Latest KFF Health News Stories
Doctors Urge Congress To Delay Pay Cuts – Again
Doctors are renewing their campaign to get Congress to block a 23 percent cut to Medicare reimbursements that would begin Dec. 1.
Gov’t Health IT Spending Attracts Investments From All Over
A jackpot of government funding for health IT is attracting major U.S. firms, as well as companies from the other side of the world.
Federal Inspectors Crack Down On Corrupt Drug Company Executives
The Department of Health and Human Services says executives will be held individually accountable for corporate wrongdoing.
Families Fight To Care For Disabled Kids At Home After They Reach The Age Of 21
NPR reports on families who are fighting for continued funding to care for their severely disabled children at home.
Nursing Homes Fear Medicaid Cuts Under GOP-Led House
The nursing home industry is concerned about pending Medicaid cuts, news outlets report.
Survey Says Majority Of Voters Want Some Or All Of Health Law Repealed
A new Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll also found that the health law did not have a major influence on the way people voted last week.
Health Reform Policy: Flexible Spending, Device Taxes and Waivers
One health law provision will be a bummer for people who use the tax-free dollars stored in flexible spending accounts.
First Edition: November 9, 2010
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, incluidng reports about the Supreme Court’s decision regarding an early challenge to the health law.
As part of her two-week Asia-Pacific tour, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Australia on Saturday, where she called for increased cooperation between Australia and the U.S. to help drive down violence against women globally, Bloomberg reports. “Clinton has stressed throughout her trip that better treatment of, and opportunities for, women improve a nation’s economic and social prospects,” the news service writes (Gaouette, 11/6).
Letter Asks G20 Leaders To Support Financial Transactions Tax To Help Developing Countries
“G20 leaders meeting in Seoul this week are being asked to commit to plans for a ‘Robin Hood Tax’ on financial transactions,” politics.co.uk reports. “A letter signed by 183 organisations from 42 countries, including members of the U.K.-based Robin Hood Tax campaign, is being sent to leaders to convince them to agree to taxing international financial transactions,” the news service (11/8).
New Yorker Examines Global TB Diagnostic Challenges
The New Yorker examines the challenges associated with treating tuberculosis across the world and looks at whether a rapid diagnostic test could prevent millions of deaths from the disease. “Vaccines and antibiotics have long been seen as touchstones of medical progress. To stop tuberculosis, however, particularly in the developing world, an accurate diagnostic exam is needed even more. In India, China, and Africa, at least two billion people have latent infections. Yet every day thousands are told, mistakenly, that they are sick and need treatment,” the magazine notes.
Pres. Obama, Indian PM Singh Announce Partnership To Improve Global Food Security
During a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday, President Barack Obama announced a new partnership between U.S. and Indian agriculture sectors to help improve food security globally, Press Trust International/Livemint.com reports (11/8). India is the first country on Obama’s 10-day Asia-Pacific tour that began Saturday, IST/Reuters/Economic Times reports (11/7).
Participants in a five-day food security meeting at The Hague “urged U.N. climate negotiators Friday to consider agriculture when drawing up strategies to fight climate change,” the Canadian Press reports.
Republicans Talk Strategy To Repeal
Republicans are having serious conversations about how they want to go about trying to change Democrats’ health overhaul
Election Postmortems Continue Regarding Health Overhaul
Those following health care all asking themselves a version of this question: Was the health overhaul behind Election Day’s Republican sweep?
Today’s Op-Eds: The Medicare Cost-Cutting Debate; Two Perspectives On ‘Repeal And Replace’
Opinions and editorials from around the country.
States address a range of health policy issues.
Children Of Deployed Parents More Likely To Suffer Mental Health Problems
A new study finds that young children in military families are more likely to see a doctor for a mental health issues if a parent is deployed than when the parent is home.
Feds Crack Down On Fraud By Issuing New Medicaid Rules, Helping Medical Students Catch Fraud
Federal officials Friday issued new rules requiring states to set up audit operations for Medicaid payments. They also put out a guide for medical students to help them spot Medicare fraud.
