NewsRack: 'Policy' news in 'Environmental Health-National' topic for user flenvcenter

TRAIN Act Colossal Waste of Money, Attempt to Delay Regulations	21.9.2100	Union of Concerned Scientists
The House is expected to take up a bill today, called the TRAIN Act, which would waste $2 million of taxpayer money by mandating redundant cost-benefit analyses of environmental and health regulations.
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1 word could change obesity treatment	19.6.2013	CNN: Top Stories
One word could have a big impact on the way doctors treat obesity in the United States.
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Mayo: 7 Of 10 Americans On At Least One Prescription	19.6.2013	WCCO: National
A Mayo Clinic study suggests that more Americans are currently taking prescription drugs than not. The results say that about 7 of 10 Americans are currently taking at least one prescription medication, and over 50 percent are on two different prescriptions.
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Court Asked to Order Deadline for Action on Overdue Smog Standards	19.6.2013	NRDC: News/Media Center Feed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit today asking the federal court to set a deadline for the Obama Administration to take action on overdue standards for ozone (or “smog”) pollution.
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NH lawmakers negotiate health insurance rules	19.6.2013	Boston Globe: New Hampshire
NH lawmakers negotiate health insurance rules
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Study: Wiser Prescription Drug Use Could Cut Health Costs By Billions	19.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
TRENTON, N.J. -- If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a...
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The right to care for refugees	19.6.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
On June 17, the Council of Canadians joined with hundreds of health-care professionals, lawyers, and refugee rights activists to protest the government's discriminatory cuts to health care for refugees. Last year the government announced that it was making changes to the Interim Federal Health program which would take away all refugees' rights to access even basic health-care services unless they posed a public health risk. read ...
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Aetna to exit a key market in California	19.6.2013	LA Times: Business
Aetna to exit a key market in California
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Economix Blog: Health Spending: Watching for a Rebound	19.6.2013	NY Times: Business
Economix Blog: Health Spending: Watching for a Rebound
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Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs	19.6.2013	Seattle Times: Health
If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.
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6,500 would lose health coverage under RI budget	19.6.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
6,500 would lose health coverage under RI budget
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Obama’s Unaffordable Act	19.6.2013	American Spectator
When he was campaigning for President in 2008, President Obama told the American people his health reform plan would reduce family health insurance premiums by $2,500 a year. But I knew then, and now we know he did too, that just the opposite would be true. Earlier this month, on a campaign swing through California, President Obama said regarding the insurance company premium bids that are starting to come through on the Obamacare state Exchanges for providing the required Obamacare coverage, “This is the way that the law was designed to work. But since everybody’s been saying how it’s not going to happen, I think it’s important for us to recognize and acknowledge, this is working the way it’s supposed to.” So how is Obamacare working, based on the early returns? Calculated Deception and The Unaffordable Care Act The first bids widely reported came into the California Obamacare state Exchange — Covered California. But those bids were reported publicly by the ...
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Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Top Stories
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and other flaws in care that cause complications and longer, more-expensive treatments, researchers conclude.
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Young Adults Want Health Insurance, Which Is Good News For Obamacare: Survey	19.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Young adults overwhelmingly value health insurance and don't believe they are too healthy to need it, according to survey data published Wednesday. The findings of...
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Report Finds Obstacles Ahead For Obamacare Rollout	19.6.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth...
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Family plan services funds still at stake	19.6.2013	Philly.com News
Expanded family planning services are at stake again this year as New Jersey's Assembly Budget Committee has advanced two bills that Gov. Christie will likely veto.
Letters: Developing Drugs for Rare Diseases	19.6.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Letters: Developing Drugs for Rare Diseases
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Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law	19.6.2013	Yahoo: Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.
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Health-Insurance Exchanges Are Falling Behind Schedule	19.6.2013	Wall St. Journal: Policy
Government officials have missed several deadlines in setting up new health-insurance exchanges for small businesses and consumers—a key part of the federal health overhaul—and there is a risk they won't be ready to open on time in October, Congress's watchdog arm said.
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Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law	19.6.2013	Seattle Times: Politics
There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress.

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