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An experimental drug designed to fit a DNA patch in a flawed gene has cleared an important hurdle in tests on boys struck by a tragic muscle-wasting disease, a British study on Monday says. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

Insurers in South Carolina may find themselves on the losing side over a battle to prevent construction defects from being covered under a general commercial liability (CGL) policy. The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill (S.431) that would reverse … View full post on Insurance JournalNews from Insurance Journal

FRIDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) — For years now, doctors have made slow, incremental progress in the treatment of lupus, a chronic autoimmune condition that can wrack the body and seriously affect a person's health. View full post on Yahoo! Health News

News outlets reported on a variety of state developments. Politico: Double Bind On Health Care Reform Republican lawmakers on the state level are largely against the new health reform law – but they aren’t against all of the behemoth legislation. Virginia dominated headlines this week when a federal judge ruled the individual mandate to buy [...]

News outlets report on efforts to implement the new health law, including high risk pools and insurers’ summaries of their plans. High risk pools, which began accepting applications over the summer, are now “are up and running in every state,” and “[s]o far, the response has been modest and reviews are mixed,” Kaiser Health News [...]

American Medical News: “A recent court decision gave a group of California counties another chance to challenge what they contend are severe Medicare underpayments that jeopardize access to care across the country. The proposed class-action lawsuit led by seven California counties alleges that Medicare is underpaying California physicians by 10% to 25% in urbanizing areas [...]

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Word of new tax credits for some small businesses continued to make the rounds in news reports this weekend, as business owners seek to make sense of it details. The (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian: “Clark County small businesses could get back up to 35 percent of the money they pay into health insurance premiums this year… [...]

The federal government began accepting applications for the high risk pools it will run in 29 states and the District of Columbia last Thursday, PBS Newshour reports. The other 21 states chose to run their own pools and may be on different schedules… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News From Medical [...]

Political and practical effects of the new health law are in the news. Los Angeles Times: “Congress is shattering its longstanding reputation for being a gridlocked, lethargic, ‘do-nothing’ institution, instead compiling a record of landmark policy changes in healthcare, financial industry regulation, economic policy and more… View full post on Health Insurance / Medical Insurance [...]