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GM’s Future Retiree Health Obligations Total $60B, Even After Subsidies From Medicare Law, Company Says

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Medicare Part A Deductibles, Part B Premiums To Rise Next Year; Conferees Reportedly Nearing Deal on Relating Premiums to Income

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

States Will Face Collective $68.5B Deficit in FY 2004, Partly Due To Health Costs, New Report Says

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

CBO Estimates That GOP Proposal To Clarify HHS Authority on Provider Payments Would Cost $43B Over 10 Years

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Bush’s FY 2003 Budget Calls for $9B Reduction in Medicaid Payments Over Five Years, Increased Funds for Bioterrorism

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

House Approves $2.9B Bioterrorism Defense Bill, Would Provide Upgrades for CDC, State/Local Health Systems

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

House, Senate Budget Negotiators Approve Total of $99B for Expanded Uninsured Coverage; Could Be ‘Biggest Boost’ Since Medicare

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Obama’s $63B Global Health Initiative ‘Will Sustain’ PEPFAR, Editorial Says

May 19, 2009 Morning Briefing

“President Obama’s push to reenergize the fight against the AIDS epidemic in the United States led to concern that he was going to allow U.S. global leadership in fighting the disease to languish,” a Washington Post editorial says, adding, “Those fears ought to be calmed after Mr. Obama’s announcement Tuesday of an initiative that will sustain” the PEPFAR.

U.S. Releases $1B For H1N1 Vaccine Testing, Production

May 26, 2009 Morning Briefing

The U.S. government on Friday announced it had placed orders for enough H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines to immunize 20 million people, the Washington Post reports.

Indian Health Ministry Receives $3.4B Budget Allocation To Expand Health Care Services, Including HIV/AIDS Programs

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Brazilian Health Ministry Will Not Meet Goal of Distributing 1B Condoms Nationwide as Part of HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaign, Official Says

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Global Fund Needs $1B To Meet Commitments, Calls for More Funding From E.U., Asian, Middle Eastern Countries

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Stop TB Partnership Proposes New $56B 10-Year Initiative; Gates Foundation To Increase TB Funding to $900M

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Africa Can Absorb Increased Aid, Needs $60B Annually To Meet U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Officials Say

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

New York Judge Orders FDA To Reconsider Permitting 17-Year-Olds to Use Plan B Emergency Contraception Without Prescription

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Study Might Prompt Expanded Use of Crestor, Increase U.S. Health Care Costs by $10B Annually, Analysis Finds

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Insurers Often Improperly Reimburse Physicians, Adding $200B Annually to U.S. Health Care Costs, AMA Report Finds

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

President Bush’s Health Care Proposal Would Increase Tax Revenues by $526B Through 2017, According to Joint Committee on Taxation

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

New York Gov. Spitzer Proposes $1.2B in Cuts to Health Care Programs, Expansion of Children’s Health Insurance Program

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Full-Time Employees Who Also Care for Family Member Cost U.S. Employers $34B in 2004, Report Finds

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing