Latest KFF Health News Stories
Finance Committee Continues Work On Health Overhaul, Benefits Tax Advances In Negotiations
The Senate Finance Committee “was hunkered down in negotiations” on its health overhaul plans, “with Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) shuttling between closed-door meetings to try to reach a consensus,” Roll Call reports
HHS Secretary Presses Lawmakers On Health Care
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel today that the Obama administration is willing to negotiate how health overhaul legislation is paid for, but not whether it is paid for.
Ventura County, Calif., HIV/AIDS Center At Risk Of Being Affected By Proposed State Budget Cuts
The Ventura County Rainbow Alliance, the county’s only HIV/AIDS center, could be severely affected by proposed funding cuts to state HIV/AIDS programs.
Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Religious Groups Join Efforts To Encourage HIV Testing
A Christian-theater troupe and other area religious leaders are participating in HIV testing efforts targeting the black community in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky as part of National HIV Testing Day.
Baptist Conference Addresses HIV/AIDS In Black Community
Fear, religious beliefs and cultural difference are among the reasons why blacks do not get tested for HIV, participants of the National Baptist Convention USA’s annual Congress of Christian Education conference being held in Detroit, said on Monday.
Namibia Close To Reaching Some MDGs
Namibia’s recently released second MDG Report 2008 finds that the country is making progress toward achieving some of the U.N. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets.
NewsHour Features Two Health Experts On President Obama’s Global Health Initiative
On the News Hour Insider Forum, Ray Suarez interviews global health experts Michele Moloney-Kitts, assistant U.S. global AIDS coordinator, and Christine Lubinski, head of the Center for Global Health Policy and Advocacy about President Obama’s $63 billion global health initiative.
Lancet Examines Obama’s Pledge To Fight HIV/AIDS
The journal Lancet Infectious Diseases examines whether President Obama is fulfilling his campaign promises to tackle HIV/AIDS abroad and at home.
Malaria Cases Reported In Cambodian Public Facilities Drop More Than 50%
There was more than a 50 percent drop in the total number of malaria cases reported by public facilities in Cambodia between 2003 and 2008, according to the National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control’s annual report, which was released on Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Post reports.
IRIN Examines PEPFAR Funding Of IDU Programs
IRIN examines a recent article in the journal Lancet that argues PEPFAR can do more to prevent the spread of HIV among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Africa.
Business Groups Note Faults In House Democrats’ Overhaul Plan
House Democrats readying a health reform bill without a price tag or a budget score are hearing that it is irrevocably broken and that they need to start from scratch, CongressDaily reports.
Baucus Takes Center Stage As Health Reform Deal Maker
As Sen. Chris Dodd, has been unable to garner GOP support and highly partisan House Democrats have failed to work with Republicans, the task of ushering a health reform bill through Congress is largely up to Sen. Max Baucus, the New York Times reports.
Lawmakers, Spouses Ties To Health Industry Shape Views
Nearly 50 lawmakers in Congress have spouses who work in the industry and their jobs may be influencing their thinking on health reform, CQ Politics reports.
Washington Post Interviews Atul Gawande
Washington Post’s Ezra Klein interviewed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande.
California Medicaid Providers Win Legal Challenge
Medicaid providers in California win a legal challenge over program cuts in the case “Maxwell-Jolly v. Independent Living Center of Southern California.”
Massive Medicare Fraud Case Highlights Miami’s Increased Enforcement
Eight defendants were indicted in a massive Florida Medicare fraud case.
Obama, Health Insurers Clash On Public Plan
“President Obama made a detailed case on Tuesday for a new government-administered health insurance plan, but he did not rule out signing a bill that lacks such an option if he cannot win enough support from Democrats in Congress,” The New York Times reports.
Counting Of Uninsured Americans A Difficult Task
Estimates of the total number of uninsured Americans may be based on “faulty assumptions” that are “inflating the projections,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
A Selection Of Editorials And Opinions
Opinion writers lash out at health care CEO pay, question Medicare reimbursement policy, and observe similarities to the early 90s health reform failure.
