CMA Press Clips
Daily reports on health care policy and medicine from newspapers and magazines throughout California and around the nation.
Bill misses point on patient access
Bakersfield Californian - 7/30/10 - Few dispute that getting access to a doctor is one key ingredient to staying healthy and tackling illnesses and injuries before they turn into bigger problems.
2 unions to woo Kaiser workers in historic vote
Sacramento Bee - 8/2/10 - A major showdown between two rival unions is expected to begin Sept. 13 when 44,000 Kaiser workers in California decide if they will oust their union in favor of an upstart labor group.
Fresno Co. health panel crippled by vacancies
Fresno Bee - 8/2/10 - Fresno County's Mental Health Board has yet to recover from a conflict-of-interest controversy that forced half its members to resign a year ago.
Administration sees $8B Medicare savings in 2011
San Francisco Chronicle - 8/2/10 - The new health overhaul law is starting to produce savings for Medicare and will eventually add more than a decade of solvency to the program's trust fund, the Obama administration said in an upbeat report released Monday.
Republican Party eyes choking health law funding
Politico - 8/2/10 - Republicans may not be able to repeal the Democrats' health care reform law next year, but they're eyeing the next best thing: Deny the Obama administration the money it needs to implement the law.
Health insurance: a push to restrict choice in 2014?
Christian Science Monitor - 8/1/10 - One of the most consumer-friendly changes coming in America's health reform will be the ability to easily compare health plans.
Va. health-care suit can go forward, federal judge rules
Washington Post - 8/2/10 - A federal judge Monday morning refused to dismiss a Virginia lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal health-care law, handing the law's foes their first victory in a courtroom battle likely to last years.
Companies start shipping U.S. flu vaccines
Reuters - 7/30/10 - Two flu vaccine makers said on Friday they had started shipping supplies for the U.S. market, one of the earliest starts ever to distributing seasonal influenza vaccine.
FDA approves Geron's groundbreaking study of embryonic cells
San Jose Mercury News - 7/31/10 - A Menlo Park biotech firm said Friday that federal regulators will let it proceed with the world's first human test of a treatment made from embryonic stem cells, a much-anticipated but controversial study of patients with spinal cord injuries that had been placed on hold for nearly a year because of safety concerns.
