Olive Garden/Red Lobster pledge to reduce calories: “Menus at Olive Garden and Red Lobster are about to get a health makeover. Darden Restaurants, which owns the brands, is the latest corporation to collaborate with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign aimed ending childhood obesity.” [NPR]
HHS funds more community centers: “HHS on Thursday announced a total of $10 million in funding that will be awarded to 129 community organizations nationwide to help them establish new community health centers.” [Modern Healthcare]
Wyoming may partner with feds to form exchange: “The committee studying options for a Wyoming health insurance exchange decided Wednesday to keep open the possibility of partnering with the federal government.
The move came despite concerns that such a partnership would stand little chance of succeeding in a Wyoming Legislature leery of more federal involvement in health care.” [Billings Gazette]
Study claims RomneyCare cost jobs: “The Bay State’s controversial 2006 universal health-care plan — also known as “Romneycare” — has cost Massachusetts more than 18,000 jobs, according to an exclusive blockbuster study that could provide ammo to GOP rivals of former Gov. Mitt Romney as he touts his job-creating chops on the campaign trail.” [Boston Herald]
Virginians support state’s new abortion regulations: “A solid majority of Virginians support new standards to regulate abortion clinics as a type of hospital, even though many believe terminating a pregnancy should remain legal.” [Virginian-Pilot]
Kansas back in court to defend limits on abortion coverage: “The state of Kansas heads to federal court Friday to defend new limits on insurance coverage for abortions, the third constitutional challenge to a slew of anti-abortion legislation passed since Gov. Sam Brownback took office in January.” [AP]
Fixing CLASS: “A new report adds fresh details to the conventional wisdom that a new long-term care insurance program is fiscally out of whack — but there’s also widespread agreement among experts that there are lots of ways to try to fix it.” Here are some ideas. [Politico]
Progress on SGR fix: “The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, which advises Congress on Medicare payment policy, is drafting a plan to permanently replace the program’s current method for paying physicians. It intends to get a proposal to Capitol Hill in October, but today’s draft already is sparking controversy.” [Kaiser Health News]
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