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The U.S. government Thursday released a six-year strategy to address malaria globally, Reuters reports (Fox, 4/22). The plan was issued through the President's Malaria Initiative(PMI) in conjunction with World Malaria Day, April 25, and is a "core component of President [Barack] Obama's Global Health Initiative," according to a USAID press release (4/22).
The Senate Budget Committee has approved a budget resolution that adheres to President Barack Obama's "proposal to freeze non-defense spending, then goes a bit further" with cuts to "the State Department and other international programs," the Washington Post reports (Montgomery, 4/23).
"A year after the emergence of swine flu [H1N1], U.S. health authorities and laboratories say the pandemic illustrated the need for new vaccine production techniques that are faster and more reliable," Agence France-Presse writes in an article that examines the challenges associated with current vaccine development practices and plans for future development.
"Sixteen countries in West and Central Africa are in the throes of a measles outbreak, at a time when there is a shortfall in funding for vaccination campaigns against the disease, two U.N. agencies said in a joint statement on Thursday," Reuters AlertNet reports (Fominyen, 4/22).
The Congressional Budget Office Thursday said 4 million people in 2016 could pay the penalty for not having health care coverage as mandated by federal law.
A selection of today's opinions and editorials.
Republicans are continuing to pressure officials at the Department of Health and Human Services as the focus shifts to implementation of health reforms.
Cutter, who worked for both Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, will help craft the message about the benefits of the new health law. She has been called in before to help the Obama White House.
Rising costs of health care in the military are leading the Pentagon and lawmakers to consider the first rate increase of out of pocket health care spending in fifteen years for members of TRICARE, the military health program.
"These cases often uncover unscrupulous medical providers who develop schemes such as overbilling to defraud the state Medicaid program, which is jointly funded by the state and federal governments to provide health insurance coverage to the needy. Some charge for services that were never performed," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
States handle a range of health policy issues.
The federal Health Information Technology Policy Committee is calling for the development of a national program that would monitor patient safety problems in health care IT systems.
Medicaid officials outline the specific changes in how savings generated by Medicaid drug rebates will be divided between the federal governments and the states.
Wellpoint "specifically targeted women with breast cancer for aggressive investigation with the intent to cancel their policies," Reuters reports.
Studies and policy briefs this week come from the CDC, British Medical Journal, the SCAN Foundation and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, with a focus on the new health law's coverage estimates, costs and impact on the health care system.
Reuters is reporting -- citing federal investigators and regulators -- that the nation's largest insurer has sought to cancel the health insurance of some people diagnosed with this disease.
The Congressional Budget Office today released an estimate regarding the number of Americans who could face penalties for failing to have health insurance.
Politico reports that Democrats are following a call from President Barack Obama in daring Republicans to try to repeal the health care reform law.
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