Summaries of recent news about health care and the budgets of Maryland and New Jersey appear below.Maryland: Lawmakers are looking to cut at least $200 million from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s (D) proposed fiscal year 2009 budget to compensate for an economic downturn, the Baltimore Sun reports. (more…)
While there is an inexpensive, generic medication that can stop severe pain and the need for blood transfusions associated with sickle cell disease, few patients receive the treatment, Reuters reports. An NIH consensus panel discussed the issue on Wednesday. Members of consensus panels discuss “controversial medical subjects to give unbiased, impartial guidance,” Reuters reports. (more…)
Medical technologist was introduced to the field while in the military. (more…)
“The conditional approval granted by Department of Justice for the acquisition of Sierra Health Services will do nothing to block UnitedHealth Group from gaining a stranglehold on the Las Vegas commercial insurance market. This acquisition is one more example of a health insurer mega-merger that will benefit no one other than health insurer executives and stockholders. (more…)
