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GOP Won’t Play Ball on Obamacare Advisory Panels

Posted on 05/9/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Jim Abrams, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in boycotting the Independent Payment Advisory Board, also said that the House next week will vote again to repeal the …

Aggressive Care Still the Norm for Dying Older Patients

Posted on 02/6/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthBy Alvin Tran of Kaiser Health News Although federal data show that fewer Medicare beneficiaries are dying in hospitals, new research suggests that doesn’t mean they’re getting less aggressive care in their final days. Researchers at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and others reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association Tuesday that even as deaths in acute hospitals declined between 2000 and 2009, the use of intensive care units in the final 30 days …