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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.
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.
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