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N.J. legislators debate who is to blame for cost increases in state's prescription programs for seniors

N.J. legislators debate who is to blame for cost increases in state's prescription programs for seniors
BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
UPDATED

Democratic and Republican legislators Tuesday offered differing views on the Christie administration plan to require at least 134,789 older New Jerseyans pay $310 for the first time to cover the annual Madicare Part D deductible to help cover their prescription costs.

The plan was a major topic as state Health and Senior Services Commissioner Poonam Alaigh appeared before the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee in Trenton to discuss her agency's proposed 2010-11 budget.

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Backpacks: Major culprit in stresses and strains that have long-term health implications

Backpacks: Major culprit in stresses and strains that have long-term health implications

Back-to-school shopping season is underway with parents buying all of the new supplies that will soon be loaded into their child's backpack. As parents make decisions on how to budget for supply purch...

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Elder care: Caregivers should not do it all

Elder care: Caregivers should not do it all
BY CAROL ABAYA
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Readers' Responses: Several readers seem to think I was hard-hearted when I strongly recommended several weeks ago that both sandwich generationers AND elders should ...

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Disclosure of payments to doctors part of health care reform

Disclosure of payments to doctors part of health care reform
BY ARLENE WEINTRAUB
KAISER HEALTH NEWS

Doctors who accept speaking fees, five-star meals and other compensation from pharmaceutical or medical device companies will soon see their names — and the value ...

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Shift in Medicaid drug rebates confirmed by officials

Shift in Medicaid drug rebates confirmed by officials
BY CHRISTOPHER WEAVER
KAISER HEALTH NEWS

The federal agency that oversees Medicaid confirmed Thursday that some money states receive as rebates from drugmakers will now be redirected to the federal gove...

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Chronic pain medication: Creating new addicts every day in N.J.

Chronic pain medication: Creating new addicts every day in N.J.
BY IRA LEVY
COMMENTARY

The dangers of drug-trafficking in New Jersey are well-known in the addiction community. Our location between New York and Philadelphia, combined with the many major roadways and ...

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Elder care: Demands by elderly can be selfish and unrealistic

Elder care: Demands by elderly can be selfish and unrealistic
BY CAROL ABAYA
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Question: I am an only child, and we have two teenagers. I am having a hard time doing everything for my immediate family and now my elderly parents, who moved close...

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Legislators to get close-up look at medical care, research at UMDNJ

Legislators to get close-up look at medical care, research at UMDNJ

Legislators from New Jersey and nearby states will get a firsthand look at how medicine is practiced and medical research is done, when the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School hosts "Legislators in the L...

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N.J. doctors pessimistic about health care reform, poll finds

N.J. doctors pessimistic about health care reform, poll finds

87.8 percent of those surveyed project even more extreme physician shortage

Patients across New Jersey can anticipate a conspicuous downturn in the overall quality of medical care, if the majority of t...

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