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...contained. The Governor's office fought a bill to require automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid of kids still eligible after their parents were dropped from welfare rolls. And under pressure from Bush allies running the appropriations committees, Texas legislators accepted projections of a steep decline in patient demand for Medicaid. Bush succeeded in passing another tax cut, this one amounting to $1.7 billion. But the Medicaid forecasts proved overly rosy, leaving the program with a $400 million deficit. The state health department is looking for ways to offset it. One idea is to take more than $17 million from hard...
...through the approval process. Now that it has been cleared, the real test begins. A doctor's decision to offer the drug rests on a complex calculation. Many may read the FDA language about the pill's being limited to "physicians who can accurately determine the duration of a patient's pregnancy" to mean that they should do this with ultrasound--and most do not have ultrasound equipment in their office. Likewise, special training and extra malpractice insurance might dampen enthusiasm for offering the drug. Doctors will have the extra burden of locating those women who do not return...
...dispense with the rhetoric and look at the difference, the difference between foreign substances and the patient's own cells...
...contained. The governor's office fought a bill to require automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid of kids still eligible after their parents were dropped from welfare rolls. And under pressure from Bush allies running the appropriations committees, Texas legislators accepted projections of a steep decline in patient demand for Medicaid. Bush succeeded in passing another tax cut, this one amounting to $1.7 billion. But the Medicaid forecasts proved overly rosy, leaving the program with a $400 million deficit. The state health department is looking for ways to offset it. One idea is to take more than $17 million from hard...
Specifically, the bill would inevitably discourage doctors from prescribing appropriate levels of pain medication to patients. In addition to the harsh penalties that come with conviction, the bill would earmark $80 million to encourage the Drug Enforcement Administration to actively investigate physicians. Although the bill attempts to distinguish pain relief from doctor-assisted suicide, the line between relieving suffering and causing death, especially when a patient is so close to the end, is often incredibly difficult to determine. Far be it from the legislators in Washington to claim the foresight to know what dosage is appropriate or inappropriate for countless...