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[News of the Week] Japan: Belt-Tightening Could Claim Some Scientific Scalpsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Attempting to rein in Japan's yawning budget deficit, a government task force last week recommended tens of millions of dollars in cuts in science spending in the fiscal year beginning next April that would hit everything from research grants to big-ticket items such as a next-generation supercomputer.Author: Dennis Normile (Source: Science: Current Issue)
Source: Science: Current Issue - November 20, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Dennis Normile Source Type: journals

Physicians sue again to safeguard Pennsylvania's liability fundemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Doctors say the $100 million the governor took from Mcare to balance the state budget is needed to cover outstanding liability claims. (Source: American Medical News)
Source: American Medical News - November 20, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Government Source Type: news

CBO: Senate Health Bill Would Reduce Deficit $130 Billion Over A Decadeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Washington Post reports: "Democratic leaders were jubilant that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined that the Senate bill would cut federal deficits by $130 billion over the next decade. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

CBO: Senate Health Bill Would Reduce Deficit $130 Billion Over A Decadeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Washington Post reports: "Democratic leaders were jubilant that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office determined that the Senate bill would cut federal deficits by $130 billion over the next decade. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Health Bill Nears Debate After Positive CBO Reviewemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Congressional budget crunchers said Thurday the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic debate. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

NY revives retirement buyout program to state agenciesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New York Gov. David Paterson's budget director has ordered state agencies to continue extending retirement buyouts to employees. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

NY revives retirement buyout program to state agenciesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
New York Gov. David Paterson's budget director has ordered state agencies to continue extending retirement buyouts to employees. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 19, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

South Korean R&D budget to soaremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Materials science and green technology should win large funding increases. (Source: news@nature.com)
Source: news@nature.com - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals

Reid Releases Senate Health Reform Bill, Includes Tax on Wealthy Americansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Kaiser Health News article reports that Democratic leaders in the Senate unveiled their proposal on Wednesday for overhauling the health care system, outlining landmark legislation that they said would cover most of the uninsured while reducing the federal budget deficit. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - November 19, 2009 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Senate Dems To Make Gov't Plan Widely Availableemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Congressional budget experts say the new Senate health care bill would make a government health plan widely available. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Senate Approves Budget For Veterans Programsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
"The Senate on Tuesday adopted the latest in a continuing series of major budget increases to provide medical care for veterans. The move came as the Senate passed, by a rare 100-0 vote, a $134 billion spending bill for veterans programs and military construction projects" the Associated Press reports. "The unanimous vote reflected the unique political standing of the veterans budget ... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Source Type: news

Florida hospital group shuts primary care centersemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The publicly run medical system said it must also cut employees and some specialty units to fill a budget deficit. (Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS)
Source: American Medical News - BUSINESS - November 19, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: news

States Mull How Medicaid Expansion Might Affect Budgetsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
States consider how health legislation on Capitol Hill might affect their Medicaid programs and budgets. "The House health-care bill, which passed last week, expands Medicaid and for the first time sets a national standard on whom would qualify," The Durango Herald reports. "States would have to pay 9 percent of the expanded costs. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Reid Set To Release Health Reform Bill; Stupak Threatens To Kill Final Bill If Abortion Coverage Includedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Abortion Source Type: news

Reid Set To Release Health Reform Bill; Stupak Threatens To Kill Final Bill If Abortion Coverage Includedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to release details of his health care reform bill to members of the Democratic caucus on Wednesday, setting up a possible weekend vote on cloture on the motion to proceed, CongressDaily reports. According to Reid spokesperson Jim Manley, Reid expects to have the final Congressional Budget Office scores of the bill before a 5 p.m. meeting with the caucus. (Source: Sexual Health / STDs News From Medical News Today)
Source: Sexual Health / STDs News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Sexual Medicine Tags: Abortion Source Type: news

Darzi centres predicted to struggle in NHS budget squeezeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Darzi centres will bear the brunt of shrinking NHS budgets and a lack of forward planning when their budgets were set by PCTs, says a top entrepreneurial GP. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - November 19, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news

To Eat Or Not To Eat? Mental Budgets Help Control Consumptionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you feel like you're in a losing battle with a triple-chocolate cake, a "mental budget" can help, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "There are some behaviors that consumers try to limit but have trouble doing so," write authors Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy (University of Houston) and Sonja Prokopec (ESSEC Business School, France). (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

To Eat Or Not To Eat? Mental Budgets Help Control Consumptionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you feel like you're in a losing battle with a triple-chocolate cake, a "mental budget" can help, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "There are some behaviors that consumers try to limit but have trouble doing so," write authors Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy (University of Houston) and Sonja Prokopec (ESSEC Business School, France). (Source: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News From Medical News Today)
Source: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News From Medical News Today - November 19, 2009 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Reid unveils broad U.S. Senate healthcare planemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid released a long-awaited healthcare reform plan on Wednesday that budget analysts said would extend coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured and reduce the deficit over 10 years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Reid unveils broad Senate healthcare planemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid released a long-awaited healthcare reform plan on Wednesday that budget analysts said would extend coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured and reduce the deficit over 10 years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Senate healthcare bill hits Obama cost targetemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid released a healthcare reform plan on Wednesday that budget analysts said would extend coverage to tens of millions of the uninsured and reduce the budget deficit over 10 years. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Michael White: lessons from US healthcareemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I stumbled on a way of thinking about NHS budgets the other day which I hadn’t previously encountered. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 19, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: info

Muon Collider - Beyond the Large Hadron Collideremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
With the upcoming restart of the Large Hadron Collider, the short attention span of our nation has already turned to the next big thing. At the end of October was a Symposium on Accelerators for America's Future, and the overall consensus seems to be that scientists, if they want a new particle accelerator, they need to be better about communicating the worth of accelerators to the general populace, in areas such as nuclear energy, prevention of nuclear terrorism, clean water, food packaging, and medical treatments. (When conducting my own work during a 1998 undergraduate research internship at the Indiana University Cyclo...
Source: About.com Physics - November 19, 2009 Category: Physics Source Type: consumer

Senate healthcare bill hits Obama cost targetemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate healthcare reform plan to be unveiled on Wednesday meets President Barack Obama's goals on costs and deficit reduction, budget analysts said, a finding that could boost its chances in a sharply divided Senate. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Reid's Health Care Bill To Cover 31 Millionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor this week would extend coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans at a cost of $849 billion over a decade, a Democratic leadership aide said Wednesday, citing a report from congressional budget experts. As rank-and-file Democrats gathered to learn details of the long-awaited bill, the aide also said the Congressional Budget Office had estimated the legislation would reduce federal deficits by a total of $127 billion over that decade. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

CBO: Senate Health Bill Costs $849 Billionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate Democrats' health-care legislation has been estimated to cost $849 billion and to reduce the federal budget deficit by $127 billion over 10 years. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Budget office: Health care bill costs $849 billionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Senate health care bill would cost $849 billion over 10 years, according to a senior Democratic source and an administration official. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

State budget gap projected to top $20 billionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
California is facing a $20.7 billion deficit in the General Fund budget over the next 18 months, the Legislative Analyst’s Office announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Health Insurance headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: American Health Source Type: journals

State budget gap projected to top $20 billionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
California is facing a $20.7 billion deficit in the General Fund budget over the next 18 months, the Legislative Analyst’s Office announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: journals

Senate set to unveil healthcare billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Healthcare legislation expected to reach the Senate floor this weekend is projected to cost $848 billion and reduce the federal budget deficit by $130 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
Source: Cardiovascular Business News - November 18, 2009 Category: Cardiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Senate set to unveil healthcare billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Healthcare legislation expected to reach the Senate floor this weekend is projected to cost $848 billion and reduce the federal budget deficit by $130 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Senate set to unveil healthcare billemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Healthcare legislation expected to reach the Senate floor this weekend is projected to cost $848 billion and reduce the federal budget deficit by $130 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (Source: Health Imaging News)
Source: Health Imaging News - November 18, 2009 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Vision and vacuum tubesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Sir Maurice Wilkes, 96, one of the pioneers of British computing, strolls through the history the he helped createWalk round the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park and sooner or later you'll hear a cry of recognition and someone will say: "I remember using one of those." It probably doesn't happen often to The Millionaire, a mechanical calculator that went into production in 1893, but Sir Maurice Wilkes spotted it, adding: "We used to have one in the lab. I hope it's still there."In this case, "the lab" was what became the Cambridge University Computer Lab, which Wilkes headed from 1945 until 1980. It was where...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 18, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Jack Schofield Tags: Computing Technology Science People in science Physics The Guardian Interviews Source Type: news

Extent of private sector use revealedemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
More than 17,000 NHS patients in Northern Ireland received private-sector treatment, despite shrinking budgets (Source: BMA daily feed)
Source: BMA daily feed - November 18, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations

The $1.9 Trillion Gimmickemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
What passes for a joke on Capitol Hill these days is that Bernie Madoff, given his experience managing Ponzi schemes, should be put in charge of the federal budget. Nancy Pelosi & Co. seem to have taken it as a serious suggestion.11/18/2009 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - November 18, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: organizations

NHS proposals to allow patients to shop around for treatmentemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NHS patients could be given the right to shop around for treatment and the legal right to die at home under proposals unveiled by the prime minister. Gordon Brown and the health secretary, Andy Burnham, formally launched public consultations on services aimed at transforming government targets into individual patients' "entitlements". Never again would the NHS respond to financial pressures by allowing waiting lists to build up, Burnham promised. Announcing what is to be included in the NHS Constitution and proposals for additional rights, they also took the opportunity to expand on the government's achievements ...
Source: NHS Networks - November 18, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations

To eat or not to eat? Mental budgets help control consumptionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you feel like you're in a losing battle with a triple-chocolate cake, a "mental budget" can help, according to a new study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 18, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: news

Labour backs real budgets to revitalise PBCemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
An idea to revitalise practice-based commissioning (PBC) by allowing groups of practices to hold real budgets has been welcomed by England's health minister Mike O'Brien. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News - November 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

NAPC proposes radical plans for primary careemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
GP leaders have unveiled a radical new model for primary care, with practices able to manage large chunks of the local healthcare budget and attain the status of ‘foundation practices’. (Source: Pulse)
Source: Pulse - November 18, 2009 Category: Primary Care Tags: News Source Type: news

Health Net Reminds Medicare Beneficiaries They Can Count On Health Affordability And Value With Company's 2010 Medicare Advantage Health Plansemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
With the kick-off of the Medicare Annual Election Period (AEP) this week, Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) reminds those eligible for Medicare that Health Net's Medicare Advantage (MA) product portfolio offers a comprehensive range of budget-friendly health plan choices to beneficiaries for 2010. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 18, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Plan to give GP practices real commissioning budgetsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
NAPC plan would give GPs full accountability for NHS resources instead of PCTsRelated items from OnMedicaElderly patients often receive undignified care Watchdog assessment finds upwards ‘shift in performance’GPs urged to focus on patient experienceCompassionate care being sidelinedCancer patients not given enough information (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 18, 2009 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Japanese science faces deep cutsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The government's election promises vowed more support for science, but so far budgets look set to shrink. (Source: news@nature.com)
Source: news@nature.com - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals

Amid Health Bill Delays And Snags, Lawmakers Target Issuesemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The wait for the Congressional Budget Office score on the Senate health care reform bill has left Senators with time to carefully consider all the angles on reform, The New York Times reports. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "has already received some substantial analysis of his measure, and if the numbers had been what he wanted, he would have released a bill by now. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Source Type: news

Continuous Roll Microplate Heat Sealeremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The TriSeal Pro from Porvair Sciences Ltd. is a new budget-priced continuous roll microplate heat sealer optimised for medium to high throughput plate sealing applications. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - November 17, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

To eat or not to eat? Mental budgets help control consumptionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(University of Chicago Press Journals) If you feel like you're in a losing battle with a triple-chocolate cake, a "mental budget" can help, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study saysemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois economists warns. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 17, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Baxa Announces 2010 Course Dates and Discounted Pricing for its STAR Center® Training Facilityemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Baxa Corporation announces the 2010 course dates for its STAR Center training programs. Together with the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the company plans 10 class sessions focused on pharmacy best practices in relation to USP 797 regulatory compliance and hazardous drug handling. To meet the needs of budget-sensitive hospitals, 2010 participants will be able to register for the Aseptic Processing and Compliance Tools for USP 797 course at a newly discounted price of $1,875; a 10% discount from standard pricing. Participants earn 21 hours of CE credit. (PRWeb Nov 16, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 16, 2009 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Senate Aides: Reid Considering Medicare Payroll Tax Increase On Wealthyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pondering a proposal to increase the Medicare payroll tax on high earners "to help offset the costs of providing health insurance to millions of Americans, Senate aides said Thursday," The New York Times reports. The proposal is in the health reform package that Reid has sent to the Congressional Budget Office for analysis. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Source Type: news

Calif. budget cuts keep M.D.s from workemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- State-ordered furloughs ordered at the California state medical board have resulted in a logjam of physician license applications, physicians say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - November 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news