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Bill expands opportunities for physician assistants in Missouri
By KCUR.org (Kansas City, Mo.) | May 17, 2013
Physician assistants may soon have more opportunities to practice in Missouri. A bill headed to the Governor's desk would provide more flexibility in how and where they provide care.
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Reform Update: ACA foes, supporters trade volleys
By Jessica Zigmond | May 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Democrats and Republicans played another game of political tennis this week when House Republicans served up another vote to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Democrats returned a litany of reasons why the 2010 law is good for Americans.
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Ark. doctors ask court to block state's new abortion rules
By Bloomberg | May 17, 2013
Two doctors are set to ask a U.S. judge to block the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Again, House votes to repeal reform law
By Jessica Zigmond | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA
By Jonathan Block | May 16, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The tentacles of the Internal Revenue Service controversy have reached the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) introduced legislation, the IRS Accountability Act, to halt funding to the IRS for new agents enforcing the ACA.
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Reform Update: No clear map for Medicaid expansion in red states
By Rich Daly | May 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Republican governors backing an expansion of Medicaid continue to hit headwinds in those efforts, and it is unclear what lessons can be drawn from the outcomes experienced by two of their colleagues.
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Vt. bill would let docs help patients die
By NBC News | May 14, 2013
Vermont is poised to become the fourth state to allow doctors to help terminally ill patients die. A bill approved Monday night by the state House would allow Vermont doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication.
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HHS issues rules cutting Medicaid DSH
By Rich Daly | May 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Obama administration issued the rules Monday to carry out a major hospital Medicaid cut, even as it is trying to delay the reduction scheduled to begin in five months.
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Doc pay reform remains a 'top priority'
By Rich Daly | May 13, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Physician advocates see signs of progress in the Senate Finance Committee's hearing Tuesday—the panel's first in six years on replacing Medicare's physician payment system.
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Texas bill would let docs get patient data from driver's licenses
By Texas Tribune | May 13, 2013
Healthcare providers in Texas could soon collect or verify patient information by swiping a driver's license. The measure is one of a handful that the Texas Medical Association is pushing this legislative session to help modernize medical practices.
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