CMA Press Clips
Daily reports on health care policy and medicine from newspapers and magazines throughout California and around the nation.
State sets rates for new high-risk plan
San Diego Union-Tribune - 8/6/10 - One of the first new programs in the Obama administration's massive health care overhaul will start next month in California — an insurance plan for people with pre-existing conditions who have been denied individual coverage. The new $761 million program funded by the federal government will be overseen by a state agency in Sacramento. On Thursday, the agency set the cost of monthly premiums for the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan.
Trauma center impresses
Sacramento Business Journal - 8/6/10 - Company executives predicted the new $30 million trauma center at Kaiser Permanente's South Sacramento Medical Center would get about 1,400 patients in its first year.
Medicare funds to last 12 years longer than earlier forecast, report says
Washington Post - 8/6/10 - Medicare's finances have been strengthened by the new law setting in motion broad changes to the nation's health-care system, according to a government forecast issued Thursday, which says the fund that pays for older Americans' hospital care will last a dozen years longer than expected.
Medicare Stronger, Social Security Worse in Short Run, Report Finds
New York Times - 8/6/10 - Medicare will remain financially solvent for 12 additional years, until 2029, because of the cost-cutting measures in President Obama's recently enacted health care legislation, the program's trustees projected on Thursday.
A taste of Medicare in crisis
Times Herald-Record - 8/5/10 - If you call for an appointment at Eye Physicians of Orange County and nobody answers the phone, don't blame them. Blame Congress.
Pioneers Memorial Hospital to construct 81 private hospital rooms
Imperial Valley Press - 8/6/10 - Pioneers Memorial Hospital here has begun the preliminary process to construct a 50,000-square-foot wing that will house 81 private hospital rooms and replace the current shared-room setup.
Some doctors try to profit on cosmetic surgery's rise
USA Today - 8/6/10 - Jennifer Siegel has had more than her share of unsolicited medical advice. Her OB/GYN offered to do a tummy tuck after she delivered Siegel's third child. Her eye doctor suggested injectables for the wrinkles between her brows when she went in for an eye exam.
State regulators can often do little to control what insurers are charging
Los Angeles Times - 8/6/10 - As Americans struggle with double-digit hikes in their health insurance bills, millions are coming up against a hard reality: the state regulators who are supposed to protect them can often do little to control what insurers are charging.
Obama administration awards $159.1 million for training geriatric-care workers
Washington Post - 8/6/10 - The Obama administration awarded $159.1 million in grants Thursday to educational programs that train nurses and geriatric specialists as well as those that recruit and support students from minority groups that are underrepresented in those fields.
