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A complaint filed in federal court last week "alleges Medtronic Inc illegally marketed a relatively obscure medical device called a biliary stent in ways not approved by federal regulators," The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune reports.
A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll finds that "[a]lthough the overall health care reform bills passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate are unpopular, many of the provisions in the existing bills are extremely popular, even among Republicans, according to a new national poll," CNN reports.
New York Times examines cool politics between president and Republicans. In other news, Rep. Stupak will not be at summit but renews call for tight abortion language in health bill. Sen. Specter says he could support a move to reconciliation.
Since a major earthquake hit Haiti last month, "power has returned to nearly half" of the neighborhoods around Port-au-Prince, but the rebuilding of the country's power system "is starting almost from scratch," the Associated Press/New York Times write in an article examining the prospects for Haiti's electric utility.
The FDA approved Prevnar 13
News outlets report on the number of uninsured young adults and issues affecting the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including what's expected for today's White House health summit.
The Obama administration says its health overhaul proposal is a starting point, not a final word. The conciliatory message comes in response to Republican criticism that the administration has sent mixed messages by planning a bipartisan health summit Thursday, only days after announcing its proposal. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Americans blame Republicans for the partisan gulf; a smaller majority blames Obama.
Lawmakers said Anthem Blue Cross, the California insurer that proposed raising premium rates for some individual policyholders by as much as 39 percent, sought to boost profits at the expense of its insured.
Republican leaders have low expectations for Thursday's health care summit but are fighting with Democrats over the details and planning to advance policy alternatives.
Reconciliation, a parliamentary tactic that could allow Congress to pass health reform with a simple Senate majority, was dismissed weeks ago by centrist Democrats, but some of those lawmakers are now warming to the approach, clearing a possible avenue for passage of the overhaul.
Luis Gomes Sambo, the WHO's regional director for Africa, "is in the U.S. this week" for meetings with senior health officials and development agency representatives to discuss collaborating on health, the New Times/allAfrica.com reports.
Kaiser Health News presents a sampling of Wednesday's opinions and editorial from around the United States.
Pushing health care reform through a skittish Democratic caucus while facing stiff Republican opposition is testing the White House's "power of persuasion," the New York Times reports. Meanwhile, the sole Republican to vote for the overhaul legislation, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, has seen his fundraising drop 40 percent.
During a joint visit to Nigeria this week, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe and Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. global AIDS coordinator, encouraged the country to ramp of its efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, Pana/Afrique en ligne reports. At a Monday gathering with Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Sidibe appealed for Nigeria to "use its position to influence African Union's Declaration on prevention of Mother to Child transmission of HIV/AIDS," according to the news service. Also during the gathering, Goosby emphasized the U.S. commitment to a partnership with the Nigerian government to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS (2/23).
Some hurdles remain for Democrats, despite a sense of building momentum in their caucus.
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