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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.
A number of contentious policy questions continue to attract attention in the health overhaul debate.
Haitian and U.N. officials on Tuesday said they planned this week to begin "decompressing" the capital of Port-au-Prince by removing rubble to make space for people to return to their homes or temporarily resettle, Reuters reports. "The 'Debris Management Plan' drawn up by experts from the United Nations, the United States and other countries with Haitian government officials marks the next big push by the international relief operation following major distributions of food, water and shelter materials to earthquake victims," according to the news service.
Missouri lawmaker proposes changes to control prison health care costs while Virginia and Minnesota struggle with Medicaid budget cuts.
The Food and Drug Administration, which has received reports of six deaths and several dozen injuries linked to health IT problems, may consider regulations for the industry.
"With President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in limbo, Americans' fears about its effect on them eased in January, according to a poll released as the president tries to revive sweeping Democratic legislation," The Associated Press/msnbc reports.
The current health reform debate is haunted by previous health legislation, according to news reports.
The White House announced support Tuesday for a House bill that would end the federal antitrust exemption for health insurers.
Doctors are working fewer hours even as the shortage of primary care physicians persists.
Anthem Blue Cross executives told California lawmakers Tuesday that they plan to go ahead with a rate hike of up to 39% for individual health insurance policies.
The Center for Public Integrity has published an in-depth analysis of lobbying disclosure forms that shows the scope of health overhaul lobbying activities in 2009.
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