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Strickland aide named interim Medicaid manager

The Columbus Dispatch - Wed Dec 9, 6:03 am ET

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

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Health care help available for seniors
The Reporter - Wed Dec 9, 6:39 am ET
The decision by Independence Blue Cross and Aetna to withdraw Medicare Advantage plans in January could leave 40,000 seniors in southeastern Pennsylvania without a primary physician or forced to pay full price for their medications.
Democratic health care coalition survives deal
AP via Yahoo! News - 50 minutes ago
After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Senate Democrats woke up Wednesday to find that the fragile coalition backing President Barack Obama's health care bill is still together.
General Mills reducing sugar in kids' cereal
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 49 minutes ago
General Mills — the maker of Lucky Charms, Trix and Cocoa Puffs — plans to reduce the amount of sugar in its cereals marketed to children.
GOP gov candidate announces Illinois finance plan
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Republican candidate for governor Andy McKenna proposed dramatically cutting state spending to rescue Illinois' finances without an income tax increase.
Audit Finds Fault With Medicaid Safeguards
WBAL-TV Baltimore - Tue Dec 8, 6:42 pm ET
State auditors have found that $98 million in Maryland Medicaid claims were paid without the use of computerized safeguards.
Progress in Senate Democratic health care talks
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 56 minutes ago
After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option — Democrats say they are getting close to pushing President Barack Obama's health care bill through the Senate.
Congress readies huge year-end spending bill
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 8:30 am ET
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.
Some Alka-Seltzer cold gels recalled
UPI - Wed Dec 9, 8:28 am ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of a single lot of Alka-Seltzer Plus Day & Night Cold Formula Liquid Gels due to a labeling error.
"Supercritical" CO2 Emerging as Transplant Tissue Sterilization Option
Scientific American - 2 minutes ago
When replacing a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) or using bone tissue in spinal fusion to treat vertebral problems, the last thing that a doctor or patient wants to worry about is an infection or the structural integrity of the replacement part. For this reason tissues are screened, cleaned and processed to meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines. During processing, however ...
Attorneys: Fla. officials lamented Medicaid delays
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:35 pm ET
Doctors and advocates suing the state used Florida officials' own words against them during opening arguments of a trial Monday by playing video clips of top health officials lamenting health care delays for Medicaid patients.
Becton Receives FDA Clearance
Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance - 41 minutes ago
Becton gets FDA clearance for cervical cancer tests.
Democrats Said to Agree to Drop Full Health-Care Public Option
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 12:00 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Democrats tentatively agreed to abandon plans to set up a full government-run insurance program in a bid to remove one of the biggest obstacles to health legislation, a person familiar with negotiations said.
Obama directs $600M to health centers, med records
AP via Yahoo! News - 51 minutes ago
President Barack Obama is spending almost $600 million to build community health centers and to make medical records easier to find.
U.S. panel sees higher skin risk with some MRI drugs
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET
U.S. advisers felt MRI imaging drugs from GE Healthcare and Covidien appear to carry a higher risk of a serious skin disease in some patients than similar products, a Food and Drug Administration official said on Tuesday.
White House lauds Senate Democrats' health care deal
CNN - 1 hour 1 minutes ago
The White House on Wednesday praised a deal reached by liberal and moderate Democrats on an alternative to the government-run public health insurance option in the Senate health care bill.