http://www.bling.org health care headlines Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/health-highlights-jan-23-2012.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/health-highlights-jan-23-2012.html#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:01:16 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/health-highlights-jan-23-2012.html ...are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Representaive Gabrielle Giffords announced Sunday that she will resign from Congress to focus on her recovery from injuries suffered in an assassination attempt...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-24/health-highlights-jan-23-2012.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/aclj-urges-u-s-supreme-court-to-declare-flawed-health-care-law-unconstitutional.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/aclj-urges-u-s-supreme-court-to-declare-flawed-health-care-law-unconstitutional.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:13 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/aclj-urges-u-s-supreme-court-to-declare-flawed-health-care-law-unconstitutional.html ...argues: "The unconstitutional individual mandate is the essential component of the ACA's reforms to the health insurance and health care markets, as the Federal Government has conceded. Congress would not have passed the ACA absent the individual mandate....

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/aclj-urges-u-s-supreme-court-to-declare-flawed-health-care-law-unconstitutional.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/excerpts-from-high-court-health-care-filings.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/excerpts-from-high-court-health-care-filings.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:11 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/excerpts-from-high-court-health-care-filings.html ...from briefs filed with the Supreme Court on Friday by the Obama administration in defense of the health care overhaul and two parties — 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business — that oppose the law. "Congress enacted the Patient Protection...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/excerpts-from-high-court-health-care-filings.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/govt-defends-core-of-health-care-overhaul.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/govt-defends-core-of-health-care-overhaul.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:10 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/govt-defends-core-of-health-care-overhaul.html ...supreme national importance that consumes nearly 18 percent of the U.S. economy. People may lack insurance, but they still get health care, and the costs get passed on to the insured, the administration said. "Congress found that the cost of tens of billions...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-07/govt-defends-core-of-health-care-overhaul.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2012-01-06/administration-to-high-court-congress-acted-within-rights-on-health-care-law.html http://www.bling.org/2012-01-06/administration-to-high-court-congress-acted-within-rights-on-health-care-law.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:01:07 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2012-01-06/administration-to-high-court-congress-acted-within-rights-on-health-care-law.html ...was “well within” its constitutional powers when it decided that the way to resolve a crisis in health-care costs and coverage was to mandate that Americans obtain insurance or pay a fine, the Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Friday. The government...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2012-01-06/administration-to-high-court-congress-acted-within-rights-on-health-care-law.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/arab-health-awards-2012-to-announce-winners-on-jan-24.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/arab-health-awards-2012-to-announce-winners-on-jan-24.html#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:01:13 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/arab-health-awards-2012-to-announce-winners-on-jan-24.html ...outstanding institutions and individual achievements that have contributed to the growth and development of the Middle East healthcare industry will be announced on Jan.24, during the 37th Arab Health Exhibition and  Congress which is organised by Informa...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-29/arab-health-awards-2012-to-announce-winners-on-jan-24.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-22/allegiance-to-norquist-jeopardizing-fiscal-health.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-22/allegiance-to-norquist-jeopardizing-fiscal-health.html#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:01:21 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-22/allegiance-to-norquist-jeopardizing-fiscal-health.html ...pledge might seem tolerable, to some admirable. But in practice, this special-interest oath is jeopardizing our country's fiscal health. In recent years, the pledge has effectively prevented any compromise. Pledge legislators have kept Congress from moving...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-22/allegiance-to-norquist-jeopardizing-fiscal-health.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-20/congress-approves-1-4-billion-military-health-it-budget.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-20/congress-approves-1-4-billion-military-health-it-budget.html#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:01:16 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-20/congress-approves-1-4-billion-military-health-it-budget.html ...IT. The fiscal 2012 Defense Authorization Act passed last week, however, restricts spending on a next-generation electronic health record system until the Pentagon has met specific requirements. MHS requested a fiscal 2012 research budget of $86.5 million...

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-20/congress-approves-1-4-billion-military-health-it-budget.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-12-19/court-schedules-week-of-health-care-arguments.html http://www.bling.org/2011-12-19/court-schedules-week-of-health-care-arguments.html#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:01:18 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-12-19/court-schedules-week-of-health-care-arguments.html ...in the overhaul. Tuesday's arguments will be over whether Congress overstepped its authority with the law. Finally, on Wednesday justices will hear whether the rest of the law can take effect even if the health insurance mandate is unconstitutional....

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]]> http://www.bling.org/2011-12-19/court-schedules-week-of-health-care-arguments.html/feed 0 http://www.bling.org/2011-11-29/preventing-childhood-obesity-health-in-the-balance.html http://www.bling.org/2011-11-29/preventing-childhood-obesity-health-in-the-balance.html#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:01:27 +0000 Matthew http://www.bling.org/2011-11-29/preventing-childhood-obesity-health-in-the-balance.html In response to a request from Congress for a prevention-oriented action plan to tackle the alarming rise in childhood obesity, the IOM Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth has developed a comprehensive national strategy that recommend

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