id-037914

Court sends abortion drug case back to Okla. court

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a state court to clarify a couple of questions about an Oklahoma anti-abortion law that bans off-label use of certain abortion-inducing drugs.

http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013306280141

Court: Hobby Lobby can challenge health care law

Hobby Lobby stores won't have to start paying millions of dollars in fines next week for not complying with the federal birth-control coverage mandate, under a federal appeals court ruling issued Thursday.

http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013306280139

Abortion regulations among changes in Ohio budget

Abortion providers in Ohio would have to inform pregnant women in writing about the presence of a fetal heartbeat before the procedure under a last-minute change slipped into the state budget on Tuesday evening.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Abortion-regulations-among-changes-in-Ohio-budget-4620171.php

Supreme Court sends abortion drug case back to Oklahoma

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday asked for additional information about an Oklahoma law that bans certain abortion-inducing drugs, a move that gave supporters new hope the justices would ultimately determine the state's top court went too far by striking down the law.

http://www.jconline.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jconline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013306270024%26nclick_check%3D1

Activist Arrested For This Supposedly 'Derogatory' Chalk Protest

If you thought throwing down a protest slogan with some sidewalk chalk was a safe way to practice civil disobedience, think again.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/27/aj-marin-pennsylvania-arrest_n_3512824.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2FBusiness+%28Business+on+The+Huffington+Post%29

Online pharmacy crackdown shutters 1,677 websites

U.S. and international regulators have seized more than $41 million in illegal medicines worldwide and shut down 1,677 websites as part of their ongoing fight against counterfeit drugs sold over the Internet.

http://www.9news.com/rss/article/342561/328/Online-pharmacy-crackdown-shutters-1677-websites-

SureTrial eTMF Cloud Edition V2.1 Released for BioPharma Clinical Trials

Rancho Cordova, CA June 27, 2013 SureClinical, a provider of cloud-based content management application software for health sciences, announced today that it has delivered the first cloud-based electronic trial master file solution for clinical trials with integrated multi-organization digital signature support on mobile and desktop devices.

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/06/27/7238669.htm

Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider: Congress leaves D.C. with full agenda

Congress is heading home for a July Fourth break with a step forward for a major immigration bill, the real threat of higher interest rates on some student loans, and a bevy of unfinished legislative items that will greet lawmakers upon their return to Washington, D.C. The biggest action in the month of June came on Thursday afternoon, as the ... (more)

http://www.kfoxtv.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2013/jun/27/congress-leaves-dc-full-agenda/

Court: Hobby Lobby can challenge health care law

Customers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A challenge to the federal health care law faces its most prominent test yet in a full 10th Circuit hearing in Denver on Thursday.

http://www.twincities.com/health/ci_23552467/court-hobby-lobby-can-challenge-health-care-law?source=rss

SC lawmakers override 46 of Gov. Haley's 81 vetoes

COLUMBIA, S.C. The South Carolina Senate ended this year's legislative session Thursday by overriding 46 of Gov. Nikki Haley's 81 budget vetoes, restoring money to a Union County library, a Barnwell County courthouse and other local projects.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/27/4131954/sc-senate-comes-back-to-consider.html#storylink=rss

Are e-cigarettes a boon, a menace or both?

Rapidly growing numbers of consumers are turning to electronic cigarettes to satisfy their nicotine addiction without inhaling the carcinogens and toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke.

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=120562:are-e-cigarettes-a-boon-a-menace-or-both?&Itemid=2

Happy Hobby

It's a good day for the little guy: A federal appeals court in Denver has reversed a lower court's decision to deny Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s quest for an injunction against part of the Affordable Care Act that requires it to cover the cost of emergency contraceptives for some of its employees.

http://wvrblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/happy-hobby.html

More

An appeals court said Thursday that Hobby Lobby and a sister company that sells Christian books and supplies can fight the nation's new health care law on religious grounds, ruling the portion of the law that requires them to offer certain kinds of birth control to their employees is particularly onerous, and suggesting the companies shouldn't have ... (more)

http://www.wave3.com/story/22704989/court-hobby-lobby-can-challenge-health-care-law

A look at the Ohio budget before state lawmakers

Some of the highlights of Ohio's two-year, $62 billion budget that cleared the Legislature on Thursday, plus some of the policies that were dropped from the spending plan: --INCOME TAX CUT: Reduces the statewide income tax rate gradually over three years, beginning with an 8.5 percent tax in 2013 and moving to a 10 percent tax reduction by 2015.

http://www.daily-jeff.com/latest%20headlines/2013/06/27/a-look-at-the-ohio-budget-before-state-lawmakers

Congress leaves D.C. with full agenda

Congress is heading home for a July Fourth break with a step forward for a major immigration bill, the real threat of higher interest rates on some student loans, and a bevy of unfinished legislative items that will greet lawmakers upon their return to Washington, D.C. The biggest action in the month of June came on Thursday afternoon, as the ... (more)

http://www.krmg.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2013/jun/27/congress-leaves-dc-full-agenda/

SC lawmakers override 46 of Gov. Haley's 81 vetoes

The South Carolina Senate ended this year's legislative session Thursday by overriding 46 of Gov. Nikki Haley's 81 budget vetoes, restoring money to a Union County library, a Barnwell County courthouse and other local projects.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/06/27/sc-xgr--sc-budget-vetoes.html

Us Nipd Market to Grow at an Astounding Cagr of 49% during 2012-2017

As per the new research report by RNCOS, "US Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnostics - Market Insight" the market for non-invasive prenatal diagnostics in US is expanding at a rapid rate.

http://reports.pr-inside.com/us-nipd-market-to-grow-at-r3714989.htm

Backs horse meat use

I am writing in response to a letter written against horse slaughter last weekend.

http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/568047/Backs-horse-meat-use.html?nav=5088

Post-DOMA, Employers Face HR Challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Windsor that overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act means that gay and lesbian couples who are legally married can now take advantage of a host of tax breaks, pension rights, and other benefits previously available only to married heterosexual couples.

http://www.law.com/corporatecounsel/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202608621585

Senate working on Medicaid expansion plan

The two Senate party caucuses are negotiating legislation to set guidelines for Pennsylvania's participation in the federally guided expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults.

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/senate-working-on-medicaid-expansion-plan-1.1511972

FDA takes small step in tobacco product backlog

The Food and Drug Administration is taking a small step to whittle away a backlog of 4,000 tobacco product applications, some of which have lingered for more than two years.

http://www.lincolndailynews.com/News/business062613_G.shtml

High court decisions elicit positive responses

Wednesday's historic U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down part of a 1996 federal law barring recognition of same-sex marriages was seen locally as a step in the right direction championing the rights of gays and lesbians to gain equal footing with heterosexual couples.

http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/06/27/high-court-decisions-elicit-positive-responses/

Affordable Care Act Details Explained At Hunting Park Health Center

... really good resources there, and we urge people to check it out." The site answers basic questions about the healthcare law. But with states and the federal government running behind schedule on setting up the exchanges, there's now only general ...

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/06/27/affordable-care-act-details-explained-at-hunting-park-health-center/

Nat'l Cattlemen's Beef Assn Educates Capitol Hill On Antibiotic Use In Livestock

NAT'L CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSN EDUCATES CAPITOL HILL ON ANTIBIOTIC USE IN LIVESTOCK Jun. 27, 2013 National Cattlemen's Beef Association reports: The National Cattlemen's Beef Association today gave an overview to more than 70 congressional staff members on antibiotics used in food producing animals as part of NCBA's "Beef 101" educational series.

http://www.agrimarketing.com/s/82842

Ambit Biosciences presents data from Phase 2 ACE study of quizartinib for treatment of AML

Ambit Biosciences Corporation announced today data from the Phase 2 ACE study of quizartinib , a FLT3 inhibitor, were featured in multiple presentations at the 18th Congress of the European Hematology Association in Data presented included analyses of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia from a Phase 2 clinical trial of ... (more)

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130627/Ambit-Biosciences-presents-data-from-Phase-2-ACE-study-of-quizartinib-for-treatment-of-AML.aspx

Fresenius NaturaLyte, GranuFlo Dialysis Heart Attack Lawsuit...

Resource4thePeople's national team of attorneys continues offering complimentary consultations for consumers who may have suffered alleged life-threatening side effects from dialysis products.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10870603.htm

NDA Partners Promotes Jeanine Kuczik to Partner

NDA Partners announced today that Jeanine Kuczik, a Premier Expert consultant with the firm, has been appointed a partner with responsibility for regulatory strategy and project management of regulatory submissions including INDs, NDAs and ANDAs.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10874191.htm

The messy rollout of Obamacare

The rollout of Obamacare later this year is likely to bring a rate shock for many Americans who will buy health insurance from state marketplaces known as exchanges.

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/06/26/3362810/the-messy-rollout-of-obamacare.html

Ohio lawmakers near vote on $62B state budget

After months of wrangling, state lawmakers are preparing to grant final approval to the massive policy document that lays out Ohio's spending priorities for the next two years.

http://www.newstalkradiowhio.com/ap/ap/energy/ohio-lawmakers-near-vote-on-62b-state-budget/nYXL8/

Report: Entitlement Outlook Has Improved, But We're Still Screwed

The Medicare and Social Security Board of Trustees released their report on the fiscal outlook of both the programs, and the news is both encouraging and depressing: the slowing cost of health care that can be attributed to both the recession and health care reforms over the last ten years has made it a bit easier to absorb the coming tidal wave of ... (more)

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/kevinglass/2013/06/26/report-entitlement-outlook-has-improved-but-were-still-screwed-n1628678

ControlCase Announces Comprehensive Compliance as a Service (CaaS)...

As the September 2013 deadline for HIPAA Omnibus compliance nears, the ControlCase HIPAA Certification service offers a cost effective and scalable solution ControlCase, a leading global provider of Compliance as a Service , Certifications, and IT Governance, Risk and Compliance software continues to support clients impacted by Health Insurance ... (more)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10870841.htm

06/27/13 Healthcare Law Newswire

• Small Doses _{2013-06-26, 08:17 pm}
  In the past, researchers have seen that a post-meal walk, as short as 15 minutes, can help with digestion and improve blood sugar levels.
• Post-DOMA, Employers Face HR Challenges _{2013-06-27, 02:17 am}
  The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in United States v. Windsor that overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act means that gay and lesbian couples who are legally married can now take advantage of a host of tax breaks, pension rights, and other benefits previously available only to married heterosexual couples.
• Protecting your Future: A special needs trust for disabled can ease worries _{2013-06-27, 02:14 am}
  Maria and Sean have a 41-year-old son, Joe, who has schizophrenia. He lives at home with them.
• The Supreme Court Rulings On DOMA And Prop 8: Everyone Deserved Better _{2013-06-27, 02:14 am}
  ... he can find a way to deal with a case by fiddling around with the rules (recall his creative rewriting of the healthcare law to salvage it?), he will resolve things that way, rather than on the merits. That has to be disappointing to conservatives ...
• FDA takes small step in tobacco product backlog _{2013-06-27, 01:49 am}
  The Food and Drug Administration is taking a small step to whittle away a backlog of 4,000 tobacco product applications, some of which have lingered for more than two years.
• Five with KC ties charged in $10.5 million synthetic drug conspiracy _{2013-06-27, 01:48 am}
  A federal grand jury has indicted five current and former Kansas City residents for their roles in a $10.5 million conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana.
• Mississippi lawmakers will start Medicaid session Thursday _{2013-06-27, 01:21 am}
  Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol at 10 a.m. Thursday for a special session designed to keep Medicaid alive and funded.
• Battling Fires, Fighting Cancer _{2013-06-27, 01:12 am}
  Firefighters are known as heroes, and one local man hasn't let having a brain tumor stop him from serving his community.
• Nassau County Comptroller's Report _{2013-06-27, 01:11 am}
  Last week my office released the County's 2012 year-end unaudited fiscal results and reported that the County is expected to end with a budgetary surplus of $41.6 million.
• Readers debate pros, cons of Medicaid expansion _{2013-06-27, 01:00 am}
  I see that state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton , is busy pandering to his tea party base in criticizing the Affordable Care Act coming into Michigan.
• State budget crisis impacting county's health department _{2013-06-27, 12:57 am}
  The potential of a shutdown of governmental services and employee layoffs because of the state legislature's failure to pass a budget for the biennium beginning July 1 is affecting county services as well.
• Owner of Medical Supply Company Sentenced to Prison for His Role in... _{2013-06-27, 12:49 am}
  United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Jose Melendez, the owner and operator of Oceanside Medical Services, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a health care fraud conspiracy that resulted in over $1 million in false claims to the Medicare trust fund.
• Louisiana Hospital Association asks Jindal for budget explanation _{2013-06-27, 12:40 am}
  The 140-member Louisiana Hospital Association has asked the Jindal administration for data it used to justify making more than $50 million in health care cuts, mostly in Medicaid - the government insurance program for the poor.
• SCOTUS decision a win for same-sex marriage _{2013-06-27, 12:37 am}
  In a major victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, opening the path for gay married couples to receive federal benefits they were denied under the act.
• Pepper Hamilton Adding Health Care Group in L.A. _{2013-06-27, 12:24 am}
  Pepper Hamilton is poised to welcome five health care lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright, bulking up its year-old Los Angeles office.
• FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervon's Breakthrough... _{2013-06-27, 12:24 am}
  In a huge victory for ALS sufferers, FDA granted Genervon Biopharmaceuticals a fast track designation for its first in class highly effective multi-target master regulator biotechnology drug GM604 for ALS.
• Abortion regulations among changes in Ohio budget _{2013-06-27, 12:21 am}
  Abortion providers in Ohio would have to inform pregnant women in writing about the presence of a fetal heartbeat before the procedure under a last-minute change slipped into the state budget on Tuesday evening.
• FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervona s Breakthrough... _{2013-06-27, 12:13 am}
  FDA approved clinical trial with Fast Track designation for ALS increases hope for victims of this heart-wrenching disease.
• Neal bill encourages new vaccines _{2013-06-27, 12:11 am}
  As a practicing physician for the past 38 years, I know how important seasonal flu vaccinations are to the public at large.
• Houston same-sex couples sort through impact of Supreme Court ruling _{2013-06-27, 12:11 am}
  HOUSTON Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling to strike down the nation's defense of marriage gives gay couples in Texas and elsewhere a reason to marry.

Protecting your Future: A special needs trust for disabled can ease worries

Maria and Sean have a 41-year-old son, Joe, who has schizophrenia. He lives at home with them.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130627/BIZ/306270347

The Supreme Court Rulings On DOMA And Prop 8: Everyone Deserved Better

... he can find a way to deal with a case by fiddling around with the rules (recall his creative rewriting of the healthcare law to salvage it?), he will resolve things that way, rather than on the merits. That has to be disappointing to conservatives ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2013/06/27/the-supreme-court-rulings-on-doma-and-prop-8-everyone-deserved-better/

Owner of Medical Supply Company Sentenced to Prison for His Role in...

United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Jose Melendez, the owner and operator of Oceanside Medical Services, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his involvement in a health care fraud conspiracy that resulted in over $1 million in false claims to the Medicare trust fund.

http://sandiegonewscape.com/index.php/latest-news/crime/1208-owner-of-medical-supply-company-sentenced-to-prison-for-his-role-in-million-dollar-power-wheelchair-scams

Five with KC ties charged in $10.5 million synthetic drug conspiracy

A federal grand jury has indicted five current and former Kansas City residents for their roles in a $10.5 million conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/26/4315475/five-with-kc-ties-charged-in-alleged.html

Rich Crandall Appointed Wyoming Education Director: Will Russell Pearce Try Replacing Him?

State Senator Rich Crandall of Legislative District 16, a non-wacko conservative and one of the Republicans who backed Medicaid expansion this year, has been appointed by Governor Matt Mead of Wyoming to lead that state's Department of Education .

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2013/06/russell_pearce_rich_crandall.php

CyberLock, HP, ImageWare Systems, T-Systems and Biometric Associates...

Law Journal Press, 1998-2008. ISBN 973-58852-086-9 Mr. Scott Gaydos, Chief Technologist, Federal Healthcare, HP Enterprise Services, US Public Sector, told us, "HP provides technology, services, and turnkey solutions to Federal Healthcare entities including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , the Food and Drug Administration , the ... (more)

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2717062

We need referendumon Medicaid expansion

With his usual bombast "Governor Front Page" vetoed health care for thousands of Maine families.

http://www.kjonline.com/opinion/we-need-referendumon-medicaid-expansion_2013-06-26.html

Mississippi lawmakers will start Medicaid session Thursday

Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol at 10 a.m. Thursday for a special session designed to keep Medicaid alive and funded.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/26/4761866/state-lawmakers-start-medicaid.html

Battling Fires, Fighting Cancer

Firefighters are known as heroes, and one local man hasn't let having a brain tumor stop him from serving his community.

http://www.antonnews.com/glencoverecordpilot/20-news/30515-battling-fires-fighting-cancer-.html

Nassau County Comptroller's Report

Last week my office released the County's 2012 year-end unaudited fiscal results and reported that the County is expected to end with a budgetary surplus of $41.6 million.

http://www.antonnews.com/roslynnews/90-roslynopinions/30577-nassau-county-comptrollers-report.html

Readers debate pros, cons of Medicaid expansion

I see that state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton , is busy pandering to his tea party base in criticizing the Affordable Care Act coming into Michigan.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130627/OPINION01/306270016/1007/OPINION01

State budget crisis impacting county's health department

The potential of a shutdown of governmental services and employee layoffs because of the state legislature's failure to pass a budget for the biennium beginning July 1 is affecting county services as well.

http://www.waheagle.com/news/article.exm/2013-06-27_state_budget_crisis_impacting_county_s_health_department

The Present and the Future Both Need Bastiat

I agree with Bryan : Frederic Bastiat's essay " What is Seen and What is Not Seen " is "the pinnacle of profundity."

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2013/06/the_present_and_1.html

Louisiana Hospital Association asks Jindal for budget explanation

The 140-member Louisiana Hospital Association has asked the Jindal administration for data it used to justify making more than $50 million in health care cuts, mostly in Medicaid - the government insurance program for the poor.

http://theadvocate.com/news/6358035-123/louisiana-hospital-association-asks-jindal

SCOTUS decision a win for same-sex marriage

In a major victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, opening the path for gay married couples to receive federal benefits they were denied under the act.

http://dailyfreepress.com/2013/06/27/scotus-decision-a-win-for-same-sex-marriage/

Neal bill encourages new vaccines

As a practicing physician for the past 38 years, I know how important seasonal flu vaccinations are to the public at large.

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/ci_23548650/neal-bill-encourages-new-vaccines?source=rss

Pepper Hamilton Adding Health Care Group in L.A.

Pepper Hamilton is poised to welcome five health care lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright, bulking up its year-old Los Angeles office.

http://www.lawjobs.com/newsandviews/LawArticle.jsp?id=1202608698458&Pepper_Hamilton_Adding_Health_Care_Group_in_LA&hubtype=News

FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervon's Breakthrough...

In a huge victory for ALS sufferers, FDA granted Genervon Biopharmaceuticals a fast track designation for its first in class highly effective multi-target master regulator biotechnology drug GM604 for ALS.

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/06/26/7235439.htm

Abortion regulations among changes in Ohio budget

Abortion providers in Ohio would have to inform pregnant women in writing about the presence of a fetal heartbeat before the procedure under a last-minute change slipped into the state budget on Tuesday evening.

http://www.morningjournalnews.com/page/content.detail/id/329702/Abortion-regulations-among-changes-in-Ohio-budget-.html?nav=5020

FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervona s Breakthrough...

FDA approved clinical trial with Fast Track designation for ALS increases hope for victims of this heart-wrenching disease.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130626006583/en/FDA-Granted-Fast-Track-Designation-Genervon%E2%80%99s-Breakthrough

Houston same-sex couples sort through impact of Supreme Court ruling

HOUSTON Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling to strike down the nation's defense of marriage gives gay couples in Texas and elsewhere a reason to marry.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Houston-same-sex-couples-sort-through-impact-of-Supreme-Court-ruling-213255981.html

FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervona s Breakthrough...

In a huge victory for ALS sufferers, FDA granted Genervon Biopharmaceuticals a fast track designation for its first in class highly effective multi-target master regulator biotechnology drug GM604 for ALS.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/topix/20130626006583/en

FDA Granted Fast Track Designation for Genervon's Breakthrough...

FDA approved clinical trial with Fast Track designation for ALS increases hope for victims of this heart-wrenching disease.

http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20130626006584/en/fda/als/biotechnology

Vermilion County Board approves sale of nursing home

Vermilion County Board members came just one vote shy Wednesday night of unanimously approving the sale of the county-owned Vermilion Manor Nursing Home to FNR Healthcare Group for $3.4 million.

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-06-26/vermilion-county-board-approves-sale-nursing-home.html

Costa confident about Medicaid expansion

Sen. Jay Costa on Wendesday said he was confident about developing a legislative framework in the next few days that would allow Pennsylvania to apply to the federal government for Medicaid expansion.

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/06/26/costa-confident-about-medicaid-expansion.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_pittsburgh+%28Pittsburgh+Business+Times%29

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Those health insurance rebates that some consumers got last year will total much less for 2013, but the Obama administration says that's a good thing.

http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/22645550/health-insurance-rebates-decline-this-year

Senate Group Named To Explore Medicaid Expansion

Six Republican senators will meet over the summer to consider ways to possibly improve Medicaid expansion legislation pending in the Michigan Senate.

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/06/26/senate-group-named-to-explore-medicaid-expansion/

Healthcare law's renewal loophole divides health insurers

Ahead of next year's healthcare overhaul, some major insurers and consumer advocates want California lawmakers to bar companies from renewing most individual policies beyond Jan. 1.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-health-renewal-battle-20130627,0,123071.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fbusiness+%28L.A.+Times+-+Business%29

Accountable Care Organizations: How to Dress for Success

Accountable Care Organizations need to reconsider their provider configuration and make it capable of managing clinical and financial risk.

http://www.ajmc.com/publications/issue/2013/2013-1-vol19-n6/Accountable-Care-Organizations-How-to-Dress-for-Success

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer axes 2 of 3 tax cut bills, last of session

Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed two of the three remaining bills from the Arizona Legislature's 2013 session but signed a big tax cut bill for businesses on the final day for her to act.

http://www.ktar.com/?nid=22&sid=1644961

Raleigh pharmaceutical company tries again with 'pink Viagra'

The company confirmed Wednesday that it submitted the drug flibanserin for Food and Drug Administration review earlier this year.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/06/26/2991536/raleigh-pharma-tries-again-with.html#storylink=rss

Poor Iowa women needing abortion, get Republican governor's "personal" attention

The party of "smaller government" unless it has anything to do with lady parts under the waist, has done it again.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219263/-Poor-Iowa-women-get-Republican-governor-s-personal-attention

Brewer axes 2 of 3 tax cut bills, last of session

Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed two of the three remaining bills from the Arizona Legislature 's 2013 session but signed a big tax cut bill for businesses on the final day for her to act.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Brewer-axes-2-of-3-tax-cut-bills-last-of-session-4622720.php

Breast Options: FDA Approves Third 'Gummy Bear' Implant

All three of these brands fall under the umbrella of "gummy-bear" breast implants.

http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Plastic_Surgery_450/Breast-Options-FDA-Approves-Third-Gummy-Bear-Implant.shtml

Will Someone Please Bury The Republican Trinity?

The Republican Trinity: Trickle Down, Deregulation, Privatization. This Trinity has, and does, hold the reins in guiding our national economy.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/18/1216952/-Will-Someone-Please-Bury-The-Republican-Trinity

U.S. can challenge drugmakers' generics pacts

Deals between drug companies and their generic-drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can sometimes be illegal and therefore can be challenged in court, the Supreme Court said yesterday.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/06/18/u-s--can-challenge-drugmakers-generics-pacts.html

Voice One Announces a Special Webinar for the Debt Collection...

... estate finance; public finance; commercial litigation; corporate securities; corporate tax and transactions; healthcare law; foreclosure and bankruptcy; labor and employment; immigration; international law; tax, estate, probate and elder law; ...

http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/06/18/7212092.htm

Million-anecdote baby

A friend of mine has an adult child with cancer, a young man just old enough to be beyond the age of coverage under his parents' health care plan.

http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/million-anecdote-baby/2127115

Governor should veto this deal

We understand that having a Legislature controlled by both Republicans and Democrats means cutting deals.

http://thegazette.com/2013/06/18/governor-should-veto-this-deal/

Brown County hiring to handle expected jump in Bad...

Brown County is looking to hire ten additional staff and one temporary worker to handle an expected increase in applications for BadgerCare.

http://93rockon.com/news/articles/2013/jun/17/brown-county-hiring-ten-additional-staff-to-handle-influx-of-applications-for-badgercare/

Medicaid expansion would jeopardize lives

Gov. Bob McDonnell's commission to study Medicaid expansion held its first public hearing Monday.

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/06/medicaid-expansion-would-jeopardize-lives

Medicaid battle to be fierce in Senate

A controversial bill to expand Medicaid health care coverage to nearly a half-million more Michiganians moves to the Senate this week, where its chances for passage as of Monday remained a tossup.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130618/BIZ/306180022/1022/rss10

Software uses GPS to track home health care visits

Nurse practitioner Sharon Blattert of Macomb Township takes the vital signs of Margarite Heiniger, 84, a resident of the Villages of East Harbor in Chesterfield Township.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130618/BIZ/306180019/1040/rss34

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Is the Shreveport-Bossier community united when it comes to race? That was the main question of the night at the "Conversation about Race" community event.

http://www.ksla.com/story/22616272/report-slowdown-in-health-care-costs-to-continue

Report: Slowdown in health care costs to continue

There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause.

http://www.abc12.com/story/22616272/report-slowdown-in-health-care-costs-to-continue

Moral Mondays matter

The First Amendment protects a citizen's right to peaceably assemble with others and petition for a governmental redress of grievances.

http://www.thetimesnews.com/opinion/opinion-columns/moral-mondays-matter-1.159982

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There's good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America's slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause.

http://www.waff.com/story/22616272/report-slowdown-in-health-care-costs-to-continue

Robert Reich: Divided government: Washington is closing, states are moving in opposite directions

Conservative Republicans in our nation's capital have managed to accomplish something they only dreamed of when Tea Partiers streamed into Congress at the start of 2011.

http://www.nvdaily.com/opinion/2013/06/robert-reich-divided-government-washington-is-closing-states-are-moving-in-opposite-directions.php

Obamacare spurs insurance decisions

As Massachusetts converts its health insurance offerings to conform with the federal Affordable Care Act, tens of thousands of individuals who receive coverage through the state will have to take steps and make decisions before the law goes into effect in 2014.

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130618/NEWS19/306180315/-1/rss01

Info Maniacs

They want information: A new 253-page Obamacare rule issued late Friday requires state, federal and local agencies as well as health insurers to swap the protected personal health information of anybody seeking to join the new health care program that will be enforced by the Internal Revenue Service.

http://wvrblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/info-maniacs.html

Budget bonanza: Other issues deserve legislative action this month

The difference that state government can make in the lives of Pennsylvanians will be clear in the next two weeks.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/budget-bonanza-other-issues-deserve-legislative-action-this-month-692093/

Convenient scandal: Republicans use the IRS to hurt the health care law

In the best of times, the Internal Revenue Service is the agency everybody loves to hate.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/letters/convenient-scandal-republicans-use-the-irs-to-hurt-the-health-care-law-692064/

Can new FDA graphic warning labels for tobacco pass a first amendment legal challenge?

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration imposes new graphic warning labels for tobacco products, they can survive a First Amendment challenge if they depict health consequences and their effectiveness is supported by adequate scientific evidence, says a Georgetown University Medical Center public health expert and attorney.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/gumc-cnf061113.php

Maine gov vetoes Medicaid expansion for 2nd time

Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed a bill to accept federal dollars to expand health care coverage to 70,000 more Mainers, saying he fears the state will ultimately bear the financial burden for the new enrollees.

http://www.kfoxtv.com/ap/ap/education/lawmakers-in-final-days-but-key-issues-unresolved/nYM3L/

Officials shut down pirate radio station

Officials from the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, the Food and Drug Administration and the Consumer Protection Police Division raided and shut down the Ban Hao radio station on Charan Sanitwong Soi 83/1 Road on Monday.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/355656/officials-shut-down-pirate-radio-station

Medical Groups Oppose Gun-Law Change To Share Mental Health Records With FBI

Several prominent medical associations have voiced opposition to a proposed gun control rule to increase the number of mental health records shared with the national background check system, saying it would only contribute to the stigma against mental illness.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/articles/16603/20130617/gun-control-gun-debate-mental-health-records-gun-laws-gun-violence-mental-illness.htm

Democrats urge moderate Republicans to join them

Fix the budget! Democrats speak out against GOP pr...: Legislators from Northeastern Wisconsin were joined Monday, June 17, 2013, by superintendents from Oconto Falls and Oshkosh school districts at the Brown County Courthouse, where they spoke against the 2012-13 state budget.

http://www.htrnews.com/viewart/20130617/MAN0101/306180133/Democrats-urge-moderate-Republicans-join-them-video-

Central Maine Healthcare files suit against the state

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield wants to form a new insurance plan with MaineHealth.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2013/06/18/central-maine-healthcare-files-suit-against-state/1380460

Governor Brewer Betrays Conservatives, Forces Through Huge Obamacare Medicaid Expansion

Once considered a conservative governor due to signing SB 1070, which toughened up illegal immigration laws, Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer has now destroyed that reputation.

http://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2013/06/17/governor-brewer-betrays-conservatives-forces-through-huge-obamacare-medicaid-expansion-n1621431

High court: 'Pay-to-delay' on generic drugs can be illegal

Deals between pharmaceutical corporations and their generic drug competitors, which government officials say keep cheaper forms of medicine off the market, can sometimes be illegal and therefore can be challenged in court, the Supreme Court said Monday.

http://www.twincities.com/business/ci_23481124/high-court-pay-delay-generic-drugs-can-be?source=rss

Michigan set to move on Medicaid

The Michigan Senate is expected to vote this week on a compromise reached in the lower chamber that would expand the program but limit how long beneficiaries can stay on it.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/michigan-medicaid-expansion-92864.html

Small business weekly: On immigration and capital formation, regulatory delays stifling entrepreneurs

A look back at some of the biggest small business and start-up stories from the past week, with a focus on Washington.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-small-business/post/small-business-weekly-on-immigration-and-capital-formation-regulatory-delays-stifling-entrepreneurs/2013/06/14/5d4e7a9a-d4fe-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_blog.html?wprss=rss_business

Use your head and put your brain in a helmet

Debate over helmet use by motorcycle riders continues, and won't be settled soon.

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