John Florez: State government should invest in people, not process

In preoccupation with efficiency, forgotten is empathy vital in the cost-effective delivery of service to the public.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865591572/State-government-should-invest-in-people-not-process.html

N.C. Democrats: Too early to worry about health care rollouta s election impact

From the state's cities to its low-wage rural counties, they say they don't think the issue will crush their party's chances to defend Hagan's U.S. Senate seat next November.

http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/11/29/2821386/nc-democrats-too-early-to-worry.html

N.C. Democrats: Too early to worry about health care rollout's election impact

From the state's cities to its low-wage rural counties, they say they don't think the issue will crush their party's chances to defend Hagan's U.S. Senate seat next November.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/11/29/210119/nc-democrats-too-early-to-worry.html#storylink=rss

No electronic cigarettes for kids

Although there are several important issues facing the General Assembly in the fall and winter, I am urging my colleagues to give priority to making sure minors can't purchase electronic cigarettes.

http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20131130/OPINION02/131139964

Health care website getting additional down time

In this Oct. 28, 2013, file screenshot, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' main landing web page for HealthCare.gov.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/health/health_care_reform&id=9344672&rss=rss-kfsn-article-9344672

'Navigators' unsure about fixes to 'Hit-and-miss' Obamacare site

The Obama administration has said the government's troubled website HealthCare.gov will function smoothly by late Saturday.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/health-care/article/Navigators-unsure-about-fixes-to-Hit-and-miss-5022758.php

Crucial weekend for Obamacare starts with website shutdown

A crucial weekend for the troubled website that is the backbone of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul appears to have got off to a shaky start, as the US government took the HealthCare.gov site offline for an unusually long maintenance period on Saturday morning.

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1369536/crucial-weekend-obamacare-starts-website-shutdown

Obamacare website down overnight

A crucial weekend for the troubled website that is the backbone of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul appears to be off to a shaky start, as the U.S. government took the HealthCare.gov site offline for an unusually long maintenance period into Saturday morning.

http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2013/nov/30/obamacare-website-down-overnight/

Americans down on Republicans and Democrats

The cause: Political blunders on both sides of the bitter partisan divide. The effect: An uncertain outcome in next year's congressional elections.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=2356869

Press ignoring the real healthcare story

... Yes, our healthcare system was due for a tune up, but it is becoming quite plain that the current national healthcare law is proving to be disastrous. Oh, by the way, I did notice a front page article regarding president Obama attending a memorial ...

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/555635/Press-ignoring-the-real-healthcare-story.html?nav=5007

Healthcare.gov website down overnight for extended upgrade | Video

The U.S. government said it would take down the website at the center of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms for an extended 11-hour period overnight on Friday as technology experts push to complete upgrades by a November 30 deadline.

http://www.southflorida.com/sns-rt-us-usa-healthcare-maintenance-20131129,0,990036.story?track=rss

Detroit bankruptcy looked 'premeditated,' ex-Treasurer Dillon said

Andy Dillon, Michigan's former treasurer, wrote an email while he was still in office questioning the initial justification for Detroit's $18 billion bankruptcy, saying it made the filing appear "premeditated."

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20131105/NEWS01/131109910/detroit-bankruptcy-looked-premeditated-ex-treasurer-dillon-said?CSAuthResp=1%3A17352026153727%3A246601%3A512%3A24%3Aapproved%3A23ECEB672F556FDC2CC6A5887070475B

Open enrollment help available

Copyright i 1 2 2013 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Inc and Black Press. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/open-enrollment-help-available-1.448757

Agencies provide help with Affordable Care Act

Copyright i 1 2 2013 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Inc and Black Press. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/agencies-provide-help-with-affordable-care-act-1.448631

Why holiday sales could ride on lower gas prices

No one begs Santa Claus for cheaper gasoline. Yet falling gas prices are shaping up as an unexpected gift for drivers - and for people on their holiday shopping lists.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131127/BIZ/311270056/1001/BIZ

Crucial weekend for Obamacare website begins with a shutdown

A crucial weekend for the troubled website that is the backbone of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul appears to be off to a shaky start, as the U.S. government took the HealthCare.gov site offline for an unusually long maintenance period into Saturday morning.

http://www.trust.org/item/20131130053230-14tcn

The Avandia hype: cooler heads prevail

As reported in Medscape : The US Food and Drug Administration is lifting restrictions on the prescribing and use of the diabetes drug rosiglitazone on the basis of recent data that demonstrate no elevated cardiovascular risk.

http://doctorrw.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-avandia-hype-cooler-heads-prevail.html

Congress Wades in to Medical App Oversight

In September 2013, the Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance regarding its regulation of mobile device medical apps.

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/congress-wades-in-to-medical-app-oversig-72591/

Senate plans to adjourn early, allowing Medicaid expansion to kick in sooner

The Michigan Senate this year plans to adjourn several weeks earlier than is typically done, allowing Medicaid expansion to go into effect sooner and save the state upward of $100 million.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131119819/senate-plans-to-adjourn-early-allowing-medicaid-expansion-to-kick-in?CSAuthResp=1%3A27352024404932%3A246601%3A512%3A24%3Aapproved%3AD0358D9A23F5FC53B8020ADCBA6AC9DE

Missouri's push for Medicaid expansion runs into Republican opposition

In the predawn hours of Nov. 29, 1988, at the highway construction site of U.S. 71 at 87th Street, two burning trailers loaded with 25,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil erupted in blasts that shattered windows and woke residents for miles around.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/29/4659324/missouris-push-for-medicaid-expansion.html#storylink=rss

Obama Gets A Second Shot At Getting Health Care Reform Right

Contrary to the clichA , there are second acts in politics. They just don't usually come two months after the first.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/30/obama-health-care-reform_n_4361679.html

Crucial weekend for Obamacare website begins with a shutdown

A crucial weekend for the troubled website that is the backbone of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul appears to be off to a shaky start, as the U.S. government took the HealthCare.gov site offline for an unusually long maintenance period into Saturday morning.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/30/usa-healthcare-idUSL2N0JF01V20131130?feedType=RSS&feedName=marketsNews

W.Va. hospital loses poor-patient rate request

A Beckley hospital's bid to have the state recalculate reimbursement rates for treating low-income and indigent patients has been rejected by the West Virginia Supreme Court.

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/416729/W-Va--hospital-loses-poor-patient-rate-request.html?nav=5071

NeuroPace Gets FDA Premarket Approval for the RNS System to Treat Medically Refractory Epilepsy

NeuroPace, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted premarket approval for the NeuroPace RNS System, a treatment for adults with partial onset seizures that have not been controlled with two or more antiepileptic drugs.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/29/neuropace_gets_fda_premarket_approval_for.htm

Republican challenges to health care law abound

The Affordable Care Act could get nicked by the Supreme Court next year when the justices take up the mandate that most businesses provide free coverage for contraception.

http://www.app.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.app.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013311290138%26nclick_check%3D1

On Native GroundHELEN Thomas: a Fearless Fighter for a Free Press

In a personal letter to The American Reporter's Editor-in-Chief, President Barack Obama Friday extolled the virtues of his Affordable Health Care Act and vowed to meet the challenges the law is facing.

http://www.american-reporter.com/4,870/13.html

No new taxes, more funds for schools expected in gov's budget

Gov. Gary Herbert is promising no new taxes, no new debt and an increase in spending per-pupil when he unveils a $13 billion-plus state budget proposal early next month.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/57181584-90/budget-cox-debt-growing.html.csp

Health care website upgraded, but questions remain

Administration officials are preparing to announce that they have met today's deadline for improving HealthCare.gov, according to government officials, in part by expanding the site's ability to handle 50,000 users at once.

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=520634

Health care website deadline is today

The Obama administration has said the government's troubled healthcare.gov website will function smoothly by the end of today.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131130/NEWS12/131139989

Health Insurance Community Fair - Sat, Dec 7, 2013

Health Insurance Community Fair Learn about health insurance options under the new healthcare law.

http://events.monroe.lib.in.us/evanced/lib0/eventsignup.asp?ID=39423&disptype=info

Missouria s push for Medicaid expansion runs into Republican opposition

The door hasn't completely shut on expanding the public health insurance program for the poor in Missouri.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/11/29/4659324/missouris-push-for-medicaid-expansion.html

More.

The movement toward a "public health" model may be the most important current trend in American health care.

http://www.ibj.com/tabler-market-is-driving-trend-toward-public-health/PARAMS/article/44721

Colorado dentist shortage to strain under health law

New dental care benefits are coming to hundreds of thousands of Coloradans next year because of the health care overhaul.

http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/Colorado-dentist-shortage-to-strain-under-health-law-233835881.html

Antibiotic Overuse Could Lead to Public Health Crisis

Eighty percent of all antibiotics currently used in the United States are given to farmed animals, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 's annual National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System Retail Meat report, released in February.

http://www.thebradentontimes.com/news/2013/11/30/environment/antibiotic_overuse_could_lead_to_public_health_crisis/

Deadline's here: Is Healthcare.gov fixed? Sort of

Healthcare.gov has doubled its user capacity and eliminated many bugs in time for today's deadline, when the Obama administration pledged the website would operate smoothly.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/11/30/health-care-website-obama-obamacare-cantor/3782607/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28USATODAY+-+News+Top+Stories%29

Obama: People do think I'm trustworthy

The hits to President Obama's popularity, prompted by the botched HealthCare.gov rollout, are simply a natural fluctuation every commander-in-chief faces, Obama told interviewer Barbara Walters in an interview aired Friday.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/29/obama-people-do-think-im-trustworthy/

Why has wave of Obamacare insurance cancellations mostly missed Texas?

There are several complex reasons, but one of the biggest is this: Following the example of Arkansas and other Southern states, the Texas Department of Insurance told health insurers in June that they could compress the contractual period of this year's policies.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20131129-why-has-wave-of-obamacare-insurance-cancellations-mostly-missed-texas.ece

House GOP gets its say on insurance cancellations

Republicans renewed an assault on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his own credibility on Friday as they pushed toward House passage of a measure to let insurers keep offering health coverage that falls short of the law's strict standards.

http://www.ibj.com/house-gop-gets-its-say-on-insurance-cancellations/PARAMS/article/44644

November 30, 2013

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I'm grateful Meet the Press is giving coverage to religious liberty and conscience.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/365124/and-so-forth-kathryn-jean-lopez

pink sneakers

"Wendy Davis in a Carolina Herrera dress and Reed Krakoff pumps" is the description under the Vogue glamour shot of the Texas state senator posing in the state capitol.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/355910/pink-sneakers-stilettos-kathryn-jean-lopez

Insurance exchanges website expected to meet deadline

Administration officials are preparing to announce Sunday that they have met their deadline today for improving HealthCare.gov, according to government officials, in part by expanding the site's ability to handle 50,000 users at once.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2013/11/30/Insurance-exchanges-website-expected-to-meet-deadline/stories/201311300102

Bonuses depend on hospitals success Daytona Beach a " Halifax Health...

Halifax Health will not be providing merit pay increases for the first time since 2010, but it is planning to reward its 3,700 employees if the hospital meets budget and patient satisfaction goals.

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Americans unhappy with Republicans and Democrats

The cause: political mistakes on both sides of the bitter partisan divide. The effect: an uncertain outcome in next year's congressional elections.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=2356878

Rep. Kline says health care law will undermine education

By mid- to late 2014, public and private employers will be deciding whether to cut employees' hours as a way to avoid the extra cost of providing health care benefits that comply with the new federal requirements.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/233791821.html

Anchorage health business loses billing privileges

Thirty-nine caregivers with Good Faith Services are charged with counts including medical assistance fraud, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

http://www.macon.com/2013/11/29/2804620/anchorage-health-business-loses.html

E-Cigarettes: Merchant worries some consumers may be at risk

An Oklahoma City merchant says E-Cigs should be regulated by the F.D.A. This same merchant worries that some consumers may be at risk.

http://kfor.com/2013/11/29/e-cigarettes-merchant-worries-some-consumers-may-be-at-risk/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kfor%2FmwQa+%28KFOR+-+Local+News%29

Medicare wastes billions on name-brand drugs

Patrick T. Fallon for ProPublica The office of Dr. Hew Wah Quon in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 1. Quon is one of Medicare's top prescribers, churning out 27 million worth of prescriptions from 2009 to 2011, data show.

http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-news/ci_24627586/medicare-wastes-billions-name-brand-drugs?source=rss

Obama: People do think I'm trustworthy

Once you're logged in, at the top of each article, video or slideshow you will see a list of your Facebook friends who recently visited Choose to share stories you'e read with your friends or turn sharing OFF to keep your reading experience anonymous .

http://www.4029tv.com/news/politics/Obama-People-do-think-I-m-trustworthy/-/8897382/23219564/-/4d2xidz/-/index.html

Gallup: Obamacare's Hurt/Had No Effect: 10; Helped:1CNS

... On Nov. 23-24, Gallup asked 1,034 adults this question: "As you may know, a few of the provisions of the healthcare law have already gone into effect. So far, has the new law helped you and your family, not had an effect, or has it hurt you and your ...

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/gallup-obamacare-s-hurthad-no-effect-10-helped1

2014 Elections

Democratic dental center mogul David Alameel, who spent millions on a losing campaign for Congress in 2012, told the Tribune Friday that he'll run for the U.S. Senate seat held by John Cornyn in 2014.

http://www.texastribune.org/2014/elections/

Tongue-Controlled Wheelchair Helps Paralyzed People Move

In a clinical trial, people with paralysis of all four limbs, a condition known as tetraplegia, effectively used the tongue-drive system to steer a wheelchair through an obstacle course or operate a computer.

http://mashable.com/2013/11/29/tongue-controlled-wheelchair/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner

Healthcare reform: Universal Access to poor and rural Americans

WASHINGTON , November 30, 2013 The lack of access to the best of our health care by certain classes of people, defined by their geographical location or financial status is well known.

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/edge-precipice/2013/nov/29/third-key-true-reform-health-care-america-universa/

President Obama: 'Nowhere to go but up'

Despite facing a disastrous rollout of his health care plan, criticism over his policies and approval ratings that have plunged to an all-time low, President Obama said he remains confident that his signature health care law will be an important part of his legacy and things can only get better.

http://www.whas11.com/news/President-Obama-Nowhere-to-go-but-up-233891931.html

N.C. Democrats: Too early to worry about health care rollouta s election impact

From the state's cities to its low-wage rural counties, they say they don't think the issue will crush their party's chances to defend Hagan's U.S. Senate seat next November.

http://www.adn.com/2013/11/29/3203865/nc-democrats-too-early-to-worry.html

Electronic Cigarettes at the crossroads

Electronic cigarettes; a healthy smoking cessation tool or a harmful, unregulated substance? With no federal rules, the benefits and risks of e-cigs are uncertain.

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/Electronic-Cigarettes-at-the-crossroads-233892471.html

Medicaid changes strain doctors

Dr. Ted Mazer is one of the few ear, nose, and throat specialists in this region who treat low-income people on Medicaid, so many of his patients travel long distances to see him.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/11/29/lack-doctors-may-worsen-millions-join-medicaid/3BkcDMjBZqAFtEMwwJjs9N/story.html

Dems, Obama, head into 2014 distant, determined

In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for the 113th Congress in Washington.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/29/3785978/dems-obama-head-into-2014-distant.html

Heart Stem Cells, LVAD May Avoid Transplants

Statistics from the Department of Health and Human Services reveal that an average of 18 people dies waiting for organ transplants each day.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/22932358/heart-stem-cells-lvad-may-avoid-transplants

On Native GroundFROM the Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks: the Legacy of Whistleblowers

In watching the circus that surrounded the three days of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, one has to conclude that our country has finally jumped the shark.

http://www.american-reporter.com/4,869/128.html

Democrats, Obama head into '14 strained but determined to overcome health care law problems

A month after emerging from a government shutdown at the top of their game, many Democrats in Congress newly worried about the party's re-election prospects are for the first time distancing themselves from President Barack Obama after the disastrous rollout of his health care overhaul.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/233805151.html

Paul Krugman: Obamacare's Secret Success

Obamacare's Secret Success, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times : The law establishing Obamacare was officially titled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/11/paul-krugman-obamacares-secret-success.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EconomistsView+%28Economist%27s+View%29

Safer Colon Review - Let's Eliminate Colon Issues Together

Nov. 29, 2013 - My review for today is Safer Colon . It is the one and only way that can help you live better and clean life.

http://www.prlog.org/12249291-safer-colon-review-lets-eliminate-colon-issues-together.html

Obamacare website for small businesses is delayed

Officials said they needed to concentrate on fixing the healthcare.gov website that is supposed to allow individual consumers who don't get health benefits at work to sign up for coverage.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/29/3416128/obamacare-website-for-small-businesses.html#storylink=rss

South Carolina rejected Medicaid expansion, but numbers will still go up

Yet state officials still forecast a 16 percent enrollment jump by the end of June 2015, triple that of a typical year and even higher than the 12 percent average increase expected in states that are expanding eligibility.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/28/3414881/south-carolina-rejected-medicaid.html#storylink=rss

The Affordable Care Act: Frankenstein's dying monster

Millions of Americans currently covered on individual plans are having their policies terminated by insurers starting next year due to changes prompted by the new health law.

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-affordable-care-act-frankenstein-s-dying-monster?cid=rss

Insurance Overhaul | Health Care Insurance

"The model that the employers are the leading source of health insurance ... will probably start to change."

http://www.floridatrend.com/article/16052/insurance-overhaul

Small business health insurance online portal delayed one year

The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance marketplace for small businesses.

http://www.djc.com/news/bu/12059901.html

Shedding light on cancer in Maine

State Rep. Paul McGowan, D-York, said he was surprised to learn that obesity and cancer are so inextricably linked.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20131126-NEWS-311270302

Obamacare

A moment of truth approaches for President Barack Obama's signature health care reforms with Saturday's self-imposed deadline to get the website to work properly for most users.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/28/politics/obamacare-website/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

SGS Informs on Regulation and Labeling of Genetically Modified (GMO) Foods

The food industry has long battled with questions about the benefits and safety of GMO products.

http://www.pr.com/press-release/530220

Correction: Meningitis Outbreak story

He hopes to find justice another way if criminal charges are brought against the principals of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that made the steroid injections blamed for the fungal meningitis outbreak.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/nov/29/bc-us-meningitis-outbreak/

Colle Farmers Market, Advocate for Local Vegetables, Congratulates Nevada Organic Farmer

In response to an article published by Discovery News, Colle Farmers Market, an advocate of local vegetables, comments on how simple organic farming is in comparison with industrial farming.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11357680.htm

McConaughey showing off versatility

When receiving the news, the rodeo lover argued with the doctor, saying that only homosexuals got such a disease - and he was as straight as they came.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20131129/FEAT/311299974/1011/FEAT

Flood of new dental patients in Colorado meets trickle of caregivers

Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will have new dental care benefits in 2014 under twin health-reform efforts, but state leaders now must scramble to find providers who will care for them.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24621676/flood-new-dental-patients-colorado-meets-trickle-caregivers?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-local+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Local%3A+All+Local+News%29

Provider Relations Advocate - Orlando, FL

Thank you for your interest in the Provider Relations Advocate - Orlando, FL. To begin the application process, please enter your information below.

http://jobview.monster.com/Provider-Relations-Advocate-Orlando-FL-Job-Orlando-FL-US-128045940.aspx?rje=0

Re-Election Concerns Dems distance themselves from Obama over health law

A month after emerging from a government shutdown at the top of their game, many Democrats in Congress newly worried about the party's re-election prospects are for the first time distancing themselves from President Barack Obama after the disastrous rollout of his health care overhaul.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/28/democrats-worrying-about-party-re-election-prospects-distancing-themselves-from/

E-cigarettes booming, benefits not so clear

Electronic cigarettes have become a billion-dollar business in the United States, with an estimated 4 million users, including some of Hollywood's elite.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/ecigarettes-booming-but-benefits-just-smoke-and-mirrors-say-doctors-20131129-2ygta.html

Hit-and-Miss Obamacare Site Still Frustrating at Fix Deadline

The Obama administration has said the government's troubled healthcare.gov website will function smoothly by the end of tomorrow.

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MWVPLT6JTSFF01-4UJUNRQP5TQ96SK0QUC7RNTSE1

Democrats, President Obama, head into 2014 distant, determined

In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for the 113th Congress in Washington.

http://www.dailycamera.com/nation-world-news/ci_24621379/democrats-president-obama-head-into-2014-distant-determined?source=rss

Catholics in Nashville sue over health law

A lawsuit filed by the Catholic Diocese of Nashville says the new federal health care law requires it to violate its religious principals by offering contraceptive services to employees.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/24084807/catholics-in-nashville-sue-over-health-law

Hit-and-Miss Obamacare Site Still Frustrating at Deadline

The Obama administration has said the government's troubled healthcare.gov website will function smoothly by the end of tomorrow.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-29/hit-and-miss-obamacare-site-still-frustrating-at-deadline.html

Eat no evil

Those tasty but evil molecules known as trans fats, lurking in some snacks and margarine sticks, have likely met their inglorious end.

http://www.worldmag.com/2013/11/eat_no_evil

Flawed System: Congress fine with cutting service to Americans

Among the many upsetting aspects of federal spending negotiations going on in Washington is a comparison of budget cuts in dispute to those agreed upon with little controversy.

http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/601680/Flawed-System--Congress-fine-with-cutting-service-to-Americans.html?nav=5003

Peterson: Hospital stays, hydration and detention

The last time I was hospitalized for a physical ailment was almost 35 years ago when I had all the symptoms of appendicitis.

http://www.nwherald.com/2013/11/27/peterson-hospital-stays-hydration-and-detention/avmf8bx/

Kentucky needs a pro-coal senator

Mitch McConnell gets most things wrong, but there is one nail he hit right on the head: He says that he and I are far apart on coal.

http://www.floydcountytimes.com/news/opinion/2808701/Kentucky-needs-a-pro-coal-senator

Diet drug maker taking another shot at federal approval

Los Angeles Times The makers of the proposed weight-loss drug Contrave said this week they have taken a key first step in showing that the medication does not boost the heart and stroke risks of those taking it.

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=520527

Abuse' is the right word

Recently, members of Congress questioned Robert Litt, the top lawyer for the Director of National Intelligence, about the National Security Agency's program of collecting communications records involving millions of Americans.

http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/571445/-Abuse--is-the-right-word.html?nav=5087

Austin Frakt: A win for GOP and Obamacare

Some conservative policy pundits are starting to imagine a detente over Obamacare, in which Republicans recognize the conservative nature of the law and support it in return for tweaks that advance their ideas.

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/28/3637357/a-win-for-gop-and-obamacare-the.html

Good Faith Services stripped of billing privileges in wake of fraud probe

An Alaska home-health business where dozens of caregivers are being investigated for Medicaid fraud has been temporarily stripped of its billing privileges, state officials said Wednesday.

http://www.adn.com/2013/11/28/3201409/good-faith-services-stripped-of.html

Court got it right

Thank you for accurately acknowledging the hallowed legacy of good works performed under the auspices of the Catholic Church in the beginning of your Nov. 23 editorial "Church and State: The Courts Must Balance Health Care Rights."

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2013/11/29/Court-got-it-right/stories/201311290048

Margaret Carlson: Is Obama still bored?

The first was made in St. Paul, Minn., at the end of the 2008 primary campaign, when candidate Obama predicted that generations would look back and see his nomination as "the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2013/11/29/Margaret-Carlson-Is-Obama-still-bored/stories/201311270211

West Penn Allegheny charts a course for financial sustainability

Fresh off its first profitable month in nearly three years, the five-hospital West Penn Allegheny Health System that anchors Highmark's Allegheny Health Network is "trying to cautiously celebrate," says Elizabeth Allen, interim chief financial officer for the network.

http://www.post-gazette.com/business/2013/11/29/West-Penn-Allegheny-charts-a-course-for-sustainability/stories/201311290097

Wal-Mart making a mockery of Thanksgiving and Christmas

Wal-Mart deserves every bad thing ever said about them as a corporation. They are the epitome of profits before people, but nothing should make Wal-Marts name blacker than their horrible Black Friday tradition that somewhere will likely end in someone's death, as people engage in what looks more like Roller Derby than the beginning of the Holiday ... (more)

http://www.examiner.com/article/wal-mart-making-a-mockery-of-thanksgiving-and-christmas?cid=rss

Federal health care law leaves 1M on sidelines in state

No matter how successfully President Obama remedies the Affordable Care Act, more than a million California residents will be unable to purchase insurance.

http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/solanocounty/federal-health-care-law-leaves-1m-on-sidelines-in-state/

E-cig industry

Or rather, he picked up what looked like a metal cigar, pushed a start button, examined a tiny computer screen on the side, applied a drop of coconut-menthol flavoring and checked the voltage in his battery.

http://www.twincities.com/washingtoncounty/ci_24620614/e-cig-industry-and-debate-about-it-is?source=rss?source=hottopics

Small employers told to stay off health website

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a one-year delay in a major element of the new health care law that would allow small businesses to buy insurance online for their employees through the new federal marketplace.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2013/11/28/Small-employers-told-to-stay-off-health-website/stories/201311280180

Lower gas prices lifting hopes for holiday sales

No one begs Santa Claus for cheaper gasoline. Yet falling gas prices are shaping up as an unexpected gift for drivers -- and for people on their holiday shopping lists.

http://www.reformer.com/nation/ci_24615372/lower-gas-prices-lifting-hopes-holiday-sales?source=rss

Dems, Obama, head into 2014 distant, determined

In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for the 113th Congress in Washington.

http://www.timesunion.com/news/politics/article/Dems-Obama-head-into-2014-distant-determined-5019099.php

Dan Morain: California dumps a patient in Nevada

JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Do we need stronger laws to prevent states from patient dumping? Add your comment below.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/08/5711832/dan-morain-california-dumps-a.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Morain

Committee chairman: Medicaid report may not lead to legislation

Legislative action may not be necessary to implement recommendations made by outside consultants who reviewed the state's public welfare programs, the chairman of the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee says.

http://thecabin.net/news/state/2013-11-28/committee-chairman-medicaid-report-may-not-lead-legislation

Watch the webcast

Do you know how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known among the general public as Obamacare, will affect your company? The 2,700-page legal document comprises an extraordinary array of complex regulations that will have an impact not only on the costs but also the risks your company incurs when offering health insurance to ... (more)

http://www.cfo.com/webcasts/index.cfm/l_eventarchive?webcast=14695512

The radicalism of the Tea Party is also concerned that a current in Europe

The name Tea Party, Tea Party , comes from the Boston Tea Party , American colonists revolt in 1773 in Boston thrown into the sea a shipment of tea from the metropolis to impose a new tax in London .

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3096476/posts

Recent Ruling Clarifies Patent Litigation Timing Under Biosimilars Act

The first judicial interpretation of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 has finally arrived.

http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=7672a1f4-9681-4317-ab7f-c92d100463b7

Patients Push Back on FDA Threats to 23andMe Genetic Testing Products

In a petition published on the " We the People " portion of the White House website, a group of self-titled healthcare consumers call for the Obama Administration to overrule the FDA and permit genetic testing company 23andMe to continue to market the company's Personal Genomic Services product.

http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=1d3d5568-0681-4117-a0b6-4c67d768f301

Small-Business Delay Is Blow for Health Law

The Obama administration's announcement of a one-year delay for small businesses to sign up for insurance policies using the troubled HealthCare.gov website comes as a blow for the administration, which had counted on the new online exchanges to create a competitive, transparent market for coverage.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303332904579226233348698064

Police: LA-area man who shot officer surrenders

A wall of storms packing ice, sleet and rain could upend holiday travel plans for Americans as millions take to the roads, skies and rails for Thanksgiving.

http://www.ktvn.com/story/24088156/police-la-area-man-who-shot-officer-surrenders

Lower gas prices lift hopes for holiday sales

No one begs Santa Claus for cheaper gasoline. Yet falling gas prices are shaping up as an unexpected gift for drivers -- and for people on their holiday shopping lists.

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/national/ci_24615520/lower-gas-prices-lift-hopes-holiday-sales?source=rss

Whooping cough shot cuts illness, maybe not spread

A wall of storms packing ice, sleet and rain could upend holiday travel plans for Americans as millions take to the roads, skies and rails for Thanksgiving.

http://www.news9.com/story/24065184/whooping-cough-shot-cuts-illness-maybe-not-spread

$5M bail for suspect in deaths of mom, children

A wall of storms packing ice, sleet and rain could upend holiday travel plans for Americans as millions take to the roads, skies and rails for Thanksgiving.

http://www.wandtv.com/story/24080871/5m-bail-for-suspect-in-deaths-of-mom-children

Video: Obamacare Explained

I'm doing a lesson about the American health care system later this week and was wondering how to explain Obamacare to my students.

http://www.englishblog.com/2013/11/video-obamacare-explained.html

Thai premier survives no-confidence vote

A wall of storms packing ice, sleet and rain could upend holiday travel plans for Americans as millions take to the roads, skies and rails for Thanksgiving.

http://www.wandtv.com/story/24058770/thai-premier-survives-no-confidence-vote

Status of the Senate health care reform bill

This past week was full of debating in the Senate but at the end of the day, thanks to a former presidential candidate, some cuts to Medicare were spared .

http://www.examiner.com/article/status-of-the-senate-health-care-reform-bill

Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk: Red-blue division? Give it a rest

The holiday season is a time when many Americans try to let thoughts of politics recede in favor of good will toward their neighbors.

http://www.adn.com/2013/11/27/3200774/joel-mathis-and-ben-boychuk-red.html

State Of Affairs: Funding Of HIV Programs In Jeopardy

Over 30 years into the HIV epidemic in the U.S. the number of new infections nationwide and statewide have stabilized.

http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=63466

Health care point man to get positive on rollout

'I've had too much humble pie,' he fumed, striding into a top aide's West Wing office.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131128/POLITICS03/311280029/1022/rss10

Contraception requirement case headed to Supreme Court

... the ACA's contraceptive requirement. Last year, the Obama administration scored a big win for its signature healthcare law when the Supreme Court approved a provision requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance coverage or face financial ...

http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/11/28/5375037/contraception-requirement-case.html

Common-sense food disclosures

As leaders of the pizza, grocery, and convenience store industries with deep roots in Michigan, we greatly support the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013, H.R. 1249, which makes greatly needed changes to the menu labeling rules proposed by the Food and Drug Administration.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131125/OPINION01/311250001/1007/OPINION01

Obama signs bill for more scrutiny for drug mixers

Last year a meningitis outbreak from contaminated steroid pain injections killed 64 people and sickened more than 750 across the country.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/11/27/2825204/obama-signs-bill-for-more-scrutiny.html

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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law: whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.

http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/24069473/supreme-court-will-take-up-new-health-law-dispute

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Bending to political pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a plan to allow Americans to keep their health insurance plans for another year, even if that coverage would have been cancelled because it fails to meet new rules under the Affordable Care Act.

http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/23971576/obama-you-can-keep-your-health-plan-for-a-year

Rep. Mark Warden: NH does not want or need expanded Medicaid

The hard-working taxpayers of New Hampshire dodged a bullet last week when the state Senate killed a House bill to expand Medicaid in the Granite State.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131127/OPINION02/131129406/0/FRONTPAGE

SC Rep. Goldfinch says employee's crime led to federal charges against him

State Representative Stephen Goldfinch, who represents parts of Georgetown and Charleston counties, says he will plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge of Mislabeling/Misbranding.

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=977315

Obama: 'No excuse' for troubled healthcare website

Saying he's confident the problems will get fixed, President Barack Obama on Monday admitted that there is "no excuse" for the troubles plaguing the beleaguered HealthCare.gov website.

http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/23747357/obama-no-excuse-for-troubled-healthcaregov-website

Peotone Officials Adopt 2013 Tax Levy

The Peotone Village Board on Monday adopted the 2013 Tax Levy Ordinance totaling $589,000.

http://www.russell-publications.com/articles/17397/peotone-officials-adopt-2013-tax-levy

In U.S., 69% Remain Unaffected by Health Law to Date

As the Obama administration rolls out some of the more significant provisions of the 2010 healthcare law, the vast majority of Americans, 69%, say the law, so far, has not had an effect on them and their family, similar to what Gallup measured more than a year ago.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/166031/remain-unaffected-health-law-date.aspx?

Opinion: William Galston: An Executive Without Energy

On Jan. 28, 1986, over the objections of engineers who described a high probability of catastrophic failure, senior NASA managers authorized the launch of the Challenger.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303281504579221893649519668

Americans' Views of Healthcare Quality, Cost, and Coverage

... the healthcare situation nationally. This suggests that Americans may be responding negatively to the new healthcare law at least partly because the majority don't perceive personal problems with their healthcare that urgently need addressing. Here ...

http://www.gallup.com/poll/165998/americans-views-healthcare-quality-cost-coverage.aspx?

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As the nation's health-care law continues to roll out, people with mental health issues are discovering ways that the landmark legislation directly affects them.

http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/23666901/obamacare-should-help-those-with-mental-health-issues-advocates-say

NAACP calls on N.C. lawmakers to convene session

The president of the North Carolina NAACP has delivered a petition asking Gov. Pat McCrory to convene a special session of the General Assembly to address health care and unemployment benefits.

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/11/naacp-calls-nc-lawmakers-convene-session

Embattled Nevada psychiatric hospital in danger of losing Medicare funds

A federal agency is moving to terminate Medicare funding for Nevada's embattled state psychiatric hospital, which has been under fire for busing hundreds of patients to states across the nation in the past five years.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/10/5638886/embattled-nevada-psychiatric-hospital.html#mi_rss=Nevada%20Patient%20Busing

Physician recommendation key to HPV vaccine coverage

Better vaccine coverage of adolescents against HPV infection hinges on physicians and other health care professionals both recommending the vaccine and educating patients and parents about its importance, according to a report published online Nov. 2 ... Small employers seeking health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's small business ... (more)

http://www.cutis.com/home/latest-news-listing/article/physician-recommendation-key-to-hpv-vaccine-coverage/98a595ee2240c820ca71c963fac5d415.html

Fighting for many

I agree with many of the comments in the Nov. 23 editorial about the Catholic Church and the Affordable Care Act , but come to a completely different conclusion.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2013/11/28/Fighting-for-many/stories/201311280128

Small employers told to stay off health website

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced a one-year delay in a major element of the new health care law that would allow small businesses to buy insurance online for their employees through the new federal marketplace.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2013/11/28/Small-employers-told-to-stay-off-health-website/stories/201311280180

Obamacare Loves Brokers Now, But Didn't When Medical-Loss Rules Created

With the Obama administration announcing a one-year delay in a part of the Affordable Care Act that would allow small businesses to buy insurance online, the White House is calling on insurance brokers and agents to help.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2013/11/28/obamacare-loves-brokers-now-but-didnt-when-medical-loss-rules-created/

Feds decline waiver to keep CoverTN in place

Matsui introduces federal "anti-dumping" bill for mental hospitals

Spurred by concerns that a Nevada hospital bused hundreds of mental patients across the country, in some cases to cities where they had no support system or treatment arrangements, Rep. Doris Matsui has introduced federal legislation that would impose hefty fines on facilities that engage in so-called "Greyhound therapy."

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/24/5762656/matsui-introduces-federal-anti.html#mi_rss=Nevada%20Patient%20Busing

Smoking guns: Pa. doctors focus on neglected health ills

The Pennsylvania Medical Society knows better than most what threatens the general health of the commonwealth, which is why two recent resolutions from the society should be taken by its residents as helpful prescriptions.

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2013/11/28/Smoking-guns/stories/201311260008

Patients drive new wheelchair with their tongues

The new system, which allows paralyzed patients to navigate their worlds with their tongues, is less obtrusive and more efficient than most existing assistive systems.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1127/Patients-drive-new-wheelchair-with-their-tongues-video

Pope Francis speaks out against everything republicans stand for

On Tuesday, the sovereign leader of Vatican City and by default the head of the Catholic Church made headlines with sharp criticisms of those who worship money as their god.

http://www.examiner.com/article/pope-francis-speaks-out-against-everything-republicans-stand-for?cid=rss

Bipartisan Group Proposes Medicare Payment System Overhaul

A bipartisan proposal that would overhaul how Medicare pays doctors and erase billions of dollars in annual spending on some services was released Wednesday by members of Congress.

http://www.newsmax.com/US/Medicare-doctors-overhaul-payment/2013/11/27/id/539092

Troubled HealthCare.gov to switch website hosting to HP

The agency in charge of the troubled HealthCare.gov website said on Wednesday is it switching providers of Web hosting services, the latest change for the website at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care reforms.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/28/us-usa-healthcare-hp-idUSBRE9AR01020131128?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Providence Cancer Center researchers score promising results with experimental cancer treatment

In a trial using human patients, Providence Cancer Center researchers reported using an antibody called OX40 to activate the immune system against a variety of invading cancers: melanoma, kidney, pancreatic and colon cancers.

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2013/11/researchers_in_portland_score.html

Obamacare: Faces same resistance as Medicare

Forty-eight years ago, Republicans strongly opposed Medicare , warning Americans that a government-run program would lead to socialism in America which didn't occur.

http://www.examiner.com/article/obamacare-faces-same-resistance-as-medicare?cid=rss

Professional help available to navigate insurance options of Obamacare

... there to sell anyone insurance or endorse his company, nor did he want to debate the politics of the new healthcare law. Dempsey explained, however, that Community Health Alliance was established as a non-profit corporation, specifically to offer ...

http://www.theleafchronicle.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theleafchronicle.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013311270047%26nclick_check%3D1

Newest Obamacare glitch: small biz insurance market

With the nation rushing home for Thanksgiving, the Obama administration on Wednesday quietly delayed yet another element of its landmark health care law.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/newest-obamacare-glitch-small-biz-insurance-market-article-1.1531684

Breitbart News' EXCLUSIVE fizzle

... blank check bailouts. In 15 graphs, his main point is that a bailout provision in President Obama 's healthcare law must not prevail. And he mentions a bill he recently introduced that would wipe out taxpayer responsibility for bailing out insurance ...

http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/27/breitbart-news-exclusive-fizzle/

Good Faith Services stripped of billing privileges in wake of fraud probe

An Alaska home-health business where dozens of caregivers are being investigated for Medicaid fraud has been temporarily stripped of its billing privileges, state officials said Wednesday.

http://www.adn.com/2013/11/27/3201409/good-faith-services-stripped-of.html

Obama pens letter to schoolteacher, says health care...

Obama pens letter to schoolteacher, says health care 'wasn't the smart political thing!' By Eric Pfeiffer 3 hours ago A Texas schoolteacher who wrote a letter highly critical of President Obama's health care law was surprised when the president himself wrote back defending his policies but admitting that health care 'wasn't the smart political ... (more)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3096217/posts

23andMe vs. the FDA in less than 4 minutes

At what point does information become a potential threat to health? How do you regulate a product that current regulations were never set up to handle? The University of Michigan's Risk Science Center put together this quick cartoon that neatly summarizes the problems and questions at the heart of ... (more)

http://boingboing.net/2013/11/27/23andme-vs-the-fda-in-less-th.html

Why holiday sales could ride on lower gas prices

No one begs Santa Claus for cheaper gasoline. Yet falling gas prices are shaping up as an unexpected gift for drivers - and for people on their holiday shopping lists.

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=268294

Businesses face change in health insurance rules

Beginning in 2015, large employers could face a financial penalty under the Affordable Care Act for not providing their employees health insurance coverage.

http://www.reformer.com/health/ci_24544190/businesses-face-change-health-insurance-rules?source=rss

Troubled HealthCare.gov to switch website hosting to HP

The agency in charge of the troubled HealthCare.gov website said on Wednesday is it switching providers of Web hosting services, the latest change for the website at the heart of President Barack Obama's health care reforms.

http://www.trust.org/item/20131128030753-575r6

Obamacare for small businesses: online enrollment delayed a year

Late on Thanksgiving Eve, the Obama administration announced a one year delay of online enrollment for small businesses seeking to use the federal Obamacare exchanges to insure employees.

http://agbeat.com/business-news/obamacare-small-businesses-online-enrollment-delayed-one-year/

Online insurance enrollment for small employers delayed for 1 year

Washington, DC, United States - The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that businesses with less than 25 employees can buy health insurance for their workers via Healthcare.gov starting in November 2014.

http://gantdaily.com/2013/11/27/online-insurance-enrollment-for-small-employers-delayed-for-1-year/?#038;#038;

Health law small-business insurance site delayed 1 year

The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance marketplace for small businesses.

http://www.ibj.com/health-law-small-business-insurance-site-delayed-1-year/PARAMS/article/44881

Supreme Court to eye health care

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law: whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.

http://www.dailycamera.com/nation-world-news/ci_24608284/supreme-court-eye-health-care?source=rss

Wisconsin banks increase earnings in the third quarter

Nov. 26 --Profitability is improving for Wisconsin banks but they are not issuing many new loans, according to the latest statistics reported to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Wisconsin banks insured by the FDIC had a combined net income of $743 million for the third quarter that ended Sept.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/26/wisconsin_banks_increase_earnings_in_the.htm

Why holiday sales could ride on lower...

No one begs Santa Claus for cheaper gasoline. Yet falling gas prices are shaping up as an unexpected gift for drivers - and for people on their holiday shopping lists.

http://www.kansasfirstnews.com/news/national/why-holiday-sales-could-ride-on-lower-gas-prices_86325819

In extreme examples, parents could face prosecution for high truancy rates

When the system tries and still can't get kids to stop missing school, their parents could face criminal charges.

http://www.gazette.net/article/20131127/NEWS/131129162/1124/in-extreme-examples-parents-could-face-prosecution-for-high-truancy&template=gazette

Neuralstem Reports 3Q Financial Results

Neuralstem, Inc. reported financial results for the three months and nine months ended Sept.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/26/neuralstem_reports_3q_financial_results.htm

Covered California Declines Extension for Canceled Policies

Thursday, the Executive Director of Covered California did not go along with President Barack Obama's request that states extend some policies through 2014.

http://www.kionrightnow.com/story/24040772/covered-california-board

Upon Further Review...They're on Fantasy Island

... in lifestyle and beliefs. Already, we have seen a groundswell of Americans change their minds about the new healthcare law, and we would like to see it delayed, curtailed or dismantled. There are several other areas where conventional wisdom, and ...

http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/charlespayne/2013/11/27/upon-further-reviewtheyre-on-fantasy-island-n1753883

NeuroPace Gets FDA Premarket Approval for the RNS System to Treat Medically Refractory Epilepsy

NeuroPace, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted premarket approval for the NeuroPace RNS System, a treatment for adults with partial onset seizures that have not been controlled with two or more antiepileptic drugs.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/26/neuropace_gets_fda_premarket_approval_for.htm

Poll: 59% Oppose Obamacare Insurance Mandate for Abortion, Sterilization

A new poll commissioned by the Family Research Council and the Alliance Defending Freedom shows that three out of five or 59 percent of likely voters oppose requiring insurance plans to cover FDA approved contraceptives, including those drugs that can destroy a human embryo and sterilization.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3095915/posts

Abortion coverage for Congress under health law?

An attempt to fix a problem with the new health care law has created a situation in which members of Congress and their staffers could gain access to abortion coverage, something that currently is denied to federal employees who get health insurance through the government's plan.

http://www.news.net/article/428864/?

Was the Ban on Cell Phones in Flight Ever Necessary? Nope.

So far, most commentary over the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to allow in-flight cell phone use, on the heels of allowing usage of tablets and laptops during takeoffs and landings, has surrounded whether we really want to sit next to a person in the middle seat recounting every last detail of their bachelorette party the night ... (more)

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230091?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+entrepreneur%2Flatest+%28Entrepreneur%29

Checkup

Surgeons commonly treat uterine fibroids by removing the uterus or cutting out the tumors, but with a newly approved device, surgeons can melt them.

http://www.timesunion.com/living/article/Checkup-5013988.php

Senate goes nuclear

Our Senators have now pulled the nuclear trigger on how the Senate works. In doing so they have shown they are not interested in compromise, not interested in working across the aisle and not interested in the views of the minority, in fact now don't even want to hear those views.

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-11-26/senate-goes-nuclear

Medicaid expansion: Florida stalls; Ohio lawsuits; Kansas hospitals weigh in

States dominated by Republican governors and legislatures continue to wrestle with decisions about expanding Medicaid to poor people who don't currently qualify.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131127/Medicaid-expansion-Florida-stalls3b-Ohio-lawsuits3b-Kansas-hospitals-weigh-in.aspx

Smoking ban in Boston parks likely to take effect

As she left the Boston Public Garden, Amelia Hassani of the North End said she isn't looking forward to a ban on smoking in the city's parks.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/27/smoking-ban-boston-parks-likely-take-effect-weeks/rx1Th8lG7saViMnPKMrGXP/story.html

Exclusive - "Rubio: Prevent Blank Check Bailouts Under Obamacare

It's become a hallmark of Barack Obama's presidency that mistakes made by policy makers, businesses, and governments at all levels must be paid for by American taxpayers.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/11/27/Exclusive-Rubio-Prevent-Blank-Check-Bailouts-Under-Obamacare

Congress Wades in to Medical App Oversight

In September 2013, the Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance regarding its regulation of mobile device medical apps.

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/congress-wades-in-to-medical-app-oversig-72591/

Robert F. Jakubowicz: Corporate turkey gobbles up wages

This corporate retail giant, as a grocer, is running television ads depicting a happy family ready to sit down for a Thanksgiving dinner with a turkey and all the fixings, which can be purchased at its many stores at "unbeatable prices."

http://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/ci_24609546/robert-f-jakubowicz-corporate-turkey-gobbles-up-wages

Supreme Court to Review Contraception Coverage in Health Care Law

The U.S. Supreme Court set the stage for its second major look at the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, agreeing to review the requirement that most employers provide health insurance coverage for contraception, including so-called "morning after" methods.

http://www.law.com/jsp/law/sign_me_in.jsp?article=http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202629798919&rss=newswire

Fda accepts Purdue Pharma's Targiniq Er Tablets Cii Nda for review

Purdue Pharma L.P. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for review a New Drug Application for Targiniq ER Tablets CII, for the management of chronic pain.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20131127/FDA-accepts-Purdue-Pharmas-Targiniq-ER-Tablets-CII-NDA-for-review.aspx

Meningitis Victims Hope for Mass. Criminal Charges

Dirk Thompson III doesn't hold out much hope that he and the 750 other victims in a nationwide meningitis outbreak will ever see much, if any, compensation for the deaths and illnesses caused by tainted steroids.

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=152432

Capital News: Ohio Republicans moving on election reform before year's end

I'll say it again: It's amazing how quickly state lawmakers can move legislation when they feel like it.

http://www.thegatewaynews.com/opinion/2013/11/27/capital-news-ohio-republicans-moving-on-election-reform-before-year-s-end

My view: Obamacare will hurt small businesses

Obamacare is good in theory, but it needs to be amended. Small business owners are against it for a reason; it will impede growth.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865591353/Obamacare-will-hurt-small-businesses.html

Blues insurers in Pennsylvania will extend low-cost health care plans

Pennsylvania's four Blues insurers will extend the life of their cut-rate, bare-bones insurance policies for the working poor after planning to end them Dec. 31 because they do not meet the requirements of the 2010 federal health care law, Gov. Tom Corbett's administration said Tuesday.

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=520347

Big Tobacco whistleblower Merrell Williams Jr. dies at 72

Merrell Williams Jr., a former Kentucky paralegal who took on Big Tobacco as a whistleblower who leaked internal documents exposing health risks and the addictiveness of cigarettes, has died in Mississippi, decades after he joined the fight that forever changed perceptions of smoking.

http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/big-tobacco-whistleblower-merrell-williams-jr-dies-at-72/2154401

Health reform succeeding in spite of itself

An unexpected and underreported side effect or the recent launch of the Affordable Care Act - and every sob story the noise machine can pull up for broadcast hate parades - has been that the rollout may be doing substantial good for the country's most needy in spite of itself.

http://orlandoweekly.com/news/health-reform-succeeding-in-spite-of-itself-1.1590338

Supreme Court will take up new health law dispute

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law: whether businesses may use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.

http://www.TucsonNewsNow.com/story/24069482/supreme-court-will-take-up-new-health-law-dispute

Mark Shields: The man who should terrify Congress

In the U.S. House of 435 members where seniority still counts, Republican Vance McAllister is last in seniority, 432nd to be precise.

http://www.nvdaily.com/opinion/2013/11/mark-shields-the-man-who-should-terrify-congress.php

Froma Harrop: The greatness of Obamacare

During the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, it's been hard to defend the law, much less to call it "great."

http://www.nvdaily.com/opinion/2013/11/froma-harrop-the-greatness-of-obamacare.php

Lawmakers hear countya s legislative agenda

The Virginia General Assembly will be back in session soon and the county's Board of Supervisors hopes their priorities will be addressed this year.

http://www.herald-progress.com/?p=13761

U.S. Supreme Court will take up birth control dispute

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.

http://www.kpic.com/news/national/US-Supreme-Court-will-take-up-birth-control-dispute-233480401.html

Obama's gatekeeper now point man on health care

"I've had too much humble pie," he fumed, striding into a top aide's West Wing office.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2013/11/27/Obama-s-gatekeeper-now-point-man-on-health-care/stories/201311270135

Rep. Mark Warden: NH does not want or need expanded Medicaid

The hard-working taxpayers of New Hampshire dodged a bullet last week when the state Senate killed a House bill to expand Medicaid in the Granite State.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131127/OPINION02/131129406

Charles Arlinghaus: Medicaid expansion will be the biggest issue of 2014

One of the middle chapters of New Hampshire's Medicaid expansion saga just concluded without resolution.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131127/OPINION02/131129399

Supreme Court to decide Obamacare birth control mandate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday set up another showdown over President Obama's health care law, agreeing to decide whether the government may force for-profit companies to insure birth control as part of their health plans, even if it violates the owners' religious beliefs.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/26/supreme-court-decide-obamacare-birth-control-manda/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Nation-TheWashingtonTimesAmericasNewspaper+%28Nation%2FPolitics+-+The+Washington+Times%29

Letters to editor: Nov. 27

Letters about candidates in the Dec. 10 special election for the 13th Senate District are limited to 150 words and must be received by 5 p.m. Monday.

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/27/2956126/letters-to-editor-nov-27.html#storylink=rss

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Hobby Lobby challenge to birth control mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to determine whether Hobby Lobby and a Pennsylvania furniture company can deny their employees federally required birth control coverage that violates the religious beliefs of the company owners.

http://newsok.com/u.s.-supreme-court-to-hear-hobby-lobby-challenge-to-birth-control-mandate/article/3908856?custom_click=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsok%2Fbusiness+%28NewsOK.com+RSS+-+business%29

Doctors: New Health Care Plans Raise Red Flags

Maria Franco explains health insurance to Violet Lucas-Barajas, 28 years old, at an event to inform people about the Affordable Care Act and donate turkeys to 5,000 needy families, in Los Angeles on Nov. 25, 2013.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/11/26/doctors-new-health-care-plans-raise-red-flags/?mod=WSJ_Politics_Blog

McCrory staff demanding payments for public records

As a candidate, Pat McCrory pledged a transparent and accountable government. But now that he is governor, those seeking access to public records are often met with long delays and unprecedented demands for payment.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/ncwire/mccrory-staff-demanding-payments-public-records-2231789

Doctors warn of dangers associated with popular choking game

Doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are warning of a dangerous game where teens strangle themselves or someone else to lose consciousness to experience a short high.

http://www.wkrn.com/story/24079813/doctors-warn-of-dangers-associated-with-choking-game-popular-with-teens

Moody's: Six reasons nonprofit hospitals are struggling

The ratings agency said the outlook remains negative for nonprofit hospitals for 2014, as they struggle to absorb new costs related to ObamaCare and cuts to government reimbursements.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/health-care/2013/11/moodys-paints-dismal-picture-of.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vertical_37+%28Physician+Practices+Industry+News%29

Blues Insurers Will Extend Low-Cost Plans In Pa.

Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner says all four of the state's Blues companies have agreed to extend into next year their "Special Care" programs that had been targeted for cancellation at the end of December because they don't meet federal health care law requirements.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/11/26/blues-insurers-will-extend-low-cost-plans-in-pa/

Supreme Court will take up new health law dispute

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees.

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=268252

Supreme Court to weigh if 'Obamacare' birth-control mandate can stand

Customers at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver, May 22, 2013. President Obama's health care law is headed for a new Supreme Court showdown over companies' religious objections to the law's birth-control mandate.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2013/1126/Supreme-Court-to-weigh-if-Obamacare-birth-control-mandate-can-stand-video

Smoking ban in Boston parks likely to take effect

Gilbert Farley, the self-appointed town crier of Boston Common, had just stamped out his half-smoked cigarette, delicately preserving it for later, when he learned the City Council had voted to ban smoking in public parks.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/26/smoking-ban-boston-parks-likely-take-effect-weeks/rx1Th8lG7saViMnPKMrGXP/story.html

Durbin says challenger Oberweis' past will come back to haunt him

If Jim Oberweis wants to run for the U.S. Senate, he should be ready to deal with some long memories, says the longtime holder of the seat he's after - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24016753-505/durbin-says-challenger-oberweis-past-will-come-back-to-haunt-him.html

Should South Lyon pharmacist lose license over moldy goods? Judge to rule today

A Michigan judge is expected to rule by the end of today whether a pharmacist can resume practicing after compounded products from his South Lyon pharmacy were found to be tainted in October.

http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20131126/NEWS01/311260011/Should-South-Lyon-pharmacist-lose-license-over-moldy-goods-Judge-to-rule-today

Alhambraa s City Council bans e-cigarette use in public places

ALHAMBRA >> The City Council laid the smackdown on electronic cigarette smokers last month, and they'll start to feel the aftermath Wednesday.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/social-affairs/20131126/alhambras-city-council-bans-e-cigarette-use-in-public-places

Pay for health insurance, or pay a tax penalty?

The exemption for those whose income is under the federal income tax return filing threshold is available automatically.

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/11/pay-health-insurance-or-pay-tax-penalty

Gov. Parnell's decision costs Alaskans millions of dollars

Gov. Sean Parnell's decision not to expand Medicaid and not accept millions of federal dollars to pay for it is short sighted.

http://homernews.com/homer-opinion/point-of-view/2013-11-26/gov-parnell%E2%80%99s-decision-costs-alaskans-millions-of-dollars

Health care update provided

A Kansas insurance department official said Monday that the agency is working with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas to provide guidance for continuing coverage for some 10,000 policies that previously were canceled because they wouldn't have conformed to the federal health care law.

http://www.gctelegram.com/news/Health-Care-Oversight-11-26-13

Joshua Green: Polls tell the story of Washingtona s ineptitude

A pair of recent polls marked a depressing new low in what feels like the never-ending descent of American politics – and some news from Congress reveals why it will continue.

http://www.kansas.com/2013/11/26/3142084/joshua-green-polls-tell-the-story.html

Security: Collection is an - abuse'

Last week, members of Congress questioned Robert Litt, the top lawyer for the Director of National Intelligence, about the National Security Agency's program of collecting communications records involving millions of Americans.

http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/591359/Security--Collection-is-an--abuse-.html?nav=5044

Exchange Formularies: Cracks in the Coverage

The readers of The American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits certainly understand the importance of patients having access to effective and affordable drugs in order to live longer and better lives.

http://www.ajmc.com/publications/ajpb/2013/AJPB_SeptOct2013/Exchange-Formularies-Cracks-in-the-Coverage

'Dying without hospice would be like having surgery without anesthesia.'

The stays in hospice remain far too short despite their amazing benefit to patients and families.

http://www.estatevaults.com/lm/archives/2013/11/25/dying_without_h.html

The Conferences Forum Launches Patients as Partners Event

Patients as Partners takes a comprehensive view of the patient experience and how we engage with patients across the entire clinical trial continuum.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11339391.htm

Employee Benefits Update: 2013 Year End Plan Tasks

As we approach the end of the year, employers and plan sponsors of qualified retirement plans and health and welfare plans should take time to meet various upcoming deadlines.

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/employee-benefits-update-2013-year-end-65044/

John Florez: Health care reform requires moral leadership

This Oct. 11, 2012 file photo shows a basket of medical supplies await storage in Brookhaven, Miss.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865591189/Health-care-reform-requires-moral-leadership.html

Census poverty report, falling incomes upend Kasich claims Ohioans better off

Editorial board member Joe Rago on Governor John Kasich's executive overreach to expand Medicaid.

http://www.examiner.com/article/census-poverty-report-falling-incomes-upend-kasich-claims-ohioans-better-off

Energy drinks under the microscope at 'myth-busting' IFT webinar:...

Energy drinks under the microscope at 'myth-busting' IFT webinar: How much caffeine are we really consuming, and is it safe? While the FDA has raised concerns about the recent proliferation of caffeine-containing products on the market, particularly those marketed at young people, new data suggests energy drinks and shots contribute " minimally " ... (more)

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Regulation/Energy-drinks-under-the-microscope-at-myth-busting-IFT-webinar-How-much-caffeine-are-we-really-consuming-and-is-it-safe?

Glaxo's Avandia Cleared From Marketing Limits by U.S. Regulators

GlaxoSmithKline Plc's much-maligned diabetes drug Avandia will be released from restrictions preventing sales to certain patients after U.S. regulators determined new data show the medicine doesn't raise heart risks.

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MWU3N06KLVRI01-4MQO24J8HN0LCUQAMV4NVJ2B87

Colorado far behind health insurance goal

Colorado is dramatically behind its goals for getting people to sign up for health insurance under the new health care law, prompting demands from exchange board members for better stewardship of public money.

http://www.dailycamera.com/state-west-news/ci_24599952/colorado-far-behind-health-insurance-goal?source=rss

Tobacco whistle-blower dies at 72

Merrell Williams Jr., a one-time Kentucky paralegal who took on Big Tobacco as a whistleblower who leaked internal documents exposing health risks and the addictiveness of cigarettes, has died in Mississippi, decades after he joined the fight that forever changed perceptions of smoking.

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/national/ci_24600589/tobacco-whistle-blower-dies-at-72?source=rss

Court rules against hospital in Medicaid case

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Beckley-based hospital cannot challenge its Medicaid reimbursement rates because it doesn't have a statutory basis to do so, West Virginia Supreme Court justices recently ruled.

http://www.dailymail.com/News/201311250075

Another Debacle for the DHHS

State Auditor Mike Foley announced Monday the completion of an audit of assistance programs for roughly 6,000 vulnerable Nebraskans who are elderly, blind, or disabled.

http://www.klkntv.com/story/24068840/another-debacle-for-the-dhhs

Officials, advocates hope state ban on e-cigs curbs rising use among kids

With electronic cigarettes increasingly popular among children nationally, officials and advocates hope a new Arizona law banning sales to those under 18 will pay dividends here.

http://www.ktar.com/?nid=22&sid=1680555

Kasich seeks allies in convention push

Now that Ohio has become the 20th state to join the effort to enact a federal balanced budget amendment, Gov. John Kasich on Monday pledged to work to convince other Republican and Democratic governors to do the same.

http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/11/26/Kasich-seeks-allies-in-convention-push.html

SBA offers health care seminars

The U.S. Small Business Administration is planning a series of workshops to educate West Virginia small businesses about aspects of the Affordable Care Act.

http://www.dailymail.com/Business/201311250135

Former tobacco whistleblower passes away in Ocean Springs

Merrell Williams Jr., a whistleblower who leaked internal documents exposing the health risks and the addictiveness of cigarettes, has died in Ocean Springs, decades after he joined the fight that forever changed perceptions of smoking.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/11/25/5146876/former-tobacco-whistleblower-passes.html#storylink=rss

AG Coakley Calls on Legislature to Raise MA Minimum Wage

Following a meeting with minimum wage workers in East Boston on Monday, Massachusetts Attorney General and 2014 gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley has called on the Massachusetts legislature to raise the state's minimum wage.

http://www.golocalworcester.com/politics/ag-coakley-calls-on-legislature-to-raise-ma-minimum-wage/

Jay Ambrose: Single-payer a singularly bad idea

As Americans left and right were losing insurance policies because of the Affordable Care Act, some progressives reiterated a plan that would make things worse.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/11/25/5146278/jay-ambrose-single-payer-a-singularly.html

FDA tells Google-backed 23andMe to stop selling genetic-testing kits

Government regulators have ordered a Silicon Valley genetic-testing startup funded by Google to halt sales of its product to consumers.

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/25/5945728/fda-tells-google-backed-23andme.html#mi_rss=Latest%20News

Large employers cite upcoming Obamacare Cadillac tax for reduced benefits

... insurance through large companies, the Affordable Care Act is a mixed bag. Experts tell NBC News the new healthcare law is only slightly increasing premiums next year, but causing some companies with the most generous plans to reduce their ...

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/11/25/large-employers-cite-upcoming-obamacare-cadillac-tax-for-reduced-benefits/

Justice Krambeer, 19, talks with KWWL reporter Becca Habegger about life with a mental illness

With every major mass shooting come the inevitable questions about mental illness, gun control and how to help people with mental illnesses so they don't fall through cracks in the system.

http://www.kwwl.com/story/24068053/2013/11/25/mental-illness-lessons-learned

FDA tells 23andMe to halt sales of genetic test

Tidewater Utilities has filed a request with the Public Service Commission for a 14.4 percent increase in annual revenues, or $3.9 million, the Wal-Mart stores will be the site of protests throughout the country on Friday, as ralliers will seek 'an end to illegal retaliation,' and for the Legendary restaurant owner Vincent Mancari, the founder of ... (more)

http://www.delawareonline.com/viewart/20131126/BUSINESS09/311250067/FDA-tells-23andMe-halt-sales-genetic-test

Poll numbers down, Obama tells donors to buck up

SAN FRANCISCO Stung by plunging approval numbers at a low point in his presidency, President Barack Obama is urging donors to buck up while making a thread-the-needle appeal for bipartisanship with Republicans even as he calls for replacing the House GOP majority and holding his Democratic edge in the Senate.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-538869-democratic-francisco.html

Scott's Medicaid push stalled in Florida

Gov. Rick Scott stuck his political neck out earlier this year to champion covering more of his state's poor residents under Obamacare.

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/rick-scott-florida-medicaid-100357.html

MDDC Hall of Famer Moses Newsom Earns 2014 NABJ Honors

The National Association of Black Journalists recently announced the 2014 Hall of Fame inductees.

http://www.mddcpress.com/news/mddc-hall-of-famer-moses-newsom-earns-2014-nabj-honors

Hassana s Obama move: So much for Lynch II

In the final week and a half before last Thursday's special legislative session on Medicaid expansion, Gov. Maggie Hassan employed a new strategy for winning Republican votes.

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131126/OPINION01/131129522

In brief: FDA overturns safety limits on diabetes drug

Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill Monday that will pump billions of dollars into improvements to Pennsylvania's highways, bridges and mass-transit systems, a major achievement that could energize Corbett's 2014 re-election campaign.

http://www.goerie.com/article/20131126/NEWS07/311269959/In-brief%3A-FDA-overturns-safety-limits-on-diabetes-drug

FDA tells 23andMe to halt sales of genetic test

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Google-backed genetic test maker 23andMe to halt sales of its personalized DNA test kits, saying the company has failed to show that the technology is supported by science.

http://www.goerie.com/article/20131126/BUSINESS05/311269989/FDA-tells-23andMe-to-halt-sales-of-genetic-test

The Greatness of Obamacare

During the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act, it's been hard to defend the law, much less to call it "great."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/11/26/the_greatness_of_obamacare_120778.html

Progress, but still defects in health care website

As the Obama administration closes in on its self-imposed deadline to fix the troubled online health insurance marketplace, consumer advocates say it is becoming easier for people to sign up for coverage, but insurers warn that critical flaws continue to hinder participating health plans.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2013/11/26/Progress-but-still-defects-in-health-care-website/stories/201311260068

Quality Systems, Inc. to Present at the 25th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference

Quality Systems, Inc . announced today that its management plans to present its corporate story at the upcoming 25th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference.

http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2013/11/25/7562599.htm

Religious rights of corporations confront Supreme Court

Hobby Lobby, a chain of crafts stores, closes on Sundays, costing its owners millions but honoring their Christian faith.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20131125/NEWS/131129954/1116

HealthCare.gov experiences another outage

Parts of HealthCare.gov, the two-month-old insurance-shopping website run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, crashed for about an hour Monday, just days before agency officials say the site will be running smoothly for the "vast majority" of users.

http://www.itworld.com/internet/384211/healthcaregov-experiences-another-outage

Deadlines for GranuFlo and NaturaLyte Multidistrict Litigation Quickly...

The law firm of Hissey Kientz, LLP is currently offering free GranuFlo and NaturaLyte lawsuit evaluations to individuals who may have sustained injuries from the dialysis acid concentrates.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11355715.htm

Consumers see health site progress; insurers dubious

As the Obama administration closes in on its self-imposed deadline to fix the troubled online health insurance marketplace, consumer advocates say it is becoming easier for people to sign up for coverage but insurers warn that critical flaws continue to hinder participating health plans.

http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_24600695/consumers-see-health-site-progress-insurers-dubious?source=rss

Religious rights of corporations confront court

The stores play religious music. Employees get free spiritual counseling. But they do not get free insurance coverage for some contraceptives, even though President Barack Obama's health care law requires it.

http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_24600692/religious-rights-corporations-confront-court?source=rss

Comprehensive HIPAA Security Rule Training for Business Associates Now...

HIPAA Security Rule training for Business Associates is a strict mandate for many entities in today's healthcare industry.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11350167.htm

FDA Extends Review of Mallinckrodt's NDA for Xartemis XR (oxycodone ...

ST. LOUIS, November 25, 2013-- --Mallinckrodt today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration extended the review of the New Drug Application for investigational compound Xartemis XR Extended-Release Tablets .

http://www.drugs.com/nda/mnk_795_131125.html?

Helpful or hurtful: Should you keep taking fish oil supplements?

Every day, millions of Americans take supplements to get the vitamins and nutrients their bodies need to stay healthy.

http://www.leader-call.net/14563/1799/onlinefeature/114127/helpful-or-hurtful-should-you-keep-taking-fish-oil-supplements

Utah will have more to spend in new budget year

There will be $206 million in new revenue to spend in the new budget year that begins July 1, 2014, plus another $132 million in surplus funds, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Monday.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=27783420&nid=148&s_cid=rss-extlink

Patients scramble as Medicare drops doctors

... act, not about Medicare," says Dr Daniel Kantor, Founder of the Southern MS Consortium. To help fund the new healthcare law in 2014, $156 billion has been cut from Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C. Nearly 1.1 million Floridians are ...

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Patients-scramble-as-Medicare-drops-doctors/ErwkxUvkIkmuhZHPs9Rp1A.cspx?rss=1931

More

... for a subsidy. President Barack Obama had promised that no one would lose their insurance under his signature healthcare law, but has since admitted that was a mistake. He has apologized and has vowed to work to help those people. "I may just pay ...

http://www.kctv5.com/story/24068287/woman-losing-health-coverage-due-to-obamacare

FDA to Lift Restrictions on Diabetes Drug Avandia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it is lifting the tough safety restrictions it imposed on the diabetes drug Avandia two years ago because of reported links to heart problems.

http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/682520.html

CNN Tees Up Comedian to Defend ObamaCare; 'Let's Give It a Chance'

Chris Cuomo isn't the only CNN anchor helping with ObamaCare's PR . On CNN Sunday evening, anchor Martin Savidge teed up comedian George Wallace to stand up for the law and plead with Americans to "give it a chance.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2013/11/25/cnn-tees-comedian-defend-obamacare-lets-give-chance

Ohio's stateattorneys defend Medicaid expansion

The Takeaway is a national morning news program that invites listeners to be part of the American conversation.

http://www.wksu.org/news/story/37515

ObamaCare Spurs Medicaid Sign-Ups In Opt-Out States

All the attention devoted to the ObamaCare launch spurred many already-eligible people to enroll.

http://news.investors.com/politics-obamacare/112513-680635-obamacare-spurs-medicaid-signups-among-already-eligible.htm?ref=HPLNews

Tobacco whistleblower dies in Mississippi

Merrell Williams Jr., a one-time Kentucky paralegal who took on Big Tobacco as a whistleblower who leaked internal documents exposing health risks and the addictiveness of cigarettes, has died in Mississippi, decades after he joined the fight that forever changed perceptions of smoking.

http://www.kswo.com/story/24065985/tobacco-whistleblower-dies-in-mississippi

California won't bring back canceled insurance plans

Coachella Valley residents who have lost their health insurance plans because of Affordable Care Act changes will have to find new plans in the coming months before enrollment closes for 2014.

http://www.mydesert.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mydesert.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013311240024%26nclick_check%3D1

State News

The state Department of Public Instruction doesn't have the authority to force controversial common-core federal curriculum standards down the throats of local school districts.

http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?TM=9549.284&SubSectionID=109&SectionID=9

Watchdog

The state Department of Public Instruction doesn't have the authority to force controversial common-core federal curriculum standards down the throats of local school districts.

http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?TM=9549.284&SubSectionID=110&SectionID=9

Corporate Whistleblower Center Now Urges Diagnostic Lab Insiders To...

The Corporate Whistleblower Center is strongly urging diagnostic lab insiders with proof of multimillion dollar Medicare fraud to contact them about reward programs.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11341215.htm

IRS faces crucial health care law test to enforce penalties for no insurance

Whether the new law can be enforced will be up to the Internal Revenue Service, an already beleaguered agency charged under the act with carrying out nearly four dozen new tasks in what represents the biggest increase in its responsibilities in decades.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20131125/NEWS03/311259931

Medicaid expansion could help homeless

In a back room at the Franciscan House of Mary and Joseph, one of the largest homeless shelters in Chicago, a social worker named Sheena Ward guided Terry Cannon through a Medicaid application.

http://www.adn.com/2013/11/24/3196118/medicaid-expansion-could-help.html

Government as Problem-Solver Seen Undermined by Obamacare Flaws

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, voters were not merely choosing a candidate they found more compelling.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-25/obamacare-fiasco-erodes-government-as-problem-solver-idea.html

Appeal arguments begin in Indiana vs. IBM

The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments today in the legal battle over a $52 million judgment the state has been ordered to pay IBM over the failed attempt to privatize public welfare services under former Gov. Mitch Daniels.

http://www.indystar.com/article/20131125/NEWS/311250007/Appeal-arguments-begin-Indiana-vs-IBM

John Boehner’s premiums spike under Obamacare

House Speaker John Boehner's health insurance premiums will nearly double - and his deductibles will almost triple - as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to figures provided by his office at POLITICO's request.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3095156/posts

GOP group money down, hints at donor uncertainty

The biggest Republican-leaning money machines are spending dramatically less this year to help the party ahead of the 2014 Senate elections, two years after millions of dollars in early advertising by outside groups against Democrats backfired in embarrassing losses in otherwise winnable races.

http://www.postregister.com/story.php?accnum=1008-11252013&today=2013-11-25

Meningitis victims hope for Mass. criminal charges

In this photo made available, Oct. 9, 2012, by the Minnesota Department of Health shows shows vials of the injectable steroid product made by New England Compounding Center implicated in a fungal meningitis outbreak that were being shipped to the CDC from Minneapolis.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765642226/Meningitis-victims-hope-for-Mass-criminal-charges.html

Health care law's ground game

Williams said she had, but didn't know how it would affect her. So outreach worker Dominique Gipson asked her a few more questions and quickly determined that Williams now qualifies for free health coverage.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/24/3403043/health-care-laws-ground-game.html#storylink=rss

Gov. Perry opines on federal government shutdown

Ahead of a possible shutdown of the federal government, Texas Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement today in support of the Republicans' attempt to delay implementation of Obamacare through early defunding.

http://www.examiner.com/article/perry-on-obamacare

State health exchanges do better than federal website

In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announced that nearly 35,000 people signed up for health insurance during the first month of open enrollment, from Oct. 1 through Nov. 2, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.

http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/24/3051767/state-health-exchanges-do-better.html#storylink=rss

3 Problems with Today's Obamacare Excuse

No you didn't have to break these eggs to make an omelette: The latest, and probably most durable defense of Obamacare's launch trouble appeals to the ancient liberal urge to redistribute.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/25/3-problems-with-todays-obamacare-excuse/

PolitiFact: Too simplistic to say 500,000 signed up for Obamacare

A lot of numbers were thrown at us when the White House finally announced Nov. 13 how many individuals had signed up for health care coverage through online marketplaces.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/politifact-too-simplistic-to-say-500000-signed-up-for-obamacare/2154071

Appeal arguments begin in Indiana vs. IBM

Michael Daniels, senior vice president of IBM Global Technology Services , greets Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Nov. 29, 2006.

http://archive.indystar.com/article/20131125/NEWS/311250007

George Will: How a presidency unravels

For concision and precision in describing Barack Obama's suddenly ambivalent relationship with his singular - actually, his single - achievement, the laurels go to Rep. Steven Scalise, R-La.

http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/24107687/article-George-Will--How-a-presidency-unravels?instance=home_opinion

Parker: Medicaid rules need to be clarified or revised for college students

Before I even start, I know some people will misunderstand the point I am trying to make.

http://www.kinston.com/news/local/parker-medicaid-rules-need-to-be-clarified-or-revised-for-college-students-1.239745

Report: Boomers underestimate cost of retirement health care

Obama Tells Senate Dems Entitlement Programs May Have To ChangeRepublicans revive Medicare subsidy planObama's $1.3 Trillion Budget Gift to Paul RyanHow Obama plans to save Medicare A newly published study says Baby Boomers are underestimating how much their health care costs will be when they retire, even though they'll be eligible for Medicare..

http://www.examiner.com/article/report-boomers-underestimate-cost-of-retirement-health-care

Meningitis probe

Dirk Thompson III doesn't hold out much hope that he and the 750 other victims in a nationwide meningitis outbreak will ever see much, if any, compensation for the deaths and illnesses caused by tainted steroids.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131124/LIFESTYLE03/311240053

State health exchanges do better than federal website

Federal figures show that nearly 3 of 4 Americans who enrolled in insurance coverage through online marketplaces in October did so through the exchanges run by 14 states and the District of Columbia.

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/11/24/3355118/state-health-exchanges-do-better.html#storylink=rss

MomentumOFF the Grid

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Our local newspaper editor, as he does regularly, once again attacked unions as the problem in America.

http://www.american-reporter.com/4,866/903.html

The placebo effect can aid diets

Dear Dr. Roach: My two girlfriends began a weight-loss program with a medically supervised HCG program.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131125/LIFESTYLE03/311250006/1040/rss34

Medicare wastes billions on name-brand drugs

Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.

http://www.dailymail.com/News/201311240070

Media avoiding Obamacare disaster

As of this writing, I have found it quite odd that I have not seen a single headline regarding the now famous lines "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/580607/Media-avoiding--Obamacare-disaster.html?nav=5059

Democrats stake positions in race for Pennsylvania governor

Democrats who are vying for the party's nomination to run for governor are positioning themselves to run on issues including expanding Medicaid, extending kindergarten to a full day and increasing the minimum wage.

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=520160

The three Obamacare cancellation 'fixes,' explained in two minutes

Sarah Kliff covers health policy, focusing on Medicare, Medicaid and the health reform law.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/20/the-three-obamacare-cancellation-fixes-explained-in-two-minutes/?tid=pm_business_pop

Obama says House Republicans are a biggest barriera to progress

Opening a three-day campaign swing to raise money for fellow Democrats, President Obama charged here Sunday night that House Republicans are the biggest impediment to the nation's progress.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/11/25/obama-says-house-republicans-are-biggest-barrier-to-progress/

Common-sense food disclosures

As leaders of the pizza, grocery, and convenience store industries with deep roots in Michigan, we greatly support the Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013, H.R. 1249, which makes greatly needed changes to the menu labeling rules proposed by the Food and Drug Administration.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131125/OPINION01/311250001/1007/OPINION01

Talks on how to utilize Medicaid fund will continue

On Thursday, the New Hampshire Legislature was unable to come to an agreement in regards to expanding health insurance access to thousands of hard-working residents.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20131124-OPINION-311240318

Status of the Senate health care reform bill

This past week was full of debating in the Senate but at the end of the day, thanks to a former presidential candidate, some cuts to Medicare were spared .

http://www.examiner.com/article/status-of-the-senate-health-care-reform-bill

Parent Pathways: New social network allows parents of autistic kids to connect

She's dealt with all sorts of issues, from insurance snafus to therapy obstacles.

http://www.carynews.com/2013/11/25/3392867/parent-pathways-new-social-network.html

Meningitis victims hope for criminal charges

Dirk Thompson III doesn't hold out much hope that he and the 750 other victims in a nationwide meningitis outbreak will ever see much, if any, compensation for the deaths and illnesses caused by tainted steroids.

http://www.hometownlife.com/usatoday/article/3691943