MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'election 2010'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:56:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214114&cid=t_347971_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-reform-law-is-gaining-public-support%2F2010.11.29 GOP hardliners soon to be in control of the House have made repeal of the detested healthcare reform law a cornerstone of their agenda, despite the impossibility of actually being able to repeal it, politically, at least until an election or two has passed, and despite the fact that their ascent to power had more to do with the terrible economy and high unemployment than any mandate to repeal the law. It seems that, finally, there may be movement towards increased public support for the law. A new McClatchy poll shows a majority of Americans now in favor of the law: A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll. The post... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214114 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100 4214114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207287&cid=t_347971_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbiotech-and-life-sciences-grant-program-only-a-few-crumbs-to-go-around%2F2010.11.29 After assuming control of the House in the mid-term elections, Republicans vowed to eviscerate the Affordable Care Act, the health reform law signed by the “Big O” last March. Thank heavens, therefore, that the Boehners were too busy congratulating themselves to even notice those federal helicopters dumping $1 billion in cash on some needy biotech companies just as the election results were being tallied. Yep, it happened. Federal disbursements in the form of grants and tax credits were made last week, as required by a provision in the reform law known as the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program. According to the terms of this program, biotech and life sciences companies with less than 250 employees could apply for federal funds to cover research costs they had incu... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207287 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:00:34 +0100 4207287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4167961&cid=t_347971_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Froadmap-for-new-physicians-how-to-avoid-fraud-and-abuse%2F2010.11.15 In October, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report on Fraud and Abuse Training in Medical Education, finding that 44 percent of medical schools reported giving some instruction in the anti-kickback statute and related laws, even though they weren’t legally required to do so. (As an aside, do we really live in such a nanny state? Over half of all medical schools don’t teach their students anything about this issue — because nobody’s making them — even though it is an issue that looms large in the practice of medicine.) On a more positive note, about two-thirds of institutions with residency programs instruct participants on the law, and 90 percent of all medical schools and training programs expressed an interest in having dsome instructional... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4167961 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:00:16 +0100 4167961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151790&cid=t_347971_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fyour-insurance-plan-you-can-keep-it-if-you-want%25e2%2580%259d%2F2010.11.09 Forgive me for being a little late to the healthcare insurance reform discussion. I was busy, y’know, providing actual healthcare to sick people while that whole rigamarole was going on. But that one sentence, uttered over and over by everyone from the President on down, always stuck in my craw. At long last, I’m finally able to properly articulate my response. Trying to pass sweeping health insurance reform legislation while telling people that, of course, they “can keep their current plans if they want” is like legislating tough new laws against wifebeating and assuring women that, of course, they can stay with their husbands if they like. No one tries to force victims of domestic violence to leave their abusers, but they do try to help them understand that they h... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151790 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:00:17 +0100 4151790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4142748&cid=t_347971_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-reform-texas-style%2F2010.11.07 Via the Texas Tribune: Some Republican lawmakers — still reveling in Tuesday’s statewide election sweep — are proposing an unprecedented solution to the state’s estimated $25 billion budget shortfall: dropping out of the federal Medicaid program. Hmmm. Welcome to entitlement reality, Texas-style. Currently 20 billion a year and going to go up with expanded eligibility, the article does say the Feds pay 60 percent, but doesn’t say: 1) It’s temporary, then the Federal contribution goes down or away, and 2) The Federal component doesn’t come from magical money fairies — it’s money taken from taxpayers then funneled back into a particular program. Medicaid is not loved or respected in medicine. Decreasing reimbursements coupled to increasing requirements mean it’s at a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4142748 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:00:29 +0100 4142748 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3499078&cid=t_347971_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2991 This morning I noticed a Daily Mail poll for the winner of last night’s leaders’ debate, so I cast my vote The results looked like this Click to enlarge (This picture was recorded after lunch at 14.29, so it says I’d already voted.) At the times of writing it is still there, at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/polls/poll.html?pollId=1017189, though not for much longer I suspect. Then I saw on Twitter a link to the refpls web site. They had very smartly noticed that the URL for the poll, linked from the Mail’s front page, and from the article on the debate, had changed to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/polls/poll.html?pollId=1017190, So I voted again there and this time I wasn’t told I’d already voted. The result was utterly different. At about 14.3... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3499078 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:19:23 +0100 3499078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1002754&cid=t_347971_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5828 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zdm-bCfyyI California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the truth above. So, you have to believe him when he says he is not interested in Barbara Boxer’s job, right? Maybe he is laughing now because he ONLY leads Boxer by 1 percentage point and doesn’t want her to use him to raise campaign money. It is early in any case. Stay tuned…… California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks about his life as a bodybuilder and his relationship with his wife, Maria Shriver, during a speach to the Silicon Valley Leadership Group in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007. Previous: Arnold Schwarzenegger Beating Barbara Boxer for U.S. Senate in Latest Poll Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Arnold for United States Senate in 2010 Technorati Tags: Arnol... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1002754 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:31:07 +0100 1002754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=818735&cid=t_347971_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5461 California Attorney General Jerry Brown: ON RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR “The thought has certainly crossed my mind, but I haven’t really come to any conclusion….I’ve decided I’m not going to think about it in any serious way certainly for the next year.” He is RUNNING! And then for President. Veteran GOP strategist Ken Khachigian, who said he has studied Brown “like Patton studied Rommel,” predicted that another Brown governorship would mean one thing — another Brown run for president. “If he ran for governor in 2010 and won, he’d start running for president in 2011,” said Khachigian, who managed the losing campaign of Brown’s opponent, former Republican state Sen. Chuck Poochigian, in last November’s attorney ge... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=818735 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:09:28 +0100 818735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=768883&cid=t_347971_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5355 The Sacramento Bee has picked up on Anthony York’s scoop on California Superinendent of Public Instruction’s Jack O’ Connell’s foray into 2010 Gubernatorial politics. The story: Reed Hastings, the founder and CEO of Netflix has deposited almost $ 1 million into an independent expenditure account to propel O’Connell into the Governor’s race in 2010. O’Connell is termed [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=768883 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:06:06 +0100 768883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=767500&cid=t_347971_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5352 California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O’Connell Reed Hastings the the founder and CEO of Netflix has donated $ one million to an independent expenditure committee established to boost the gubernatorial ambitions of Superintendent Jack O’Connell. Very interesting since this story about former Governor Jerry Brown and the Villaraigosa - Salinas scandal are in the news. Will Jack [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=767500 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:37:54 +0100 767500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=764960&cid=t_347971_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5343 Senator Feinstein meets with Mayor Jerry Brown of Oakland, California and Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, California. Philip J. Trounstine, the former communications director for Gov. Gray Davis, hints at THE POSSIBLITY of the idea of a recycled Governor Moonbeam in 2008. Remember that Gray Davis is Brown’s former Gubernatorial Chief of Staff. Brown, a [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764960 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:42:10 +0100 764960