Latest KFF Health News Stories
San Francisco Postpones Agency Cuts, Los Angeles AIDS Clearinghouse Closes
San Francisco health officials “have postponed cutting” contracts for HIV/AIDS programs “until mid-October in order to give the Board of Supervisors time to respond to” larger cuts to services made by the state, the Bay Area Reporter reports.
Tibotec, FDA Update Warning Label On HIV Drug’s Risk Of Severe Skin Reaction
Tibotec Therapeutics, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, “has strengthened a warning about serious skin reactions in patients treated with the company’s HIV drug Intelence,” FDA and the company said on Wednesday, Reuters reports
Kennedy Biographer Adam Clymer: Kennedy Shaped Obama’s Health Agenda
Adam Clymer is the author of a remarkable biography, “Edward M. Kennedy,” which captures the sweep and breadth of the senator’s remarkable half century of public service.
Recalling Kennedy: Health Care Players Reflect On His Career
People who worked with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy or followed his career discuss his efforts to promote major change in the U.S. health care system.
Dodd Wrestles With HELP Chairmanship Decision As Officials Consider How To Fill Kennedy’s Seat
Sen. Christopher Dodd is facing what could become the toughest decision of his political life by considering whether to give up his Banking Committee chairmanship for Sen. Edward Kennedy’s vacant health committee chair.
Kennedy Death Places Leadership Question Mark On Health Care Reform
Sen. Edward Kennedy’s passing has leaders of both parties questioning where it has left them in the drive to overhaul the health care system, a chief cause of Kennedy for much of his career.
Abortion Questions Continue In Health Reform Debate
The issue of whether health care overhaul will provide funding for abortions continues to swirl.
Lawmakers Debate The Merits Of Cooperatives In Health Care
The record of rural electric co-ops shows a mixed legacy.
Nurse Practitioners And Physician Assistants May Help With Primary Care Shortage
Estimates suggest that shortfall could reach between 40,000 and 300,000 doctors within 10 years and could persist for more than a generation.
Today’s Opinions And Editorials
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday’s opinions and editorials from around the United States.
Hospitals Could See Windfall From Overhaul; Obama Calls For Doctors’ Support
Hospitals may get billions of dollars in profit from a health care overhaul deal while President Obama asks doctors to promote health care fix.
Mental Health Advocates Demand More Psychiatric Beds In North Carolina
Local members of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill picketed a North Carolina health systems’ petition to add more medical/surgical beds to hospitals.
Town Halls: Even Tempers Prevail In Wisconsin, But Not Phoenix
In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., encountered something Democrats may have become unaccustomed to: “a fairly even-tempered crowd” at an “intimate” town hall meeting.
Latest Md. Budget Cut Rips Into Health Care Programs
Maryland health programs will suffer especially deep cuts in the state’s effort to patch a $454 million shortfall, the latest in a series of budget problems.
Web Site Compares Prices, Quality Of Minnesota Medical Providers
A new Web site will allow patients to compare the prices and quality of health providers in Minnesota, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
Kucinich Asks Insurers To Testify On Coverage, Costs After Recess
Rep. Dennis Kucinich has asked leaders from the largest insurers in America to testify in mid-September about the industry’s “coverage, costs and claim denials.”
Seniors Worry About Impact Of Reform Proposals On Medicare
Seniors express concerns about health care overhaul and how it may affect Medicare.
Influence: A Labor Leader’s Return And The Blue Dogs’ Campaign Cash
Health care lobbyists, industry groups and labor leaders continue to vie for influence as Washington braces for the health reform debate to return to town next month.
