Credit: CBSNews.comWednesday, January 20, 2010
Americans fear obesity but do not see value of a special tax on junk food
Most say obesity is a serious public health problem but they do not think that a tax on junk food would curb people’s appetite:
-57% say obesity is a very serious public health problem
-60% oppose a special tax on junk food
-72% say a special tax would not encourage more people to lose weight
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Filed under: Congress, Insights, Proposed Legislation, Public Health
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Keywords: Congress, Obesity, Public Health
Credit: GallupWednesday, January 20, 2010
Support for healthcare legislation improves as 2010 starts
Since last month, more Americans favor Congress passing a healthcare legislation this year:
-49% say they would advise their member of Congress to vote for the bill
-46% say they would advocate a vote against the bill; this is 2% lower than December
Read more at Gallup…
Filed under: Congress, Health Reform, Insights, Proposed Legislation
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Credit:Healthreformwatch.comMonday, January 04, 2010
CMS and HHS Release New Proposed Rules Governing Health IT
By Jordan Cohen, Health Reform Watch
Issues surrounding the implementation of health information technology (HIT) have not garnered anywhere near the amount of attention as issues such as the public plan, the intersection of abortion and health insurance, pre-existing condition provisions, etc. There are a variety of reasons for this.
Read more at Health Reform Watch…
Filed under: Digital records, Health Reform, Weekly Round Up
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Keywords: Health 2.0, Health Reform
Credit: GettyMonday, January 04, 2010
Program for Children Has Uncertain Future
By David M. Herszenhorn, New York Times
As Democratic Congressional leaders work to merge the House and Senate versions of major health care legislation, a big question is what they will do about the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which now provides coverage to more than nine million children and pregnant women and is expected to cover
Filed under: Congress, Health Reform, Pediatrics, Proposed Legislation, Weekly Round Up, Women's health
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Credit:FDASM.comFriday, November 13, 2009
HF Exclusive: From the Floor of the FDA Social Media Hearing
To expand on our midday post, the Ruder Finn senior staff provides another look at the conversations surrounding adverse events reporting at today’s FDA public hearing on the use of social media by the pharmaceutical industry:
While we discussed the potential pitfalls and challenges that lie ahead in adapting the FDA’s standing adverse events (AEs) reporting
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