Social conservatives endorse Santorum to stop Romney: “The conservative leaders met Friday night and again on Saturday. According to [Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council], those at the summit listed repealing the federal health care overhaul as their top concern, followed by the national debt and abortion.” [Fox News]
Scott Walker’s health care dilemma: “It’s a political game of chicken Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker hopes he can win. Walker – a tea party favorite who has changed his state’s bright blue health policy trajectory — is the lone Republican governor keeping an Early Innovator grant awarded early last year under the health reform law.” [Politico]
U.S. to force drug firms to report money paid to doctors: ” To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment.” [NYT]
ACA v. Obamacare: “This naming dispute is a first-rate example of the politics of naming. Who gets to name the nation’s health reform law?” [John McDonough]
Sleep apnea business is booming, insurers aren’t happy: “Snoring was once considered a simple annoyance for bed partners, but there is a growing awareness in the medical community that the grunts and snorts of noisy sleepers can also be a sign of sleep apnea… insurer spending on the procedure has skyrocketed. Medicare payments for sleep testing increased from $62 million in 2001 to $235 million in 2009, according to the Office of the Inspector General.” [Kaiser Health News]
New Hampshire lawmakers offer new crop of abortion bills: “For all their rhetoric about reducing the size and scope of government, the Republicans in the New Hampshire Legislature seem to have no problem encouraging government to muck around in the personal lives of women and the professional lives of doctors, hospitals and other health-care providers.” [Concord Monitor]
Two VA bills to require ultrasound before abortion: “Two bills introduced in the House of Delegates in the 2012 session would mandate ultrasound testing before an abortion.” The measures have a greater chance of passing since Republicans picked up seats in the Senate. [Suffolk-News Herald]
Group to set research priorities: “On Wednesday, an independent, non-governmental board established by the health care law — called the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) — will release national priorities for spending” federal funds on comparative effectiveness research. [Kaiser Health News]
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