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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a federal judge's ruling regarding the Virginia challenge to the health reform law and about the Senate's latest delay related to a state aid package that includes Medicaid assistance.
Dems will need to secure the votes of their entire caucus including independents and at least one Republican to pass the procedural hurdle necessary to move the bill to the floor.
Democrats need to secure the support of their entire caucus plus an independent vote and at least one Republican to clear the procedural hurdle that will allow this measure to reach the Senate floor.
Senate Finance Panel Ranking Republican questions how cuts to the Medicare program can be considered "a good thing" for beneficiaries.
After floods in northwest Pakistan have "already killed up to 1,200 people" and forced 2 million from their homes, authorities are now concerned about disease spread, the Associated Press reports. "To avert the looming threat of spread of waterborne diseases, especially cholera, we have dispatched dozens of mobile medical teams in the affected districts," said medical official Sohail Altaf. Altaf said no concrete cases of cholera have been reported in the country but "fear of an outbreak is high," and patients with "stomach problems from dirty water" are being seen in medical camps (Brummitt, 8/2).
Obama Administration officials on Friday unveiled the U.S. government's strategy to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during a meeting at the U.N. Foundation "that was closed to the press," Washington Post's "Checkpoint Washington" blog reports.
"Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries
The implementation phase of the health overhaul law is placing significant pressure on states.
Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week Sunday, the WHO together with UNICEF emphasized the importance of the agencies' 10 steps to successful breastfeeding to improve health of infants and children around the world, VOA News reports (Schlein, 8/1).
The White House says the new health law will save Medicare about $8 billion by the end of next year and $575 billion during the rest of the decade, according to a new report the Obama administration will release Monday.
Kaiser Health News provides a roundup of state health issues.
Meanwhile, at least one GOP lawmaker is proposing some tough budget cuts that could lead to overhauls of Medicare and Social Security, while K Street reports a successful first half of the year partly because of health care lobbying.
Even as more physicians use e-prescribing and the federal government is further encouraging its adoption, challenges to its widespread adoption continue.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from accross the country.
News outlets report on hospital issues, including the differences between for-profit and nonprofit hospitals and efforts to streamline care.
Some patients' preferences to be treated by physicians of the same gender or race more likely to be granted, and many doctors agree to negotiate patient discounts.
Various local groups are experimenting with alternatives to hospital treatment for Medicaid and uninsured patients.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including news about a White House report to be issued today that predicts savings in the Medicare program.
With the August recess starting Friday, Senate Democrats hope to have another vote on enhanced federal funding for Medicaid programs. House Democrats and Republicans, who left town already, argued last week about a tax requirement in the new health law.
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