GingRomney care: “If Republicans are flocking to Newt Gingrich to get away from Mitt Romney’s health care problems, they could end up with a nominee with … awfully similar health care problems. Or maybe worse: While Romney signed a state mandate into law, Gingrich once went a step further and advocated a federal one.” [Jennifer Haberkorn]
Eric Cantor endorses new CMS nominee: “President Barack Obama’s Medicare nominee Tuesday got unexpected support from one of Congress’ Republican stars. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told The Associated Press that Marilyn Tavenner is “eminently qualified” to run Medicare.” [Washington Post]
Arizona hopes to loosen health cuts: ” Arizona is moving to restore some government-subsidized health care coverage for children of low-income families as part of a plan to provide several major hospitals with more Medicaid dollars to pay for serving people without insurance.” [AP]
Cost cuts undermine quality of care in nursing homes: “The push to keep labor costs low among the nation’s largest for-profit nursing home chains has resulted in poor quality care, according to new research.” ““Poor quality of care is endemic in many nursing homes, but we found that the most serious problems occur in the largest for-profit chains,” researchers found. [Modern Healthcare]
Study claims employers will “target dump” sick workers into exchanges: A new study claims that self-insured employers “could design coverage that would discourage sicker workers from remaining on the company plan and make it more attractive for them to seek coverage through the public insurance exchange.” [Kaiser Health News]
Gingrich wants to lose weight: “To the best of my knowledge my health is fine. I have an annual physical,” Gingrich said. “I should lose weight, everybody who tells me I should lose weight, they are all correct,” he said in South Carolina. “I just find it really hard to lose weight.” [ABC News]
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