State Roundup: Mass. Cost Control Plan Advances; Texas Senate’s Abortion Bill Vote; Miami’s Public Hospital Crisis
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A selection of stories from around the country on health care.
A bill in the Senate would eliminate caps on psychiatric care for Medicare beneficiaries, while the House bill would fund mental health services at public schools.
A joint HHS and DOJ task force announced arrests of 111 doctors, nurses and company executives in a crackdown that identified $225 million in alleged illegal Medicare reimbursements.
Most states, even those opposing the health law in court, appear to be working toward implementation, but Alaska has taken a different path. Meanwhile, members of Congress are looking at ways to expand some of the benefits from the law.
Various viewpoints were included in The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Poitico, Arizona Republic and the Houston Chronicle.
This week's roundup includes studies from the Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, Health Policy Alternatives, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the GAO.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the heated House debate Thursday night over funding for Planned Parenthood.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
"Legal barriers are obstructing the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Asia, where 19 nations outlaw same-sex relations and 29 countries criminalize prostitution, United Nations experts said Wednesday," on the eve of the Global Commission of HIV and the Law meeting in Bangkok, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (2/16).
"A rise in global funding for research into neglected diseases needs to be matched by a continued focus on delivering practical new ways to curb sickness in the developing world," according to the third annual report by the Global Funding of Innovation for Neglected Diseases (G-FINDER) released on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
As Congress considers both the FY11 and FY12 budgets, the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report's Jaclyn Schiff spoke to Adam Wexler, a senior policy analyst for global health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, about the potential implications for global health funding.
In the wake of President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget proposal and the negotiation of the fiscal year 2011 budget bill in the House of Representatives, news outlets looked at stakeholders' responses to the measures and analyzed different pieces of the bills.
Even as respondents continued to express opposition to the health reform law, a CBS News poll found that the majority of Americans disapprove of congressional Republicans' efforts to starve the health overhaul of the funds.
The Arizona move to shed these impoverished adults from the insurance plan for low-inicome people will now proceed despite a provision in the new health law prohibiting states from tightening their eligibility standards.
A selection of opinions and editorials from news organizations around the country.
The administration Wednesday granted waivers to four states to allow health insurance companies located within them to continue offering less generous health benefits. Meanwhile, $241 million in grants were awarded to help states set up online shopping systems for the purchase of health insurance.
Gov. Deval Patrick's legislation is designed to reduce health care costs by paying doctors and hospitals in lump sums for overall patient care rather than on a procedure-by-procedure basis. In addition, bonuses would be linked to patient outcomes.
Across the Hill, oversight hearings were held to review specific provisions of the new health law and related waivers. In addition, administration officials took questions about some specifics within the president's budget blueprint. And the House Judiciary Committee approved a medical malpractice reform bill.
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