House Votes To Defund Planned Parenthood
On the same day, the White House narrowed a Bush administration rule that allows medical providers to refuse to perform abortions.
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On the same day, the White House narrowed a Bush administration rule that allows medical providers to refuse to perform abortions.
Media outlets report on various Medicaid developments in states across the country.
McClatchy reports on certain Republican newcomers to Congress who opted for federal medical coverage.
The New York Times reports the program, as is, requires changes - otherwise it will be too costly to survive.
Meanwhile, Politico Pro reports that Judge Roger Vinson, the federal judge in that case, said Friday that he will "promptly" clarify his January ruling.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how changes are likely for the federal health law's long-term care program and how states continue to struggle with Medicaid and other budget challenges.
Across the country, states are planning to trim Medicaid rolls and benefits. Some are especially focusing on nursing home costs.
In Wisconsin, public workers are continuing their protests about Gov. Scott Walker's proposal, supported by Republican legislators, to strip collective bargaining rights from the unions.
The 2008 provision gave doctors and other health care providers sweeping protections. But critics said it also allowed them to refuse to provide necessary care, such as dispensing birth control pills or caring for AIDS patients.
In a nearly three-hour long debate, members spoke with fervor about the appropriateness of federal funding for the group, including one California Democrat who recounted the experience of her own abortion.
The federal spending bill approved by the House early Saturday morning includes several amendments that would strip funds to enforce the new health law. However, "large sums" of money in the health overhaul are out of reach of this spending bill.
"The global cases of Guinea worm disease have plunged to another new all-time low, former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday, bringing health workers closer to their goal of eradicating the disease," the Canadian Press reports (Bluestein, 2/17).
"G20 [finance] ministers gather in Paris Friday to hammer out common criteria for measuring global economic imbalances at a two-day session that host France hopes will lead to an overhaul of world finance," Agence France-Presse reports (2/18).
During a meeting in Puerto Rico on Thursday to discuss recent progress towards fighting dengue, researchers voiced optimism over advances in the development of vaccines to prevent the spread of the virus, "which kills 25,000 people every year," Agence France-Presse reports.
The House committee passes a bill to get rid of a health law provision requiring business to report some purchases.
A proposal by the new Republican governor in Wisconsin to help cover the state's budget shortfall by changing some state worker benefits, including collective bargaining on health care, led to a stand-off in the state Senate Thursday.
Administration officials seek to have the federal judge in Florida say if states should still obey the law. The judge struck down the law but didn't order an injunction.
Officials tell congressional committee that comparisons to Europe are not right.
The federal government has approved Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton's plan to offer Medicaid to uninsured people and others currently enrolled in two state funded-programs. Plus: Medicaid news from Florida, Arizona and Texas.
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