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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Abortion Opponents Make Advances at the State Level
NY Times: Abortion Foes Advance Cause at State Level, by John Leland:At least 11 states have passed laws this year regulating or restricting abortion, giving opponents of abortion what partisans…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Issues Revised Program Instructions and Draft Manufacturer Agreement for Medicare Part D Coverage Gap Discount Program; Releases Medicaid AMP Reporting Guidance
On May 21 CMS issued a revised version of its program instructions for the Medicare Coverage Gap Discount Program, which was established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act…
Health Industry Washington Watch
HHS Rules on PPACA Insurance Coverage Requirement for Children Until Age 26
On May 13, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service, Employee Benefits Security Administration, and HHS published an interim final rule with request for comment that implements the PPACA requirement that health…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Caution Lights Ahead for Pharmaceutical Settlements? Impact of Medicaid Exclusion Provisions of PPACA
By Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson, Carol Loepere, Joseph W. Metro, Scot Hasselman
We want to alert our manufacturer clients to the potential importance of a specific provision included in our analysis of the recent health care reform legislation. As we note at…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Abortion Coverage in State Exchanges
Newsweek Magazine: The New Health-Care Fight: Abortion Coverage in State Exchanges, by Sarah Kliff: Whilethe congressional fight over health-care reform has wrapped up andlegislators moved on, a new, state-level battle…
The Healthcare Investor
Transparency Initiatives in Health Reform Bring Burdens and Opportunities
By Matthew Nash
The Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (commonly known as the "healthcare reform" bill) includes significant new transparency and disclosure obligations that apply to physicians, hospitals, and medical device and…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Health Care Overhaul Lowers the Cost of Being a Woman
NY Times: Overhaul Will Lower the Costs of Being a Woman, by Denise Grady:Being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition. That’s the new mantra, repeated triumphantly by House…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
NOW: Health Care Overhaul Disadvantages Women
National Organization for Women, Statement by NOW President Terry O'Neill: Health Care Reform Victory Comes with Tragic Setback for Women's Rights: As a longtime proponent of health care reform, I…
Employer Law Report
The Health Reform Bill: What Do Employers Need to Know?
Following a year-long contentious debate, Congress finally passed the President's top domestic agenda item: Health Reform. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the Health Reform Bill…
The Right Coast
Jay Cost on political vulnerability of ObamaCare Tom Smith
Jay Cost is a reliably intelligent, insightful and calm commentator. I always try to read what he has to say. He has good points here.