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On Wednesday, every Senate Republican and 12 Democrats rejected by a 52-45 vote a White House-backed proposal. Later, Sen. Max Baucus unveiled an alternative that would 'fix' the Medicare payments through November.
The number of uninsured Americans increased slightly last year, compared with 2008, but the change was not statistically significant according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Congress's failure to address looming 21-percent cuts to physician Medicare payments have left doctors questioning whether to continue participating in the program.
Consultants are pushing big companies to apply quickly for a $5 billion fund to help cover retiree health costs as part of the overhaul.
GAVI Alliance's plan to introduce new vaccine projects in the developing world "is under threat amid the international economic downturn," the Financial Times reports. "Subsidies to extend the use of vaccines against rubella, HPV to tackle cervical cancer, cholera and Japanese encephalitis in the developing world are among those likely to be cancelled or delayed, the head of the U.N.-backed" Alliance's CEO Julian Lob-Levyt said, the newspaper writes.
Rand Paul, a Kentucky GOP Senate candidate, sees Medicare and Medicaid patients, even as he opposes the federal programs and is facing criticism from his Democratic opponent for not releasing his Medicare billing records.
Food prices are projected to rise over the next decade, with the cost of some grains increasing between 15 and 40 percent, according to an annual report, released Tuesday, from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), VOA News reports (6/15).
VOA News examines the Countdown to 2015 report (.pdf), which says that a lack of trained birth attendants is contributing to more than two million stillbirths, maternal and newborn deaths annually (Smith, 6/15).
A two-day conference examining the effectiveness of a pilot program aimed at improving the coherence and effectiveness of U.N. assistance is taking place this week in Ha Noi, Vietnam, South Asian News Agency reports.
Inside Health Policy reports that Democrats and Hospital groups are pushing harder for the Senate to increase Medicaid payments as part of the "tax extenders" bill being considered in the upper chamber.
Oregon makes minor cuts to state workers' health benefits; Maine probes cost of health overhaul; medical mart planned for Cleveland.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from around America.
At least $967 million in federal funds went to family planning organizations over the past eight years, study finds. Republicans say money allows groups to use other donations to perform abortions but Planned Parenthood official says funding provides crucial health care for the uninsured.
The Associated Press reports on hospital industry lobbying in the first quarter of 2010.
An effort by House Republicans to overturn the new health law's requirement that Americans get insurance failed Tuesday.
In other fraud prevention efforts, Medicare will scrutinize new payment models for fraud potential.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest Senate developments regarding the Medicare 'doc fix' as well as continuing health reform implementation news.
The second-generation labor advocate helped steer the union through difficult automaker bankruptcies and pushed for the health overhaul.
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