Latest KFF Health News Stories
Budget Cuts Should Not Include U.S. Global AIDS Program
“Now is not the time for the United States
State News: 2 ACOs Take Shape In Calif.; Md. Hospitals Report Problems
A range of state health policy issues attract attention.
International Drug Policy Panel Calls For Legalization Of Some Drugs, De-Criminalizing Drug Use
The Global Commission on Drug Policy
European E. Coli Strain Never Seen Before In Humans, Scientists Say
The food safety office of the WHO on Thursday announced that the bacterium responsible for the E. coli outbreak in Europe is a strain never seen before in humans and could mean “the infection could prove unusually difficult to bring under control,” Nature News reports (Turner, 6/2).
U.S. Foreign Aid Recipients Own Billions In Treasury Securities, CRS Report Says
“The Congressional Research Service released a report last month, a copy of which Fox News exclusively obtained, showing that in fiscal year 2010, the latest year that data was available, the U.S. handed out a total of $1.4 billion to 16 foreign countries that held at least $10 billion in Treasury securities,” FoxNews.com reports.
Money Must Be Spent Wisely In Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Report Says
More money, less waste and smarter programmes are urgently needed to consolidate precious gains in the war on AIDS and HIV, UNAIDS said” in a report released on Thursday ahead of the disease’s 30th anniversary and the beginning of the U.N. High Level Meeting on AIDS, Agence France-Presse reports.
British Budget Cuts Preserve Important Spending And Are A Model For U.S. Lawmakers
In his Washington Post column, Michael Gerson writes about British Prime Minister David Cameron’s approach to budget cuts.
Overall Employment In Cuba’s Health System Dropped In 2010, Report Says
Overall employment in Cuba’s health system fell 14 percent in 2010 to about 282,000 jobs, compared with 330,000 during the previous year, according to a report from the country’s National Statistics Office, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.
MSNBC Examines New USAID Program To Promote Corporate Volunteerism
MSNBC.com examines a recently launched USAID program that is like a “mash-up of a corporate Peace Corps and ‘The Apprentice.'”
Viewpoints: Debating The Best Ways To ‘Fix’ Medicare; ACO Rule; States ‘Punishing’ Women?
A selection of viewpoints from around the country.
From The Legislatures: Calif. Assembly Passes Rate Regulation Bill
News outlets report on health policy issues in state legislatures around the country.
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Take Aim At Different Health Reform Targets
Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney continues to aim criticism at the health law signed by President Barack Obama while former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has not yet announced an intent to seek the GOP nomination, slammed the state law that Romney backed.
Colo. Gov. Signs Exchange Bill
The new law, which had some Republican support, sets up a Web-based market for individuals and small businesses to purchase insurance.
For Physicians, Electronic Medical Records Continue To Pose Challenges
This pair of stories offers insights – based on interviews and a hearing held by the House Small Business Committee – about how physicians are faring as they try to move toward digital systems.
Indiana Officials Say They Will Defy Federal Order On Planned Parenthood
State lawyers say they must obey a law signed by the governor last month that bars funding to clinics offering abortions. Medicaid officials warned this week that denying payments for covered health services was illegal and could endanger all federal Medicaid payments to the state.
ACOs, Medical Loss Ratio Among Health Law Elements Drawing Scrutiny
News outlets report on various criticisms and defenses of these key provisions of the health overhaul.
