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Vice President Joe Biden speaks about a White House deal with hospitals to help pay for President Barack Obama's overhaul of health care, Wednesday, July 8, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. At left is Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Health care overhaul bill suffers another setback
2 hrs 27 mins ago - The drive to remake the nation's health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats demanded numerous changes in legislation the leadership was drafting on a fast track.
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks at the City Club of Chicago. A Democratic official says Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The source says Burris has begun informing Democratic officials about his decision. The official spoke anonymously because Burris had yet to announce his decision publicly. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) AP source: Burris won't run for full Senate term
51 mins ago - Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protestors run away from tear gas fired by security in an opposition rally in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Hundreds of young men and women chanted 'death to the dictator,' confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities' vows to 'smash' any new marches. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
2 hrs 28 mins ago - Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE) Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96k
1 hr 52 mins ago - Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.
A wounded man lies in a hospital bed after a roadside bomb attack near a market in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Worst violence since US pullback hits Iraq
5 hrs ago - Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.
Family members search for the graves of relatives at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., Thursday, July 9, 2009, after graves were discovered dug up Wednesday and bodies dumped into unmarked mass graves in an alleged scheme to resell the plots to unsuspecting members of the public. Three men and a woman are facing felony charges after police found what they called 'startling and revolting' conditions at the historic cemetery in the south Chicago suburb. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) Ill. cemetery workers accused in grisly plot
1 hr 24 mins ago - Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.
Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated
2 hrs 36 mins ago - One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden.
In this image released by Discovery Channel, the late TV pitchman Billy Mays is shown in Santa Monica, Calif., on Feb. 8, 2009. On Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 9 p.m. EDT, Discovery Channel will air a one-hour documentary, 'Pitchman: A Tribute to Billy Mays.' Mays had been featured in a 12-part series on the network called 'Pitchmen.' (AP Photo/Discovery Communications/John Chapple) Billy Mays remains a TV pitchman, even in death
4 hrs ago - Death won't still the voice of Billy Mays or his mighty powers of persuasion. Viewers will continue to find the boisterous, bearded TV pitchman hawking household products for the indefinite future. And at least one of his commercials is being introduced posthumously.
This photo provided Thursday, July 9, 2009 by the Lee County Sheriff's office shows Meredith Hart Mulcahy of Bonita Springs, Fla. Mulcahy was arrested after deputies say she assaulted her husband for complaining about her cooking Tuesday night. (AP Photo/ Lee County Sheriff's office) Woman jailed after man complains about her cooking
6 hrs ago - A southwest Florida woman was arrested after deputies said she assaulted her 71-year-old common-law husband after he complained about her cooking. A Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report shows 66-year-old Meredith Hart Mulcahy was charged with battery on an elderly person Tuesday night.
Former Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George arrives for the memorial service of Steve McNair in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, July 9, 2009. McNair, a former NFL quarterback with the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens, was shot to death in Nashville on July 4. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Pastor: Slain ex-NFL QB McNair was Nashville's own
1 hr 12 mins ago - Steve McNair's family, friends, former teammates and coaches gathered Thursday night along with thousands of fans to remember the slain ex-NFL quarterback's accomplishments on and off the field.

AHIP Statement on CMS Proposed Medicare Marketing Regulations

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WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In March, AHIP's Board of Directors advocated for stronger federal regulation and oversight of the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plan marketing activities. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued its new regulations.

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"This is an important step to ensure beneficiaries can rely on the information being provided to make the Medicare coverage decisions that are right for them," said Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of AHIP.

AHIP is reviewing the new regulations and is developing detailed comments. AHIP's Board statement is available here: HYPERLINK "http://www.ahip.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22559&linkid=194785" http://www.ahip.org/content/fileviewer.aspx?docid=22559&linkid=194785.

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