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People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
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Weekend Reading: Health articles online
Investigate IVF clinics? Will there be a debate over Medicare’s future? Is Obama’s ruling on contraception an attack on religion? School-based health centers: a nonpartisan solution?
Komen reverses Planned Parenthood decision, apologizes
Facing a storm of criticism form women’s groups and abortion-rights supporters, the Susan G. Komen for a Cure foundation announced it would reverse its decision to cut its funding to Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood vs. Komen: Women’s health giants face off
The breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen For the Cure is pulling about $700,000 in breast cancer screening and service grants from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.Komen’s reason: a new policy forbidding grants to organizations under official investigation. Planned Parenthood is the subject of an inquiry launched by a GOP congressman.
Washington state bill would require insurers to cover abortions
“Reproductive Parity Act” would require private and public insurers that provide maternity coverage to cover abortion services as well.
Weekend Reading: International baby business and Medicare whac-a-mole
International surrogate-pregnancy business booms. What is Medicare anyway? Five ways to cut health-care costs. And playing Medicare ‘Whac-A-Mole’
Weekend Reading: Santorum is coming for your contraceptives and why it’s so hard to lose weight
A pick of the best articles about health from this week: Rick Santorum’s war on contraception, the “Fat Trap” that makes is so hard to lose weight, and even with health care reform millions will remain uninsured.
Texting sex ed – NYTs
Health organizations and school districts are using Web sites and texting services to provide teens with accurate information about sex, the New York Times reports.
Holiday health reading: Journals and the killer flu, why women have late abortions, and unhappy hospital docs
Why do mothers seek abortions late in their pregnancies? How much detail should journals provide about killer flu research? Obama originally opposed the individual mandate and Romney supported it – now it’s the other way round. What’s up with that?
Top maternity hospitals in Massachusetts stop early elective deliveries
Early deliveries, from induced labor or C-sections, has been on the rise for more than a decade. One reason is that we’ve come to expect that babies born “a little bit early” will be fine. But babies born even a bit early are at risk for a variety of problems.
Health on the Web: This week’s top picks
A drug that wakes the “near dead.” Romneycare and abortion. Low-birthweight affects adult cognitive abilities. Technology to connect doctors and caregivers. Trisomy 18 and Rick Santorum’s daughter.
Inbox: Polyclinic launches clinical research program, VM and Wenatchee Medical Center, PATH & Merck for Mothers
From our inbox: Seattle’s PATH teams up with MERCK for maternal health project. Polyclinic launches clinical research division. Virginia Mason and Wenatchee Medical Center form heart affiliation.
WIC offers nutrition support for women, infants and children.
Many mothers and children qualify for WIC nutrition help. With just a phone call, parents get an appointment in one to two weeks, and will receive WIC checks at their first appointment.
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