Latest KFF Health News Stories
More States Coping With Primary Care Shortage
Health care reform will leave an already strained primary care system looking for ways to boost its numbers so the newly insured will be able to receive care.
U.S. Seeks To Constrain Global AIDS Program Costs
“U.S. officials have asked some AIDS clinics overseas to stop enrolling new patients in a US-sponsored program that provides lifesaving antiretroviral drugs, in a bid to stem the rising costs of one of the most ambitious US assistance programs,” The Boston Globe reports.
Orszag Says New Medicare Payment Board Will Help Lower Deficit
Orszag also takes issue with CBO estimates of savings from health care overhaul.
With Health Debate Resolved, Investors See Continued Health Sector Growth
After months of uncertainty during the health-overhaul debate, financial analysts and mutual fund managers are returning to stable ground and seeing upsides from an investment point of view.
Aetna Hit With Penalty, Suspended From Signing Up New Medicare Members
Aetna is hit with a Medicare penalty and suspended from signing up new members for Medicare Advantage and drug plans.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including more coverage of how House lawmakers are facing the music back home regarding their health votes.
Health Insurance And New Laws: Questions Still Abound
Health insurance questions and problems are in the news, including in Massachusetts, where a court ruling may come tomorrow on how much insurers can raise rates.
Stupak Officially Announces His Retirement
The Michigan lawmaker, an anti-abortion Democrat who played a key role in the House of Representative’s approval of health reform legislation, is retiring after 18 years in Congress.
Aetna Faces Medicare Sanctions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services informed the insurer that it is suspending the company’s enrollment and marketing of Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Medicare prescription-drug plans to new members.
Kaiser Health News Examines Health Innovations From Developing Countries
Kaiser Health News examines several health care innovations that started out in developing countries and were then brought to the U.S.
SciDev.Net Examines USAID’s Science Diplomacy Efforts
“The U.S. government’s international development agency is stepping up its focus on science and technology with a key appointment intended to enhance the agency’s programmes in the Middle East and bolster the Obama administration’s push for science diplomacy,” SciDev.Net reports.
Researchers on Friday released a study in the Lancet that found while “[m]ost countries in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East doubled their health budgets,” countries in sub-Saharan Africa appear to have trimmed their health spending as donors have boosted their health aid, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.
Stupak To Retire, Republicans Continue To Hit Democrats On Health Care
Rep. Bart Stupak, a lightning-rod holdout for health care reform who eventually voted for the law will retire, another case of the health vote influencing Congressional races this year.
Threats Against Lawmakers On The Rise After Health Reform
Threats against lawmakers have risen threefold during the health debate and in recent weeks, The Washington Post reports.
Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday’s opinions and editorials from around the country.
Elmendorf: Health Reform Will Reduce Deficit, Warns Of Fiscal Crisis
In remarks to reporters Thursday, Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf warned of a looming budget crisis that “cannot be solved through minor tinkering,” but that the health overhaul will help reduce the debt.
Health Reform Effects On Tricare Still Being Discussed
Concerns about the effects of the health reform law on the military health plan Tricare, have led defense officials to insist that there will be no direct effect on the program.
Wireless Technology And Data Systems Transforming Health Care
News outlets report on the way that health information technology is changing the practice of medicine.
Community Health Centers Eagerly Await Funding From Reform Law
The Squirrel Hill Health Center in Pittsburgh is one of many community health centers that will be affected by the health reform law, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
