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Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the upcoming health policy speech by GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.
NGOs Urge Ugandan Parliament To Reject Bill Criminalizing Homosexuality
Nongovernmental organizations on Wednesday called on the Ugandan parliament to reject a “proposed law that seeks to criminalize homosexuality ahead of an expected vote on a revised version of the legislation,” Bloomberg reports (Ojambo, 5/10).
Appeals Court Judges Skeptical Of Health Law Arguments
The first federal appeals court hearing related to the health overhaul offered a preview of how the Obama administration will likely approach the case before the Supreme Court, which is expected to be its final destination.
Plans For Medicare, Deficit Reduction Continue To Be Political Flashpoints
President Barack Obama will welcome Democratic congressional leaders to the White House this week to discuss the continuing budget debate. Though the bipartisan deficit-reduction efforts led by Vice President Joe Biden focus on less politically charged issues, Obama’s calls for long-term adjustments – including changes to Medicare and Medicaid – have left some Democrats nervous.
Mitt Romney To Give ‘Big’ Health Care Speech
The address is seen as the GOP presidential hopeful’s effort to confront what is seen as his key vulnerability
Court Finds Feds Fell Short In Providing Veterans With Mental Health Services
A federal appeals court called for drastic improvements in the system and charged Congress and the president with failing to take appropriate action to such a degree that veterans’ civil rights have been violated.
Analysis: Ryan’s GOP Budget Plan Would Cause Cuts In Medicaid Coverage
The analysis, advanced by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Urban Institute, could lead to as many as 44 million people being cut from the rolls in the next decade.
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
State Roundup: Daniels Signs Ind. Law To Ban Planned Parenthood Funding
News outlets across the country report on developments in health policy.
Florida Insurer Enters Medicaid System; Texas May Ask Feds For Block Grant
News outlets report on Medicaid developments in Florida and Texas.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, where oral arguments were held yesterday regarding two legal challenges to the health law.
Health Law Challenges Take Center Stage In Appeals Court
Today’s arguments were the first among the many health law legal challenges to reach the federal appeals court level. Almost everyone agrees the cases will eventually go to the Supreme Court.
U.K. Parliamentary Committee Report Says U.N. Response To Pakistan Floods Was ‘Patchy’
The U.N.’s response to severe flooding in Pakistan was “patchy,” according to a report from the U.K.’s International Development Committee, which also said leadership and humanitarian coordination since the flooding started has been poor, AlertNet reports (Nguyen, 5/10). As of February, about $1.2 billion of the U.N.’s $1.9 billion appeal had been received, according to the report, Reuters writes. Of the money received, only $720 million in aid has been delivered, the report said (5/9).
Washington Post Examines Iraq’s Baghdad Hospital
In an article looking at Baghdad Hospital, the Washington Post reports that “[i]t is difficult to overstate how far [the hospital] has come since the worst days of the war, when supplies were so scarce that doctors sometimes performed open heart surgery without gloves. … Arriving at work was a small miracle: The hospital has lost at least 40 doctors to assassins since 2004
GlobalPost Examines Pres. Obama’s Global Health Initiative
GlobalPost has published two articles on President Barack Obama’s Global Health Initiative (GHI). “In a series of reports over the coming months from Washington and in capitals around the world, GlobalPost will examine the behind-the-scenes decisions in the Obama administration as well as what diplomats and health experts are doing now in several countries to try to bring to life this new, but what some say is a stumbling approach in global health,” the publication writes.
The risk of dying in a natural disaster is decreasing worldwide, but the economic toll weather-related catastrophes inflict is rising “often due to a lack of investment,” according to a new U.N. report released in Geneva on Tuesday, Reuters reports. According to the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, “[d]amage to infrastructure
