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Strickland aide named interim Medicaid manager

The Columbus Dispatch - 40 minutes ago

Gov. Ted Strickland has tapped one of his top policy advisers to oversee Ohio's Medicaid programs.

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Obama’s War Plan Wins Praise as Doubts Grow on Domestic Policy
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:00 pm ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama was elected on a promise to fix the problems at home. Americans praise him instead for escalating the war in Afghanistan and disapprove of his handling of the economy and health care.
Senate rejects strict abortion curbs
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:46 pm ET
The Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort by abortion opponents to tighten restrictions in the health care overhaul bill on taxpayer dollars for the procedure, but it was unlikely to be the last word on the divisive issue.
Senate Dems at odds over health care insurance
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 5:25 pm ET
Senate Democrats remained at odds Tuesday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with moderates cheering a move away from a new government insurance plan and liberals demanding in exchange an expansion of the federal Medicare program.
CVS Faces Scrutiny in $1 Billion Texas Contract Bid (Update1)
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 5:01 pm ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A Texas pension fund will decide this week whether to award CVS Caremark Corp. a new pharmacy-benefits contract valued at almost $1 billion after the state’s attorney general sued the company for alleged Medicaid fraud.
Ruling limits Blue Cross rate hike
Detroit Free Press - Mon Dec 7, 4:45 pm ET
Some 210,000 Michigan seniors with Medigap coverage through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan will see another monthly rate hike Feb. 1.
Obama’s War Plan Gains Amid Doubts on Domestic Policy (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 2:30 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama was elected on a promise to fix the problems at home. Americans praise him instead for escalating the war in Afghanistan and disapprove of his handling of the economy and health care.
State funding for tobacco prevention programs
Seattle Times - Wed Dec 9, 12:13 am ET
How 10 states rank in funding for tobacco use prevention, in millions of dollars, compared with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation for each state.
Analysis: La. gov silent on Medicaid fix he sought
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 10:55 am ET
Gov. Bobby Jindal asked the state's congressional delegation for months to help Louisiana shrink a massive and looming Medicaid deficit. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu picked a measure that the Republican Jindal fervently opposes to attach the partial Medicaid fix, linking it to the Democrats' health overhaul bill.
Senate Dems seek expansion of Medicare, Medicaid
Deseret News - Mon Dec 7, 7:36 pm ET
Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two large federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, in exchange for...
AP sources: Dems reach deal to drop gov't-run plan
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 1:32 am ET
After days of secret talks, Senate Democrats tentatively agreed Tuesday night to drop a full-blown government-run insurance option from sweeping health care legislation, several officials said, a concession to party moderates whose votes are critical to passage of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
Watered-down 'public plan' emerges in Senate
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 8:19 am ET
They may still call it a "public plan," but private insurers -- not the government -- would offer coverage under a compromise Democrats are considering to win Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Congress Readies Huge Year-End Spending Bill
Fox News - Wed Dec 9, 12:52 am ET
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators sealed agreement Tuesday night on sweeping spending legislation that boosts housing and heating subsidies but curbs President Barack Obama's requests for aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Fact-Checking: Medicare Advantage Statements
NPR - 18 minutes ago
As part of our series, Is That So?, fact-checking the health care debate now on the Senate floor, NPR Congressional Correspondent David Welna deconstructs a statement by Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about the Medicare Advantage program.
Senate Dems at odds over health care insurance
INO News - Tue Dec 8, 3:56 pm ET
(AP:WASHINGTON) Senate Democrats remained at odds Tuesday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with moderates cheering a move away from a new government insurance plan and liberals demanding in exchange an expansion of the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Breastfeeding may curb heart, diabetes risk factors
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 1:40 pm ET
Mothers who breastfeed seem to have a lower long-term risk of developing a collection of risk factors for diabetes and heart disease than women who bottle-feed, a new study suggests.