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The Alliance For The Advancement Of Adult Stem Cell Therapy And Research Announces Successful Treatment Of End-Stage Heart Disease With Stem Cells
Zannos Grekos, MD, Associate Clinical Professor at Nova Southeastern University, has announced six month follow-up results for a patient treated with adult stem cells in a clinical study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. The clinical study is a collaborative effort among physicians at Regenocyte Therapeutic, an American stem cell therapy clinic; researchers and scientists from Theravitae, a biotechnology company from Israel; and physicians from the American Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Dominican Republic.
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CBO: Proposal Would Pound Budget, Dent Number Of Uninsured
The Congressional Budget Office has found that the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee"s health reform proposal would cost taxpayers about $1 trillion over the next decade and only insure 16 million people, about one-third of uninsured Americans, Politico reports. More individuals would lose employer-provided insurance they already have, or move away from government programs, prompting Republicans to say in a memo, "For all of the money the bill spends, the coverage increase is relatively anemic."
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Health Industry Officials Offer $2 Trillion Savings Plan To The White House

"Health industry officials delivered a plan to the White House Monday documenting how they"ll attempt to save $2 trillion over a decade through measures like reducing hospitalizations and cutting down on paperwork," the Associated Press reports. "Health insurers, doctors, hospitals, drug-makers and others were under pressure to make good on a pledge they made last month to curb their own costs to help President Barack Obama achieve his health care overhaul goals." Their three big areas of savings: $150 billion to $180 billion would come from more efficient use of health care services, $350 billion to $850 billion from better management of chronic diseases, and $500 billion to $700 billion through administrative improvements such as standardizing claim forms (Werner, 6/1). The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires reports that the groups "held seven "all-day meetings" to flesh out how they would save the huge sum of money. In a statement Monday, the organizations said they had made "solid progress" on their goal and would now pursue the changes they identified." The cost savings, which come from a "wide variety of s," were detailed in a Monday letter to Barack Obama. The America"s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group which represents managed-care companies, "pointed to efforts toward "fully automating and standardizing" health insurance claims and payments." "The American Hospital Association said it would seek to prevent infections, which can lengthen the duration of hospital stays. The American Medical Association, which represents doctors, identified ways to cut down on readmissions of patients into hospitals and prevent the overuse of some imaging procedures" (Yoest, 6/1). The coalition"s letter to President was signed by the leaders of the American Medical Association, America"s Health Insurance Plans, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association, American Hospital Association, Advanced Medical Technology Association and the Service Employees International Union. 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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