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Daily Briefing: Health Costs, Money and Budgets

The CBO estimates health law costs, states slash Medicaid, female condoms touted as fashionable and more from our Daily Briefing.

ACA Medicaid decision leaves more questions than answers

Arguably the most unexpected aspect of the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act decision was its reversal of the mandatory expansion of Medicaid. Martha King of the National Conference of State Legislatures provides some tips on how to track this unfolding landscape.

CT Scan Study: Overuse Can Raise Kids' Brain Cancer Risk

Immigration enforcement cracking down on farmworker clinics, vaccines innappropiately stored, hospitals ranked, drug-resistant gonorrhea spreading and more from our Daily Briefing.

Institute of Medicine says the Human Environment is Making us Fat

AIDS in Cuba, the costs and benefits of HSAs, long-term care insurance, and more from our Daily Briefing.

A Landmark Court Case Over California's Medicaid Cuts

A landmark court case over Medicaid cuts, soy slammed for menopause, and bureaucratic delays in HIV/AIDS care for some Atlantans, plus more from our Daily Briefing.

Join a Registry, Lower Your Blood Pressure

A California HMO dramatically improves blood pressure control, Americans oppose Medicaid overhaul, and an update on kids' access to dental care, plus more from our Daily Briefing.

Budget Cuts to Senior Day Programs: Hello, Costly Nursing Home

Budget cuts to senior day care programs means many will be forced into expensive nursing homes. Plus more from our Daily Briefing

Journalism stars come out for AHCJ Health Journalism 2011 conference in Philadelphia

It makes for a sad spring when I can’t attend the annual Association of Health Care Journalists conference.

Hunter S. Thompson's Ibogaine: Help for Addiction?

Here’s what we’re checking out today:

Rehab: Can the hallucinogen ibogaine help drug addicts kick the habit? Keegan Hamilton reviews the evidence on ThePitch. 

Hyping a 10-person Weight-Loss Study?

Here’s what we’re reading today:

Weight Loss: Can someone please explain why a weight-loss/sleep study with only 10 participants is getting so much press? Kudos to Foodconsumer.org’s Rachel Howell Stockton for highlighting the limitations of the study while other media coverage hyperventilated.

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