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The Obama administration budget blueprint included $215 million for a new Precision Medicine Initiative, as well as other investments to safeguard the nation's food supply and to address prescription drug abuse.
President Barack Obama's budget request includes proposals that would increase spending for some Medicare beneficiaries, including co-payments for new Medicare beneficiaries who receive home health care services and a surcharge on premiums for new beneficiaries who buy private insurance to supplement Medicare. The budget also calls on the federal government to use its buying power to negotiate drug prices.
News reports note that President Barack Obama's budget proposal outlines a set of goals that could help shape the 2016 presidential election debate.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
A selection of health policy stories from California, Hawaii, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota and Virginia.
Health officials work to track measles patients in order to identify people who may have come into contact with them and therefore may be at risk. In some cases, parents are being advised to keep babies who may have been exposed at home for 21 days. Meanwhile, parents who have opted not to vaccinate their children are defending this choice.
The Obama administration released a draft plan requiring most providers to adhere to information-sharing standards by the end of 2017. Meanwhile, a report by congressional staffers contends that companies such as Google, Twitter and Yahoo are grabbing data from consumers when they use healthcare.gov.
Much of the success of the federal effort will revolve around the difficult issues of the definition of quality and how it is measured. Also, as it moves forward in its push for better care, Medicare will continue to publish yearly physician payment data.
A quirk of the health law sometimes means people who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid also make too little to qualify for federal insurance subsidies. Also in the news coverage about the law, at the White House, worries build over Americans' health law anger during tax season.
One proposal would dissolve MNsure's board, put a commissioner in charge and have it run like any other executive department. Meanwhile, Connecticut's exchange has been unable to mail tax forms to about 3,600 customers and Oregonians are warned of the Feb. 15 enrollment deadline.
News outlets report on the latest developments in Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio and Iowa.
This $215 million biomedical research effort announced Friday by President Barack Obama includes plans to collect genetic data on a million Americans with the hope of gaining insights into the causes of diseases and how to treat them.
Republicans want a program that drives down federal spending on food stamps, health programs and other safety-net costs, but Democrats argue that the health law is pushing health costs down.
The House will vote this week on a measure to repeal the overhaul, while Republican lawmakers continue debating whether they should use the controversial process known as reconciliation and then replace the law with their own alternative.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
NPR reports that some health experts say this is a critical time in efforts to control the spread of this outbreak. Meanwhile, The Washington Post highlights an anti-vaccine physician.
A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts, Iowa, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, New York, Kansas and Maryland.
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