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This week's research roundup includes studies from Health Affairs, RAND, the Urban Institute, First Focus, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Center for Studying Health System Change, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and The Commonwealth Fund.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including action in a Florida courtroom regarding the 20-state challenge to the health law.
At issue are two key components of the sweeping health overhaul -- it's mandate that nearly everyone have health insurance and it's expansion of the Medicaid program.
The U.N. is looking into establishing an independent commission to identify the source of Haiti's cholera epidemic, Alain Le Roy, the U.N. under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, said on Wednesday, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports. "We are urging and we are calling for what we could call an international panel," Le Roy said at a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York. "We are in discussions with (the U.N. World Health Organization) to find the best experts to be in a panel to be completely independent," he added.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Board of Directors on Wednesday approved 79 grants with a two-year commitment of "$1.7 billion dollars for projects against the diseases, amid warnings that some hard-hit African countries were being left out," Agence France-Presse reports. The commitment, according to Ethiopian Health Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who chair's the Global Fund's board, "shows that even in hard economic times, we can continue to expand the fight against the three diseases" (12/15).
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) on Wednesday at the State Department, "pledging to focus more on conflict prevention and elevate the roles of U.S. ambassadors in coordinating the work of all U.S. agencies working abroad," the Washington Post reports (Sheridan, 12/16).
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane on Tuesday signed a "partnership agreement that will guide efforts on fighting HIV/AIDS in the African nation," Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports (Wessels, 12/15).
Today marks a "new day in court" as oral arguments will be heard in a Florida courtroom regarding the 20-state legal challenge. This lawsuit includes issues surrounding the health law's individual mandate and Medicaid expansions.
News outlets offer reports about action on the implementation front, including White House stakeholder meetings and a vote by state insurance officials regarding the information health plans should provide consumers.
News outlets report on a variety of state developments.
The Houston Chronicle details how the Internal Revenue Service is likely to view certain types of medical expenses in the context of flexible benefits plans.
In other news, a federal district judge upholds the prohibition on three former executives from the company that made the painkiller OxyContin - they will continue to be barred from involvement with any government-financed health care program.
News outlets report that the health care sector has recently been posting more jobs and been the focus of more private equity investment interest.
A group of health care organizations are joining forces to compile evidence on the strategies the work best to address a variety of common, and usually expensive, medical conditions. Meanwhile, the nation's new Medicare chief is hitting the road to hear ideas about improving the health care system.
The Kansas City Star reports on a new Medicare program that will apply competitive bidding to common medical equipment and supplies. Meanwhile, President Obama signed into law yesterday a one-year delay in Medicare payment cuts for physicians.
Today's op-eds come from news outlets including Politico, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal.
Early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the continuing analysis of how the health law is faring in the courts.
"With the World Bank expected to announce a new funding package for the world's poorest countries Wednesday, NGOs are making a last-minute appeal to donor countries to use their leverage to compel reforms at the institution," Inter Press Service reports in an article examining the changes being requested and considered.
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