Three Days in March: The Supreme Court said it will hear five and a half hours of arguments concerning the health-care overhaul law over three days, starting Monday, March 26, the WSJ reports . There will be two hours of argument covering the individual mandate — which requires most Americans to purchase insurance or pay a penalty — scheduled for March 27. Readmission Penalties: A Medicare policy that will penalize hospitals for too many readmissions that could have been prevented could disproportionately affect facilities that care for the poorest patients, Kaiser Health News reports , in conjunction with the Washington Post. Hospitals with more low-income patients were more likely to have high readmission rates for heart failure, a KHN analysis found, and penalties could tighten their budgets even further. Doggy Flu Blues: The flu can be a problem for

dogs, too, with active outbreaks of highly infectious canine influenza reported in New Jersey and New York over the last few months, the WSJ reports . Merck and Pfizer make vaccines against the virus, and immunization is sometimes recommended by boarding facilities and vets, in the case of elective procedures requiring hospital admission, the paper says. Neti Pot Warning: Doctors are warning people who use neti pots or squeeze bottles to irrigate their nasal passages to avoid using tap water for that purpose, NPR’s Shots blog reports . Two Louisiana residents have died from a deadly brain infection after using neti pots. Doctors advise following the instructions that accompany the devices, which advise using distilled, boiled or filtered water, NPR reports. Image: iStockphoto

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