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Republicans, including presidential candidate Mitt Romney, say the budget doesn't do enough to hold back entitlement spending. Health care industry groups, meanwhile, call proposed payment cuts unfair and unworkable.
A selection of stories from Mississippi, Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Oregon, Kansas, South Dakota, Georgia and Louisiana.
In a brief filed Monday, 43 Senate Republicans said that if the Supreme Court allows the mandate to buy health insurance in the Democrats' health law to stand, then Congress could require Americans to buy almost anything.
The Neglected Tropical Disease Control Program (NTD Control Program), funded by USAID and managed by Research Triangle Institute International (RTI International), has released an updated version of its NTD Funding Gap Analysis Tool (NTD-FGAT), which "helps users accurately estimate the costs and funding gaps of public health programs" and "is intended as a supplementary instrument to improve resource and strategic planning in an already existing national NTD plan," according to the Global Network for NTDs' "End the Neglect" blog (2/13).
But some Republicans are cool to the proposal to extend the lower tax cut without offsetting spending.
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the U.S.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations include news on congressional package to payroll taxes and stop a Medicare payment cut and analysis of President Barack Obama's budget.
The Obama Administration released its annual budget today and Republicans were quick to criticize.
A selection of health care stories from Florida, California, Iowa, Alaska, Washington state and Texas.
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the U.S.
A selection of opinions and editorials on the controversy surrounding the administration's regulation mandating insurance coverage for women of birth control.
Advances in technology and surgical improvements have increased demand for the procedure.
Two stories examine Americans' views of government benefits and safety net programs.
President Obama releases his budget plan today, which is already getting its share of Republican detractors.
Meanwhile, insurers react cautiously to Friday's announcement, with the America's Health Insurance Plans trade association expressing concern about the precedent set by the new policy, and Aetna saying more time is needed to study the impact.
News outlets examine a variety of health workplace issues, including a GAO report on medical device prices and efforts to get health workers vaccinated for the flu.
As the administration moves toward implementation of the health law, officials are seeking to bolster the number of primary care doctors. Also, hospitals are concerned about a possible measurement that would grade their efforts on patient safety.
Talks between Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus and House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp over the weekend failed to find a compromise on a bill that would extend the payroll tax cut and avoid a Medicare rate cut for doctors.
The health law's expansion of Medicaid coverage is one of the issues the Supreme Court will weigh this spring.
Mitt Romney's conservative credentials on birth control are examined through the lens of a Massachusetts state law similar to the birth control mandate President Obama has proposed. In other campaign news, Rick Santorum continues his "Romneycare" assault, and The Associated Press analyzes how Obama's birth control compromises affects the campaign.
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