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U.N.-Backed Meeting In Bangkok Will Examine How Legal Barriers In Asia Hamper Fight Against HIV/AIDS
"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).
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Report Finds Neglected Diseases Research Funding Up In 2009, Funding For Related Non-Profits Down
"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.
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Daily Report Global Health Conversations: Global Health Funding And The FY11, FY12 Budgets
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.
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Media Examines Foreign Aid Stakeholders’ Reactions To FY11, FY12 Budgets
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.
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Poll: Most Americans Don’t Want To Defund Health Law
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.
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Arizona Plan To Cut Adults From Medicaid Highlights Possible ‘Escape Hatch’ For States
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.
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Viewpoints: Arizona’s Waiver; Next Gen’s ‘Different’ Medicare?; Individual Mandate’s Constitutionality
A selection of opinions and editorials from news organizations around the country.
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Obama Administration Grants Waivers, Exchange Innovation Awards
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.
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Mass. Gov. To Unveil Payment Reform Plan
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.
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Health Law, Budget Plans Examined During Capitol Hill Hearings
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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Senate ‘Gang Of Six’ Develops Deficit Reduction Framework
Meanwhile, the House GOP sharpens its budget-cutting focus on Medicare and entitlements.
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Bill To Repeal Health Law’s 1099 Provision Would Cut Premium Tax Credits
The measure is scheduled for mark-up today by the House Ways and Means Committee and is expected to pass easily.
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Hard-Liners Advise GOP Lawmakers Not To Fix Health Law
A Republican strategy firm urged GOP lawmakers to stand firm against the measure, and to only take action if affected industries "endorse full repeal."
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Longer Looks: Best Health Policy Picks From Thought-Provoking Publications
In this weekly feature, we provide a selection of articles from a variety of sources. If you have seen anything you think we should include, please send us an e-mail at KHNnews@kff.org, at and please put "Worth Reading" in the subject line.
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State Roundup: Gov’t Workers Face Benefit Changes; Worry Over Social Service Cuts
Lawmakers around the country are coping with tight budgets by proposing legislation that would alter state workers' health benefits, cut back on social service programs and change insurance regulations.
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First Edition: February 17, 2011
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a "potential escape hatch" for states struggling with their ever-increasing Medicaid rolls.
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World Bank Highlights Significant Food Price Rises
"Rising food prices pushed tens of millions of people into extreme poverty last year and are reaching 'dangerous levels' in some countries, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Tuesday as he released new data showing that the cost of grain and other staples is near a historic high," the Washington Post reports (Schneider, 2/15). About 44 million people in developing countries have been pushed into poverty because of food prices that have risen since June, according to information from the bank, which was released ahead of the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank heads, a World Bank press release states (2/15).
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