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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Search Results from Kaisernetwork</title><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org</link><description><![CDATA[These are the results that match your query.]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>2005 Kaisernetwork</copyright><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><generator>Kaisernetwork Services</generator><kedu:searchcount xmlns:kedu="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/">44800</kedu:searchcount><category domain="kaisernetwork.org">Matches for </category><item><title>Blog Watch - &lt;cite&gt;Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report&lt;/cite&gt; Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58645</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58645</link><description><![CDATA['Blog Watch' offers re]]><![CDATA[aders a roundup of health policy]]><![CDATA[-related blog posts.Bloggers are]]><![CDATA[ tentatively reacting to a repor]]><![CDATA[t and blog post released by the ]]><![CDATA[Congressional Budget Office that]]><![CDATA[ summarizes the agency's approac]]><![CDATA[h to estimating the cost of any ]]><![CDATA[health overhaul bills. At issue ]]><![CDATA[is how CBO will count different]]></description></item><item><title>Global Challenges - Report Estimates Significant Impact of Widespread Circumcision Effort in Botswana</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58635</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58635</link><description><![CDATA[Botswana's campaign to]]><![CDATA[ circumcise about 500,000 men by]]><![CDATA[ 2012 will prevent nearly 70,000]]><![CDATA[ new HIV cases by 2025, accordin]]><![CDATA[g to a report published Thursday]]><![CDATA[ in the Journal of the Internati]]><![CDATA[onal AIDS Society, AFP/Yahoo! Ne]]><![CDATA[ws reports. The government's nat]]><![CDATA[ional campaign aims to circumcis]]><![CDATA[e 460,000 men over the next fiv]]></description></item><item><title>Capitol Hill Watch - Sen. Kennedy Circulates Draft of Health Reform Legislation</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58639</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58639</link><description><![CDATA[Senate Health, Educati]]><![CDATA[on, Labor and Pensions Committee]]><![CDATA[ Chair Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) ]]><![CDATA[is circulating an outline of hea]]><![CDATA[lth care overhaul legislation th]]><![CDATA[at includes a requirement that a]]><![CDATA[ll individuals obtain coverage a]]><![CDATA[nd requires contributions from e]]><![CDATA[mployers, the Washington Post re]]><![CDATA[ports. According to the Post, t]]></description></item><item><title>Special Notice - Important Changes as Kaiser Expands Its Daily Online Reports</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58633</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58633</link><description><![CDATA[The Kaiser Family Foun]]><![CDATA[dation is announcing several cha]]><![CDATA[nges and enhancements in its Dai]]><![CDATA[ly Reports. In April, the Founda]]><![CDATA[tion launched the new Kaiser Dai]]><![CDATA[ly Global Health Policy Report t]]><![CDATA[o synthesize coverage of global ]]><![CDATA[health policy developments aroun]]><![CDATA[d the world. Daily summaries of ]]><![CDATA[news coverage of global HIV/AID]]></description></item><item><title>Coverage &amp; Access - Massachusetts, Tennessee Health Plans Might Offer Ideas on U.S. Health Care System Overhaul</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58642</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58642</link><description><![CDATA[Congressional lawmaker]]><![CDATA[s who are crafting a plan to ove]]><![CDATA[rhaul the U.S. health care syste]]><![CDATA[m might be able to look to state]]><![CDATA[ health insurance programs in Ma]]><![CDATA[ssachusetts and Tennessee for id]]><![CDATA[eas, the AP/Minneapolis Star Tri]]><![CDATA[bune reports. Health reform legi]]><![CDATA[slation modeled after Massachuse]]><![CDATA[tts' near-universal health insu]]></description></item><item><title>Administration News - Obama Says Health Reform Must Be Done This Year</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58640</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58640</link><description><![CDATA[The opportunity to ena]]><![CDATA[ct health care reform legislatio]]><![CDATA[n could be missed unless Congres]]><![CDATA[s passes it this year, President]]><![CDATA[ Obama on Thursday said to thous]]><![CDATA[ands of supporters in a phone ca]]><![CDATA[ll made from Air Force One, the ]]><![CDATA[AP/USA Today reports. In a call ]]><![CDATA[to members of his political orga]]><![CDATA[nization, Organizing for Americ]]></description></item><item><title>Global Challenges - HIV Prevention Efforts in Five African Countries Not Reaching At-Risk Groups, Report Says</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58634</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58634</link><description><![CDATA[National HIV preventio]]><![CDATA[n strategies in at least five Af]]><![CDATA[rican countries are not reaching]]><![CDATA[ the groups most at risk of infe]]><![CDATA[ction, according to a report fro]]><![CDATA[m UNAIDS and the World Bank cond]]><![CDATA[ucted in conjunction with the na]]><![CDATA[tional HIV/AIDS authorities of K]]><![CDATA[enya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swazi]]><![CDATA[land and Uganda, IRIN/PlusNews ]]></description></item><item><title>Coverage &amp; Access - Data Ranks Insurers According to Speed of Claim Payment, Share of Denials</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58641</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58641</link><description><![CDATA[Aetna, Cigna and Human]]><![CDATA[a ranked highest nationally on c]]><![CDATA[riteria including speed of healt]]><![CDATA[h claim payments and fewest clai]]><![CDATA[ms denied, according to the 2009]]><![CDATA[ PayerView Rankings, the Boston ]]><![CDATA[Globe reports. The rankings -- p]]><![CDATA[repared by Athenahealth in colla]]><![CDATA[boration with Physicians Practic]]><![CDATA[e management journal -- evaluat]]></description></item><item><title>Science &amp; Medicine - Researchers Plan To Target Immune Cells Responsible for Eluding Antiretroviral Treatment</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58638</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&amp;DR_ID=58638</link><description><![CDATA[Certain human immune c]]><![CDATA[ells known as macrophages are co]]><![CDATA[mposed of hybrid HIV strains tha]]><![CDATA[t elude treatment and antiretrov]]><![CDATA[iral drugs, according to a new s]]><![CDATA[tudy by researchers from the Uni]]><![CDATA[versity of Florida and other ins]]><![CDATA[titutions, the Gainesville Sun r]]><![CDATA[eports. For the study, researche]]><![CDATA[rs examined tissue from HIV-pos]]></description></item><item><title>State Watch - Texas Senate Passes CHIP Expansion Bill, Avoiding Legislative Backlog, Deadlines</title><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58643</guid><author>info@kaisernetwork.org</author><link>http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3&amp;DR_ID=58643</link><description><![CDATA[The Texas Senate on We]]><![CDATA[dnesday voted to approve a bill ]]><![CDATA[that would boost enrollment in t]]><![CDATA[he state's version of CHIP, the ]]><![CDATA[Houston Chronicle reports. The b]]><![CDATA[ill, sponsored by state Sen. Kip]]><![CDATA[ Averitt (R), would raise the in]]><![CDATA[come eligibility threshold for t]]><![CDATA[he program to 200% of the federa]]><![CDATA[l poverty level for a family of]]></description></item></channel></rss>