NIH Saves Lives: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Calls on Congress to Restore Full Funding

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, one of the nation’s top cancer research and prevention centers and pioneer of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation, today called on Congress to support restoring full funding to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which supports pioneering research that saves lives. Funding was recently cut due to sequestration.

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Medicare Cuts Impact Access to Care

Physicians and patients alike are feeling the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts that went into effect on January 1, 2013. With an additional 2% sequestration cut to roll out on April 1, it’s likely that physicians who treat Medicare patients will be faced with difficult decisions as operating margins continue to shrink.

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Tipsheet: Why Is the U.S. Stock Market Performing So Well?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high Thursday. Is the surge odd given that the federal government’s forced spending cuts are now a reality? Is it due to other world markets not rebounding quickly? Will the drop in the market that has occurred Friday and Monday continue, or will February data on housing starts and building permits, expected to be released today, counter that trajectory? And what can those with a 401(k) or extra cash to invest expect in the weeks and months ahead?

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"A Great Opportunity" to Address #EntitlementReform. @BucknellU Provost and @socialinsurance #Expert Available

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Sequestration Cuts Medicare Reimbursement Beginning April 1

The federal budget sequester went into effect March 1 after a lack of Congressional action to avoid the automatic spending cuts. Effective April 1, Medicare payments to hospitals, doctors, and other health care providers will be reduced by 2%.

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Experts Needed: North Korea Nuclear Threats and UN Sanctions, Gun Control in Congress, Chavez Death, DOW Record High, Sequester Budget Cuts

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REINS Act Would Severely Impair Ability to Implement Laws

Ronald M. Levin, JD, administrative law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, recently testified on the REINS Act before the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. “Under the REINS Act, the dysfunction that now afflicts Congress in the enactment of laws would spread to the implementation of the laws,” he says.

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U.S. Eye Physicians and Surgeons Predict Negative Consequences of Sequester for Medicare Patients

As the federal government assesses an $85 billion reduction in its 2013 budget, an included 2 percent Medicare cut will hurt beneficiaries who need medical eye care, according to ophthalmologists – medical doctors who specialize in the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of eye disease. In a survey conducted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, approximately 72 percent of responding member physicians predicted they would be forced to make decisions that will negatively affect the ability of their Medicare patients to receive the highest quality of medical care.

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Even Short Sequester Squabble Will Cast Long Shadow on Ag Research

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Old Dominion Economic Forecasting Team Predicts Dramatic Local Job Loss From Sequester

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