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Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Carlos Slim, the "Mexican telecom magnate" and founder of the Carlos Slim Institute, announced Monday that they would work with Spain on a $150 million health initiative for people in Central America and Mexico, Agence France-Presse reports.
Although earlier health overhaul in Mass. extended coverage to most residents, the state is still wrestling with efforts to keep health care affordable.
A Center for Global Development (CGD) report released Tuesday details factors leading to increased drug resistance worldwide, including drug distribution programs in developing countries, Reuters reports. Expanded access to medicines is "clearly desirable," but it creates "challenges in preserving the efficacy of these drugs and ensuring they are used properly," the report says, noting that program operators
News outlets report on changes to the individual health insurance market and Medicare Advantage plans under the new health law.
The American Medical Association said Monday that private insurers pay 20 percent of physician claims incorrectly in its third annual 'report card' on the insurance industry.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the response to new federal rules regarding health insurance costs.
The Medicare program announced today that it will continue to hold claims to give Congress more time to act to avert a scheduled pay reduction.
Senate Democrats continue to look for 60 votes to pass a bill this week that includes a reversal of scheduled cuts to Medicare doctor payments and more Medicaid help for states. Two senators want to include an extension of COBRA subsidies as well.
Before the health overhaul became law, President Barack Obama promised people who liked their health coverage could keep it, and the law included a 'grandfather' clause to protect existing plans that don't meet the provisions in the new law.
A new study says more than 2 million U.S. cancer survivors put off medical care because of concerns about cost.
A PricewaterhouseCoopers report suggests a leap in the portion of health costs paid directly by employees will leave the majority of the American workforce with deductibles of $400 or more for the first time next year.
A fissure has developed in the American Medical Association, the powerful physicians' lobby that backed the health reform bill earlier this year, about support for the sweeping measure, according to news reports.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from around America.
IRIN reports on the Global Food Security Act, a bill aimed at expanding the U.S. government's role in combatting hunger around the world. The legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.).
New outlets continued to report on the Women Deliver conference, which wrapped up last week. As the conference closed, Women Deliver President Jill Sheffield said advocates would address the economic dimensions of maternal mortality, the BBC reports. "Finance ministers are on our list
State roundup: Even states fighting health law in court prepare to implement new provisions; New York hospitals decry state funding cuts; Conn. hospitals fear Medicare cuts; Kansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate bashes Sen. Brownback's opposition to extra federal funding of Medicaid.
After voting no on the health reform bill earlier this year, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., has gotten significantly less support for colleagues in his re-election bid, The Hill reports.
Republicans are complaining that, while the IRS sent out 4 million fliers to publicize $40 billion in tax credits for small businesses, the agency did not make a similar effort to inform tanning salons and their customers about a new 10 percent tax on their services.
Americans get more radiation than people in any other country and the average American's dose has grown sixfold over the past decades, the Associated Press reports.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Sunday invited several leaders from Africa, the Caribbean and South America "to a meeting on development and security issues, to be held on the sidelines of the G8 summit later this month," Agence France-Presse reports.
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