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AARP and Iowa Public Television (IPTV) will host two Divided We Fail Presidential Candidate Forums focused on the issues of health care and financial security

Private insurers participating in Medicare have been allowed to keep tens of millions of dollars that should have been passed on to beneficiaries or returned to the government, and CMS has not properly audited the companies or attempted to recover the excess payments, according to the Government Accountability Office, the [click link for full article]

CMS on Friday denied New York's request to expand SCHIP coverage to children in families with incomes up to 400% of the federal poverty level, which would have provided health coverage to an additional 70,000 children in the state, the New York Times reports (Pear, New York Times, 9/8). [click link for full article]

Summaries of editorials addressing CMS' recent decision to end Medicare reimbursements for eight specific preventable errors in hospitals appear below. [click link for full article]

Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses the debate surrounding SCHIP reauthorization and expansion, President Bush's appointment of an acting CMS administrator and House approval of legislation that would overhaul the U.S. patent system in this week's " [click link for full article]

Title: Kids' High Blood Pressure on the Rise
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007

Title: Diabetes Drugs and Heart Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007

Title: Advance Reported in Heart Valves for Children
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007

Title: Beta Blocker Doesn't Help Children With Heart Failure
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007

Title: Lowering Blood Protein Won't Help Kidney Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 9/12/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/12/2007