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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's latest test on a health reform overhaul will come in the form of living up to the words that she has the votes on a health reform package, Politico reports.
About 53 percent of hospitals have palliative care programs, which seek to match patients' treatments with their goals for the end of life. Often patients choose a less aggressive option for care.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning to start debate Monday on extending COBRA health coverage benefit subsidies for the laid-off and increasing Medicaid reimbursements to states as part of a larger package of expired government programs.
NPR reports that rescission, "where health insurance companies cancel policies after people run up heavy bills" is one of the points of agreement among lawmakers of both parties in health care reform as evidenced by its inclusion at last week's health care summit.
Municipalities struggle with health costs. In Massachusetts, financially strapped towns seek a change in the law to have employees pay more.
Significant cuts to Medicare payments for doctors go into effect today. The House passed a bill to postpone the cuts but a similar Senate effort stalled. Many physicians and health professionals worry that the cuts could cause doctors to see fewer Medicare patients.
Top California Medicaid officials in charge of pharmacy issues failed to disclose trips paid for by drug-industry funded business groups. Separately, doctors earned tens of thousands of dollars for promoting new drugs.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the Democrat's next steps on health reform.
GOP officials on Sunday talk shows stressed their belief that health overhaul goes beyond tax and fiscal issues usually reserved for the budget reconciliation tactic. Meanwhile, House Democrats indicated they expect a successful vote on a bill.
The extension, which stalled Friday after GOP Sen. Jim Bunning objected, would extend unemployment benefits, including federal subsidies for health insurance for laid-off workers.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the president will provide more details next week. Gibbs declined to talk about the possibility that Obama will recommend trying to pass the bill by using complicated procedure called reconciliation.
At the close of Thursday's summit, President Obama hinted that Democrats may now move forward with reconciliation, a complicated procedure that would allow them to pass health overhaul legislation even without a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority in the Senate.
Recent studies also exam the president's plans for HIV/AIDS spending and community strategies to fight hypertension.
CNN examines the work of a Harvard University chemistry professor to "shrink a medical laboratory onto a piece of paper that's the size of a fingerprint and costs about a penny." According to George Whitesides, who created a prototype of the inexpensive paper "chip," the technology could be used to diagnose such diseases as HIV, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries.
Kenneth Merten, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said on Thursday that American troops would stay in the country to aid in its recovery, Agence France-Presse reports. "There are about 6,500 soldiers in Haiti at the moment. There were some 20,000 for the emergency effort launched in the wake of January 12," Merten said. "What is planned for the moment is more and more staff from USAID on the ground and fewer and fewer troops. Gradually, they'll leave. In my opinion, we will need some American troops to stay here for the foreseeable future" (2/25).
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Friday's opinions and editorials from around America.
Children with autism and people with spine and brain injuries are among those who would have benefits cut under the South Carolina spending plan approved by a House committee.
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