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Black Women In Washington, D.C., Have Higher Rate Of AIDS Than Other Women, Study Finds
Black women in Washington, D.C., have higher rates of AIDS and other chronic health conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease than women of other races, according to a study released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Washington Post reports. According to the study - which is based on CDC and federal population data - the incidence of AIDS cases for black women is 176 per 100,000, higher than that of any other group of women in the district. Lack of education, poverty, unemployment, stress, and inadequate living conditions and health care coverage contribute to black women"s poorer health, the study finds (Fears, Washington Post, 6/10).

'Shortcuts' Of The Mind Lead To Miscalculations Of Weight And Caloric Intake, Says Penn Study
Psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a cognitive shortcut, or heuristic, they call "Unit Bias," which causes people to ignore vital, obvious information in their decision-making process, points to a fundamental flaw in the modern, evolved mind and may also play a role in the American population"s 30 years of weight gain.
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Should Pregnant Women Be Included In National Childrens' Study?
An ambitious new national study that aims to follow children from conception through adulthood will miss a golden opportunity to gather data on the most underrepresented population in clinical research - pregnant women, say leading ethicists at Duke University Medical Center, Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities.
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Colorado Medicaid Cuts Some Services For Developmentally Disabled

"Cuts to Medicaid benefits for hundreds of developmentally disabled people in Colorado take effect today, a move that will be devastating, caretakers and advocates say," The Gazette reports. "Annual payments for services such as transportation and work programs are being cut by at least half for about 700 Coloradans with developmental disabilities ... Others will lose a lesser percentage, but some stand to gain financial assistance, said Timothy Hall, deputy executive director for veterans and disability services for the Colorado Department of Human Services." "The change was set into motion by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, which required that Colorado"s reimbursement system be standardized after an audit found discrepancies in how Medicaid dollars were being spent." A new model "bases benefits on a person"s level of disability" and "places limitations and caps on spending" (Kelley, 6/30). Colorado also "recovered more than $5.3 million in fraud settlements and restitution during the fiscal year ended June 30," according to Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, the Denver Business Journal reports. "The sum represented the most money the office has recovered since 1983" (6/30). In Louisiana, "Private health-care providers who treat Louisiana"s poor are facing a $180 million cut in the government health insurance program that pays them," The Associated Press/Alexandria Town Talk reports. "The amount is far less than originally expected. But the cut"s impact will be hard to measure until the state Department of Health and Hospitals drafts new rules" (7/1). 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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