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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about events planned to mark the health law's first anniversary as well as other developments related to the measure's implementatioin and the budget issues Congress continues to wrestle.
Proposed budget cuts could be "absolutely devastating" for American foreign aid programs, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports.
As world nutrition experts gather this week at the WHO headquarters to discuss ways to fight global malnutrition, VOA News examines the growing issues of "undernutrition and obesity, which affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide."
Media outlets report on issues related to health law implementation and its one-year anniversary - including the unexpected importance taken on by waivers, the marketplace impact on health insurance brokers and the geography of the health care workforce issues likely to result.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified before the panel where she defended the health law waivers so far granted by the administration and other aspects of the overhaul that have been subject to scrutiny and criticism.
The AP reports that, according to an online memo posted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency will not issue a national rule on this topic.
A review of health news from across the country.
California's KQED expores what that state's hospitals are doing to address medical mistakes and infections.
The Wall Street Journal reports that despite pressure from the government and health plans, the cost of prescription drugs are climbing rapidly.
Part of the reason for the decision may have been the result of political and public pressure, but an unexpected development may have made the retreat easier for the company to accept - it's paying out less than expected for claims.
The press to reduce costs of the TriCare program poses a "quandary" for Democrats and Republicans alike.
A selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
While Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the Senate Finance Committee's ranking Republican, is taking an increasingly hard line on efforts to undo the health law, supporters of former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney are giving him political cover as other GOP presidential hopefuls step up their attacks on "RomneyCare." Also, Politico reports that the health law continues to be a boon for the K Street economy.
Every Thursday, KHN's Jessica Marcy compiles this selection of interesting perspectives, from a variety of publications, on health care in America.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a new GAO report showing success in health insurer appeals and a decision by Blue Shield of California to retreat from proposed rate increases.
The House passed a continuing resolution on Tuesday "that would cut $6 billion from current discretionary-spending levels and keep the government operating through April 8," National Journal reports. The House voted 271-158 to approve the bill (Sanchez, 3/15).
Rising oil prices and the recent drawdown in global cereal stocks could lead to a supply crisis and raise the risk of food riots in developing countries similar to those that occurred between 2007 and 2008, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director General Jacques Diouf said in an interview with Reuters on Monday.
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