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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman canceled a hearing set for next week that would probe claims from large firms - such as AT&T and Caterpillar - that the health law is costing them millions of dollars.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations,including reports about the jobless benefits package, including a COBRA subsidy extension and Medicare-doctor pay fix, advancing in the Senate. Meanwhile, in the House, a committee chairman cancels a hearing on business health care complaints.
Three senior Obama administration officials with global health-related portfolios spoke about the details and implementation of President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative during a forum Wednesday at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, D.C.
"Dozens of countries are unlikely to meet" the Millennium Development Goal targets related to maternal and child health without a new strategy and an additional $20 billion each year, according to a report released Tuesday, the Canadian Press reports (Lederer, 4/14).
First lady Michelle Obama, along with Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, "paid a surprise visit to Haiti Tuesday, witnessing the 'powerful' devastation left in the wake of a massive earthquake three months ago," Agence-France Presse reports. Obama and Biden took a helicopter tour of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and visited the "badly damaged" National Palace as well as a refugee camp.
Part of Canada's push to make maternal and child health a focal point of the upcoming G8 summit in June should include an emphasis on efforts to improve sanitation in the world's poorest countries, according to an author of a report (.pdf) released Wednesday, Canwest News Service/Vancouver Sun reports.
The rapid spread of information via the Internet "had a disruptive impact on the handling of the flu pandemic by fanning speculation and rumours," WHO officials said Tuesday on day two of a three-day meeting of external experts tasked with evaluating the WHO's handling of H1N1 (swine flu), Agence France-Presse reports.
Democrats are seeking Republican votes in an effort to extend jobless benefits, including a program to subsidize insurance coverage for laid-off workers, through Memorial Day.
Although the cuts officially took hold April 1, federal officials ordered that no payments be processed until April 15, hoping to give Congress time to consider legislation to stop the reductions in doctor's pay.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials.
Americans and experts are wading through reform provisions that will affect their lives; conclusions vary about what health reform will mean for them.
The Department of Health and Human Services says that reimbursement forms to have the federal government help pay employers for early retiree health care claims will be available in June, Business Insurance reports.
Some states feud with Washington over health overhaul spending requirements while others are poised to save money as a result.
States handle a variety of health care policy issues.
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association reports that financial concerns can lead people suffering from heart attacks to delay treatment.
There is only one primary care doctor per 2,000 patients in certain parts of the country called "health professional shortage areas" by the government.
The Associated Press reports on a new study that found a quarter of heart doctors order more tests because they are worried about being sued for malpractice and it's driving cost in the system up.
Insurer will pay YMCA and pharmacists to help counsel people on losing weight and eating better in an effort to curb the increasing number of cases of Type 2 Diabetes.
The Department of Health and Human Services 2009 quality report to Congress found little progress on eliminating hospital-acquired infections and called for 'urgent attention' to address the shortcomings.
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