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Georgetown Policy Report: Long-Term Care in Health Care Reform: Policy Options to Improve Both - Policy - Long-term care reform belongs in health care reform -- "The well-being and financial security of families depend not only on access to affordable medical services, but also on access to affordable, reliable long-term care - the daily assistance and supports that many individuals need because of serious medical conditions or disabilities." This policy brief presents four policy options that merit serious consideration in the current health care reform discussion. ... The first two options would improve long-term care for people with low incomes and limited financial res. These options would modernize Medicaid in important ways, tailoring services better to individual needs and using res more effectively. The third and fourth options aim to strengthen long-term care protections for the broader population; one with better coordination of medical and long-term care for Medicare enrollees; the other by establishing insurance protection for people of all ages and incomes" (Komisar, Tumlinson, Feder, Burke, 7/16). (Note: KHN"s coverage of aging and long term care issues is supported by a grant from The SCAN Foundation.)
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Contrary To Guidelines, Compression Stockings Do Not Reduce The Risk Of Blood Clots After Stroke (CLOTS Study)
Thigh-length graduated support stockings (TL-GCS) do not reduce the risk of blood clots in stroke patients. Since guidelines in the UK and many developed nations recommend use of TL-GCS, such guidelines should now be urgently revised. The findings of the CLOTS trial are published in an Article Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet, written by Professor Martin Dennis, University of Edinburgh, UK, and colleagues. Most of the study"s funding came from the UK Medical Research Council. The findings are to be announced during this week"s European Stroke Conference, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Migraines With Aura In Middle Age May Be Associated With Late Life Brain Lesions
Women who suffer from migraine headaches in middle age particularly those accompanied by neurological aura are more likely to have damage to brain tissue in the cerebellum later in life, according to a study by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Icelandic Heart Association in Reykjavik. The study appears in the June 24, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers found that migraine sufferers with aura are more susceptible than others to localized brain tissue damage identified on magnetic resonance images (MRI). In particular, women who reported having migraines with aura were almost twice as likely to have such damage in the cerebellum as women who reported not having headaches.
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A Selection Of Editorials And Opinions

Scrubbing In: Good Health Care Doesn"t Come Cheap The Philadelphia Inquirer A leaner medical system may not necessarily create a better one. Cost cuts have to be smart cuts, and should not harm patients the way rationing test strips does (Rachel Sobel, 6/22). The Hard Part The New York Times Eventually the hard part arrives. For Barack Obama, it may have started last week, courtesy of the abacus-wielding wonks at the Congressional Budget Office (Ross Douthat, 6/21). Health Care Showdown The New York Times Voters are ready for major change. The question now is whether we will nonetheless fail to get that change, because a handful of Democratic senators are still determined to party like it"s 1993 (Paul Krugman, 6/22). Tired Malpractice Debate Ignores Promising Solutions USA Today Seldom can a president move an audience from applause to boos in a matter of seconds. But President Obama did it last week with three words: "fear of lawsuits" (Editorial, 6/22). Why We Will Win Back Health Care This Time Politico The fight is on. With the president definitively stepping into the ring and bills being introduced and the Congressional Budget Office weighing in, it"s clear that the legislative fight of the century has moved from the preliminaries to the official rounds (Richard Kirsch). Nation Needs To Leap Forward In Health IT The Tennessean Health care is one of the most information-intensive and technologically advanced fields of human endeavor (Jonathan Perlin, 6/22). Wyden"s Third Way The Wall Street Journal Is Mr. Wyden surprised by the opposition his proposal has generated from the left? (Collin Levy, 6/22). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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