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President Obama's budget proposal will top $3.8 trillion, including a $25-billion boost for state Medicaid programs, but would draw a $1.3 trillion shortfall in 2011 despite efforts to cut spending and improve lagging employment figures.
Though job growth has claimed the political imperative, Democrats appear close to settled on a new health reform strategy.
News outlets report on sectors of the health care industry.
State and local efforts to stop methamphetamine production by limiting consumer access to a some decongestants are pitting law enforcement against pharmacists and patients.
Conservative lawmakers in 34 states "are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates" despite the idling health reform measures in Congress, The Associated Press reports.
States worry about rising Medicaid cuts.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials from around the country.
Lawmakers may investigate the White House's health care deals with industry.
The 2007 National Survey of Children's Health challenges one common perception - articulated by a senior Republican lawmaker - of Medicaid as a "medical ghetto."
A survey from the American Psychiatric Association found that workers' fears about losing their status at work and about confidentiality are the reasons they hesitate to seek treatment.
Journalism reserachers find media did not provide good explanations of health care bills while an expert explains reconciliation.
The doctor payment fix and several marketplace issues, such as insurance red tape and malpractice cases, continue to loom while health care reform efforts stall.
News outlets report that nursing is no longer a recession proof profession.
More physicians are buying electronic medical records, but not all are in love with them.
Employers offering wellness and preventive health programs can sometimes run afoul of a new anti-discrimination law restricting their ability to ask workers about family medical histories, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including previews of the budget blueprint being sent today to Congress from the White House.
On Sunday talk programs, administration officials said that Americans want health reform. And the New York Times reports that, although the president has blamed lobbyists for helping stall the bills, "many of those lobbyists actually worked to support his health care overhaul."
The federal government issued new rules Friday to guarantee the same insurance coverage for mental health problems as for physical ailments, for most people.
Bill and Melinda Gates announced Friday during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that their foundation would commit $10 billion over the next decade to research, develop and deliver vaccines for the world's poorest countries, the New York Times reports (McNeil, 1/29). The Gateses "said they hope the commitment would spur support by governments, corporations, and other donors for vaccinations efforts," the Chronicle of Philanthropy writes (Wilhelm, 1/29).
During his appearance at the GOP policy retreat in Baltimore, the president took questions and reacted to Republican resistance to Democrats' health reform proposals.
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