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Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline are increasing their sales of reduced-cost pneumonia vaccines to developing countries through the GAVI Alliance "by more than 50 percent, marking the scale-up of an international program to protect millions of children," Reuters reports (Hirschler, 12/16).
"Speaking at a two-day development and investment conference for South Sudan in Washington, D.C., [Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton said the newly independent country had the potential to be 'one of Africa's breadbaskets'" and said the U.S. would work with private sector partners to invest in the nation's agriculture system, the Guardian reports. "However, aid agencies cautioned that the excitement about investment opportunities should not overshadow the country's immediate humanitarian needs," the newspaper writes.
The U.N. on Sunday released its Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2012, asking for $447 million in humanitarian assistance targeted toward four million vulnerable people in the country, Reuters reports (Fuchs, 12/18). A statement from the U.N. Inter-Agency Standing Committee said more than half of those at risk will be "severely food insecure" in the coming year, Agence France-Presse notes.
What appeared to be a "sure deal" is now coming undone as House Republicans are balking at the Senate's short-term approach.
The Hill and Reuters report on the health law's numerous 2012 battle fronts - starting with the Supreme Court's review of the law and moving toward the November elections. Meanwhile, however, other news outlets report on continuing implementation of the measure, including the creation of a federal health exchange and defense of its prevention fund.
News outlets report on a variety of state health policy issues.
A number of states are looking for ways to deal with their budget problems and the resulting Medicaid issues.
Congress approved $10 million in dedicated research funding.
Reuters reports on how the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is under fire for recent recommendations.
Media outlets ponder the financial status of not-for-profit hospitals, as well as the challenges facing those in rural communities. Also in the news, the hospice industry continues to fare well.
The New York Times reports that, as more patient data become digital, the risk of breaches increases.
A selection of editorials and opinions on health care policy from around the country.
During a campaign appearance, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said that until he became involved in government services he didn't completely understand the differences between Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, the aggressive ads being run in Iowa by another candidate, Ron Paul, may be making an impact.
By allowing states the flexibility to make key decisions, the administration avoided a "political hot potato" regarding essential benefits - the medical benefits insurers must cover under the health care law.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the tax cut extension bill -- which includes a temporary Medicare 'doc fix,' has hit a new snag
The Speaker said the 2 month payroll tax cut extension, which included a deal on Medicare payments to physicians, won't fly in the House.
The Department of Health and Human Services today released a "pre-rule bulletin" regarding the health law's essential benefits package. KHN is tracking the related news coverage.
Negotiations continue on a measure to extend the payroll tax cut. Some of the issues that are in play and that draw Democratic resistance include proposed ways to pay for this extension, such as charging upper-income seniors more for Medicare.
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