Latest KFF Health News Stories
Candidates Turn Health Reform Volume Up As Midterms Near
A number of candidates for federal and state office are sounding off on how they view the health law as the pace in the run up to the midterm elections quickens.
Today’s Opinions: Health Law’s Effects On The Economy And Medicare; 10th Amendment Questions
A selection of today’s opinions and editorials from across the U.S.
Legal Challenge To ‘Individual Mandate’ Sees Day In Court
The legal challenges to the health law continue Monday.
States address a range of health policy issues.
As Health Law Kicks In, So Do Grants, Subsidies And Worries For Insurance Brokers
Federal spending on health care is proof that the industry can look forward to continuing growth.
Higher Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Could Increase Childhood Vaccinations
Researchers’ findings suggest that more physicians would offer childhood immunizations to Medicaid beneficiaries if the program upped its reimbursement rates.
CMS Could Save Billions By Changing Payment, Delivery Methods
News outlets address various Medicare and Mediciad issues including ways to save money for CMS and Medicare open enrollment season.
Hospital Costs Rise In California, But Quality Doesn’t Follow
News outlets report on rising hospital prices in California and the difficult financial situation of hospitals in New York and Massachusetts.
Long-Term Care News: Insurance Costs Jump; Nurses’ Training Pays Off
Beneficiaries with long-term care policies are experiencing dramatic rate hikes, but state policies may grant them temporary reprieve from soaring premiums.
First Edition: October 18, 2010
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including continuing coverage of the run-up to the mid-term elections and how health reform is playing in the discourse.
Politics And Health Law: Dems’ Divergent Strategies; Mixed Polls On ‘Repeal And Replace’
Some Democratic candidates are defending their votes, or refining their message, as news outlets cover the health reform aspects of the campaigns.
In a speech at the World Food Prize conference on Thursday, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan discussed several topics related to food security and said that discrimination against women is limiting agricultural development in Africa, the Des Moines Register reports.
Today’s Op-Eds: Critiques Of ‘Obamacare,’ Skyrocketing Brand Name Drug Prices, Pay-for-Performance
Kaiser Health News presents a variety of opinions from other news outlets.
MSF Calls For Donor Countries To Improve Food Aid Nutrition Standards On Eve Of World Food Day
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) released a statement in advance of Saturday’s World Food Day saying that the “world’s biggest donors of food aid … continued to supply and fund nutritionally ‘substandard’ food to developing countries, despite scientific evidence showing it was of little value in reducing child malnutrition,” Reuters AlertNet reports.
Three West African Countries Set To Roll Out New Meningitis Vaccine
A new vaccine for meningitis, MenAfriVac, “offers hope of an escape from one of the world’s deadliest, most disabling and infectious diseases,” BBC writes. The vaccine was developed by non-governmental organization PATH in partnership with the WHO and “created specifically for Africa.”
Importance Of Handwashing Highlighted Through Events In 80 Countries
Noting that Friday is Global Handwashing Day, the Los Angeles Times writes, “Every year, diarrhea and acute respiratory infections cause the death of more than 3.5 million children under age 5. These figures could be cut dramatically if handwashing with soap were widely practiced, experts say.”
States address a range of health policy issues.
Ahead of a European Union ministers meeting in Brussels, Belguim, on Friday to address flood-relief for Pakistan, “Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested European Union leaders should follow the U.S. and withhold further flood-relief funding from Pakistan until Islamabad shows it is doing more to fight corruption and collect tax revenue from its wealthiest citizens,” the Wall Street Journal reports (Miller, 10/15).
