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		<title>BETWEEN THE LINES: States Speak Up for Health Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, more than 480 state lawmakers were expected to file a brief with the Supreme CComments 1ourt saying it should uphold the individual mandate in the multistate lawsuit against the federal health reform law. The group includes at least one lawmaker from every state, including the 26 states that filed the lawsuit. Our Take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6661&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BLOGGER VS. BLOGGER: The Problem With Liking to Fire People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has been &#8220;getting a lot of heat for a line that appears to have been taken out of context,&#8221; according to Aaron Carroll of &#8220;The Incidental Economist.&#8221; Romney set off a media firestorm with his statement, &#8220;I like being able to fire people.&#8221; Romney, during a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6658&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AHL&#8217;S TOP STORY: More Than 480 State Lawmakers File Brief in Support of Health Reform Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 480 state lawmakers today are expected to file a brief with the Supreme Court saying it should uphold the individual mandate in a multistate challenge against the federal health reform law, The Hill&#8216;s &#8220;Healthwatch&#8221; reports. [Ed. Note: For background on the Supreme Court's review of the overhaul, click here.] The brief was developed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6656&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT WE&#8217;RE READING: Diet, DNA and Batman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We’re Eating Less Meat. Why?&#8221; NYT&#8216;s &#8220;The Opinionator&#8221;: Beef is apparently not what&#8217;s for dinner anymore. We&#8217;re not even going to recognize this country in a few years. &#8220;Company announces low-cost DNA decoding machine,&#8221; AP/San Francisco Chronicle: Cool your jets; it&#8217;s still really expensive. &#8220;To Understand Health Overhaul, Try A Comic Book,&#8221; NPR&#8217;s &#8220;Shots&#8221;: No, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6651&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: What’s Next for Health Reform &#8212; A Timeline of Implementation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 2011, AHLAlerts published a timeline of when the federal health reform law's provisions are scheduled to be enacted. Four months later, it's time to check back in and see what's upcoming for the overhaul. After the jump you'll find a month-by-month list of the scheduled provisions.
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		<title>AHL&#8217;S TOP STORY: States Argue in SCOTUS Health Reform Challenge That Overhaul&#8217;s Medicaid Expansion Is Coercive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 26 states participating in the lawsuit against the federal health reform law filed a brief with the Supreme Court Tuesday, arguing that the overhaul&#8217;s Medicaid expansion coerces states to participate in the program, Politico reports (Haberkorn, Politico, 1/10). [Ed. Note: For background on the Supreme Court's review of the overhaul, click here.] The reform [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6643&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BACK AND FORTH: The Constitutionality of Mandatory Broccoli</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice recently filed its first brief with the Supreme Court defending the constitutionality of the federal health reform law. The opening brief attempted to answer one of the major arguments used by critics against the reform law’s individual mandate: If Congress can require that U.S. residents purchase health insurance, can it also make people buy broccoli to make them healthier?

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		<title>WHAT WE&#8217;RE READING: Who Cares?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Obamacare, Romneycare, Obamneycare &#8212; Never Mind,&#8221; National Journal: Whichever way you spell it, no one seems to &#8220;care.&#8221; &#8220;The Economics of Curbing Alcohol Consumption,&#8221; Ezra Klein&#8216;s &#8220;Wonkblog&#8221;: To curb binge drinking, hit &#8216;em where it hurts: in their wallets, of course. &#8220;No Surgery Required For Some Stabbing, Shooting Patients,&#8221; NPR&#8217;s &#8220;Shots&#8221;: A recent study provides [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6638&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AHL&#8217;S TOP STORY: CMS Finds 3.9% Health Spending Growth in 2010, a Near-Record Low</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health spending grew by 3.9% in 2010, a near-historic low, as U.S. residents opted to forgo hospital and physician visits and delayed prescription drug purchases, according to a new CMS analysis published in the journal Health Affairs, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 1/9). CMS attributed the low rate to the economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6636&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>POLL: Should the Obama Administration Investigate Sebelius&#8217; Controversial Decision on Plan B Usage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a meeting of the President&#8217;s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology last week, reproductive health advocates criticized HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius&#8217; decision to maintain age restrictions on the nonprescription status for the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step. In early December 2011, Sebelius in an unprecedented move overruled FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and rejected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahlalerts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13054834&amp;post=6627&amp;subd=ahlalerts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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