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In the first major meeting of the run up to 2012, the Republican presidential contenders skewered President Barack Obama's handling of the economy and pledged to repeal his historic health overhaul.
Although not all Republican governors are pushing to change Medicaid into a block-grant program, there seems to be general agreement for seeking greater flexibility in how states spend Medicaid dollars. Reports also persist that some Democratic lawmakers appear open to plans to chip away at Medicaid's requirements.
A selection of viewpoints from around the country.
A PricewatershouseCoopers report concluded that, because health care spending will account for as much as 20 percent of the U.S. economy by 2019, certain types of companies will have the chance to take advantage of this growth.
The sanctions had blocked Aetna Inc. from marketing Medicare plans and enrolling new beneficiaries. Now that they have been lifted, Aetna has indicated it will again promote its Medicare Advantage offerings. Meanwhile, Aetna has also purchase Genworth Finanacial Business.
News outlets report on a pair of studies related to Medicare populations.
News outlets report on state health policy issues.
An official from the Department of Health and Human Services told a House oversight subcommittee that the health law's regulations are too new for a second look. However, some Republican members of the panel disagreed, saying that the waivers that have been granted are reason enough for such examination.
Also, Neal Katyal, acting solicitor general who has argued four of the cases challenging the health law before appeals courts, has announced that he will leave the Department of Justice at the conclusion of the current Supreme Court term.
NPR details Medicare's political muscle. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports on a Florida representative who is unabashed in his defense of his support for the GOP plan to privatize Medicare.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports from last night's GOP presidential debate, as well as the latest developments related to Medicare and Medicaid.
World leaders on Friday at the U.N. High Level Meeting on AIDS adopted by consensus a declaration stating that HIV is "an unprecedented human catastrophe" and set new targets in the fight against the disease, the Associated Press/Forbes reports.
The GAVI Alliance pledging conference is "being seen as a litmus test of how well aid can survive in the age of austerity," columnist Madeleine Bunting writes in a Guardian commentary, addressing how foreign aid is viewed as "soft power
In this article, "IRIN took a look at some of the push and pull factors behind health worker migration, and what countries are doing to address them."
At a pledging conference for the GAVI Alliance in London on Monday, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Microsoft founder, announced his foundation will provide an additional $1 billion in funding for the organization over the next five years, while Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said his country will provide $210 million over the next three years, Reuters reports (Croft/Kelland, 6/13).
In a BMJ analysis, Ilona Kickbusch of the Graduate Institute of International Studies' Global Health Program, outlines four ways in which foreign policy and health can interact.
Heavy rains in Haiti have increased the number of cholera cases in the country, the Associated Press/Seattle Times reports.
"Four more people have died in Germany, health officials said Sunday, bringing the total number of deaths from an E. coli outbreak to 35," CNN reports.
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