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Subsidy to help laid-off workers buy health insurance started expiring on June 1 and efforts before Memorial Day to add an extension were not successful in the House.
A selection of today's opinions and editorials.
At a donor summit in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, Haitian President Rene Preval called on donors to follow through on their aid pledges, Al Jazeera reports. So far, "only Brazil has delivered" on its commitment of $55 million (6/3). "Two months after more than 140 nations pledged $5.3 billion toward Haiti's reconstruction over the next two years and $9.9 billion over the next decade, little of the money has arrived," according to the Miami Herald (Charles, 6/3).
Drug makers want 60 days instead of 15 to pay a half-off discount for branded drugs in a Medicare Part D coverage gap, Inside Health Policy reports.
States examine possible effects of health care overhaul.
Reflecting on USAID's plans to reduce reliance on food aid to fight global hunger by investing in agricultural development through microloans, the Financial Times examines the needs of smallholder farmers throughout the world. The piece looks at the role that lenders and large suppliers can play in assisting smallholder farmers and ways to maximize the relationships between farmers and these groups.
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and Rep. Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) discussed the need for a new foreign aid strategy and vision at an international development forum, hosted by InterAction on Wednesday, Congressional Quarterly reports.
The HHS Secretary also spoke with federal and local leaders as well as technology experts about her agency's extensive health data resources that could improve health care accountability efforts.
Political and practical effects of the new health law are in the news.
One of the latest hurdles government advisers helping to shape health information technology policy must jump is addressing the amount of control patients should have over their own records.
Pundits and politicos are saying that Rep. Arthur Davis' calculated "no" vote on the federal health care reform backfired in his bid for the Democratic nomination for Governor in Alabama.
State regulators called on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont Wednesday to give back to policy holders $3 million that the insurer overpaid its top executive over eight years.
"European governments grappling to reduce large budget deficits are focusing their cost-cutting on a large spending item-pharmaceuticals," The Wall Street Journal reports.
The Obama administration has cited a research group at Dartmouth "to claim that it could not only cut billions in wasteful health care spending but make people healthier," The New York Times reports. But the researchers acknowledge that they are not measuring the quality of care.
News outlets report on anti-abortion legislative action in states.
President Barack Obama signed a memorandum Wednesday to extend more benefits to same-sex partners of eligible federal workers. He urges Congress to approve full benefits for same-sex partners.
"Out of all the roughly 5,000 U.S. hospitals, only about 1 in 30 has deep expertise in caring for children with serious problems," U.S. News & World Report writes.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the state's two largest insurers, have asked regulators for permission to increase their rates by up to 12 percent, only two months after hundreds of double-digit rate hikes were rejected by the same officials.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about health reform and the budget deficit.
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