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During a tense hearing, Berwick defended the health law and told panel members that it is working.
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During a tense hearing, Berwick defended the health law and told panel members that it is working.
News outlets report on developments regarding the New York state Medicaid program.
Health News Florida reports the pricetag for the settlement could tally as much as $200 million.
A roundup of news on health care in the states, especially about Medicaid funding.
Planned Parenthood received $16.9 million in 2009 Title X funding, which by law must be spent on health care services such as contraceptives, pelvic exams and safer-sex counseling. It cannot be spent on abortions.
The statistics first surfaced in projections made last summer but were brought back to the debate Thursday during a House Budget Committee hearing.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a 50 percent jump in enrollment in the health law's pre-existing condition plans during the last three months. Even with this recent jump, the total enrollment is nowhere near the administration's initial projections.
On Thursday, the White House was in the midst of pushing back against Republican claims that they did not have enough flexibility to implement this key part of the health law.
Today's research summary includes studies in Health Affairs, the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, RAND, Medical Care, the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about some of the policies and politics in the health law mix.
In his first appearance since the Republcians took over the House of Representatives, Dr. Donald Berwick said "I believe the Affordable Care Act is the right solution for America."
India could soon become a site for clinical trials to evaluate the effectiveness of a dengue vaccine, the Times of India reports. According to the drug controller general of India (DCGI), vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur recently submitted a proposal to test the vaccine to the country. If approved, India would be the latest country to join in studies of the vaccine's effectiveness in adults and children, which are already taking place in Australia, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, according to the newspaper.
Data from the World Food Program (WFP)
A two-day summit of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, concluded on Wednesday with African leaders calling for stronger "efforts in building capacity that goes beyond achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of 2015," the New Times reports.
House Republicans on Wednesday released a list of 70 proposed budget cuts to be debated next week as Congress must vote to "fund the government past March, when the current temporary budget expires," USA Today's "On Politics" blog reports (Camia, 2/9).
A group of Republican governors urged quick Supreme Court consideration of the pending legal challenges to the law. Meanwhile, some House Democrats asked Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases involving the law.
The study, produced by the Center for American Progress, concludes that some alternative policies would leave millions of Americans without insurance.
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