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The New England Journal of Medicine today features perspectives from prominent authors on Medicare and Medicaid. NEJM granted KHN permission to excerpt substantial portions of these columns.
Today's roundup of interesting longer stories includes reports from Mother Jones, Salon, National Review, Congressional Quarterly, The Root, American Medical News and Hospitals & Health Networks.
Today's news reports come from California, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas.
News outlets report on strategies and trends regarding research and development as well as drug pricing.
In related news, Politico Pro reports that five leading health systems announced a plan to partner in sharing electronic health records. These systems note that the ability to share patient data with EHRs is key to success in creating ACOs.
The research, which was published in the journal Health Affairs, used new tools to find that as many as one in three people in the U.S. will experience some type of mistake during a hospital stay.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the House Budget Committee yesterday approved the Ryan plan, which includes provisions to reshape Medicare and Medicaid, by a party-line vote.
The U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can still be attained if developed nations meet their aid pledges, but the 2015 deadline likely will be missed, Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said in remarks to the European Parliament's development committee in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, EUobserver reports.
Developed countries "gave more aid to poorer countries than ever before in 2010, despite facing big budget gaps and rising debt levels," according to data released on Wednesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Dow Jones Newswires/Wall Street Journal reports.
High-level U.N. officials are scheduled to testify this week on Capitol Hill, "where they will argue against initiatives to pare back U.S. funding and shake up the way the United Nations does business," CQ reports.
On the eve of World Health Day 2011, Inter Press Service examines the growing global challenge of antibimicrobial resistance.
The budget document unveiled yesterday by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R- Wis., includes sweeping changes to the Medicare program.
The budget blueprint unveiled Tuesday would begin to shift the federal government into a dramatically smaller entity, diminishing its role in health care and other areas.
Many news organizations had opinions on Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget proposal.
Stateline explores how the health law could survive and function without its controversial individual mandate.
Even as Republicans unveiled their 2012 budget plan, negotiations continued and stalled on Capitol Hill, as lawmakers attempt to reach an agreement on current-year spending to avert a government shutdown on Friday.
Today's news reports come from Minnesota, Florida, New Jersey, Calif., Texas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Illinois and Arizona.
After the budget proposal's release, reaction came from across the political and health industry spectrum. For instance, providers expressed concerns about reshaping Medicare and Medicaid. Possible GOP presidential hopefuls offered support, yet were viewed by some as "walking a tight rope."
The repeal measure will now go to President Barack Obama for his signature.
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