Hip Makers Told to Study More Data
By BARRY MEIER
In an unusual move, the Food and Drug Administration has ordered all producers of a popular category of artificial hip to undertake studies of the implants, which have been linked to high early failure rates and severe health effects in some patients.
Under the order, producers of “metal-on-metal” hips will have to conduct studies of patients who received the device to determine, among other things, whether the implants are shedding high levels of metallic debris. Some patients have encountered that problem, including soft tissue damage that has disabled them.
Critics Fear G.O.P.’s Proposed Medicaid Changes Could Cut Coverage for the Aged
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
WASHINGTON — As Republicans inch away from their plan to reshape the nation’s Medicare program, their equally transformative ideas for Medicaid, now largely in the shadows of the budget debate, are moving front and center.
While the largest number of Medicaid recipients are low-income children and adults, who tend to be far less politically potent voices in battles over entitlement programs than older voters, the changes to Medicaid proposed by Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the House budget chairman, could actually have a more direct impact on older Americans than the Medicare part of his plan.
Romney to offer health proposal
Seeks to move past state law criticism
Simpler heart treatment ignored
Despite research, angioplasty still used before drugs
Insurance bill deal elusive as key vote nears
Senators reject an actuarial study of the overhaul, but delay the start of debate to get questions answered.
AUGUSTA — Negotiations between Republican and Democratic leaders Tuesday over a GOP plan to overhaul Maine's health insurance system failed to produce a compromise, so the partisan battle is expected to continue today on the floor of the Senate.
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Bernie Sanders Introduces Single Payer Healthcare Legislation
11 May 11
national doctors' group welcomed the introduction in the Senate today of a single-payer health reform bill that it said moves in the direction of providing comprehensive care to everyone, reducing wasteful paperwork, reining in health costs, and delivering better medical outcomes.
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