Latest KFF Health News Stories
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the challenges the super committee continues to confront its deadline approaces, as well as news about the Supreme Court’s announcement on whether it will hear health law appeals.
Deficit Panel At Impasse Despite Offers
The Democrats outlined a new “tax trigger” and news outlets report that the two sides have largely agreed to a broad outline of spending reductions, including to Medicare and other domestic programs.
Next Chapter In Health Law Legal Challenges Could Be Decided Thursday
Meanwhile, some conservative activists are renewing their calls for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan to step aside in regard to cases that involve the health law. And, a judge makes a case for delaying a final decision until after 2014 in a dissenting opinion regarding the DC Circuit Court’s ruling.
Romney Praised For Debate Showing; Obama Takes On GOP Goals
Debate analysis, fact-checking about Medicare specifics and questions about other health policy positions all had a place in today’s news coverage from the campaign trail.
NAMI Report: States Cut Mental Health Budgets Just As Demand Goes Up
A report released today found that 28 states and the District of Columbia have reduced mental health funding by nearly $1.7 billion since fiscal year 2009.
Parties Fight Over The Impact Of Ohio Election Results
Democrats point to the support given for allowing public sector workers to negotiate while Republicans highlight the disapproval from voters of a keystone of the federal health law.
State Roundup: Storms’ Impact On Health Care; Calif. Election Results
A selection of health care stories from various states around the country.
State Dual Eligible Proposals Don’t Focus On Managed Care For Medicare Beneficiaries
CQ HealthBeat reports on comments made by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Cindy Mann to a meeting of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
Franken Takes Hard Look At Health Data Thefts
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said Wednesday that a lot of needed protections “have yet to be implemented.”
Miss. ‘Personhood’ Amendment Failure Raises Doubts About Strategy
The group that supported the controversial ballot issue says it wants to go forward in other states next year. Meanwhile, a judge in Kansas threw out criminal charges against a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Groups Push For Insurance Oversight Promised By Health Law
A letter was sent to the White House by more than 50 organizations demanding that the administration require simple, standardized health insurance forms starting next year, as called for in the law.
What About Walmart’s Plans To Add Health Clinics?
After questions from reporters, the retailer backpedaled from statements in confidential documents, saying it didn’t plan on dominating the medical market in the way it dominates the discount-store business.
Viewpoints: The Role Of IT In Transforming Health Care; The GOP Raises Super Committee Stakes
A selection of editorials and opinion articles on health policy from around the country.
Longer Looks: Do Extra Brain Cells Offer A Clue To Autism?
This week’s selection of articles comes from Time, The Atlantic, Mother Jones and American Medical News.
PSI Official Discusses Organization’s Innovations Strategies In Washington Post Feature
As part of its series on innovation, the Washington Post features an interview with PSI Vice President for Corporate Marketing and Communications Kate Roberts, who answers several questions regarding PSI’s work in global health. Roberts discusses providing safe drinking water; creating partnerships between the private sector and non-profit organizations; being a “lone actor” for short periods in order to prove an intervention’s worth; investing in an Innovations Fund “that allows us to experiment with new ideas that PSI believes in but that donor agencies aren’t yet ready to support”; and social franchising, which is “a way of delivering health products and services that ensures that they’re accessible, affordable and desirable to all those in need” (Roberts, 11/8).
Pharmaceutical Industry Should Invest More In NTDs
In this Forbes opinion piece, contributor Sarika Bansal examines “[w]hat needs to happen for the pharmaceutical industry, academic researchers, and other key players [to] begin investing more seriously in” efforts to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). She writes, “Since the term [NTD] was coined [in 2005], there has been considerable activity in the neglected disease space from governments, donors, pharmaceutical companies, and nonprofits alike,” but the status quo “has not yet changed nearly enough, and there is ample room for the pharmaceutical industry to invest more in NTDs.”
Translating Science Into Service Delivery To Achieve Clinton’s Vision Of An AIDS-Free Generation
In this post in the Huffington Post’s “Impact” blog, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby responds to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech on HIV/AIDS given at the NIH on Wednesday, in which she called for an “AIDS-free generation,” writing that “her vision was an affirmation of the progress made over the past decade, and a mandate to redouble our efforts with global partners to bring the latest scientific advances to bear in order to save lives.”
