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Experts Ponder ‘Plan B’ Options For The Individual Mandate

By Joanne Kenen December 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

If the courts were to strike down the provision of the health law requiring consumers to buy insurance, some experts say there are other ways to get people covered.

Direct Incentives For Vaccination Would Increase Rates

June 28, 2011 Morning Briefing

In its first decade, the GAVI Alliance has helped prevent the deaths of more than five million children by introducing more widespread vaccination in low-income countries, “[b]ut, going forward, the alliance is going to have to think more about getting parents to vaccinate their kids

Large Donations Help GAVI Raise $4.3B, Exceeding Goal

June 14, 2011 Morning Briefing

“Large donations from the U.K., Norway and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation helped a global vaccine charity raise $4.3 billion at a summit Monday, exceeding its targets and allowing it to carry out all its immunization plans through 2015,” the Wall Street Journal reports. The U.K. pledged $1.34 billion to the GAVI Alliance, the Gates Foundation promised $1 billion and Norway offered $677 million (Whalen, 6/14).

Text: Health Law Repeal Bill And House ‘Resolution’ On Replacing The Law

January 17, 2011 KFF Health News Original

This document contains the text of the bill to repeal the health law and a Republican resolution “instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing” the law.

Global Fund Disbursed Record $3B In 2010, Faces More Than $1B Shortfall For 2011-13, Report Says

May 20, 2011 Morning Briefing

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday in Paris released a report (.pdf) noting that while it disbursed a record $3 billion in 2010, the $1.3 billion shortfall if faces for 2011-2013, “threaten[s] goals to roll back diseases that together claim more than four million lives a year,” Agence France-Presse reports.

Understanding Rep. Ryan’s Plan For Medicare

By KFF Health News Staff April 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Are vouchers the same as premium support? Will seniors’ health care look like that offered federal workers? A guide to some of the questions and issues in the House Budget chairman’s plan.

Glossary

February 23, 2011 Page

The most important terms in health care policy, from A to Z. The main sources for this glossary are the Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Other sources include: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Internal Revenue Service, University of California, San Francisco, U.S. Department of Labor, […]

Studies: Unintended Pregnancies Cost Taxpayers $11B A Year

May 20, 2011 Morning Briefing

Two studies have found that unplanned pregnancies cost taxpayers up to $11 billion per year. The figure is sure to generate discussion on Capitol Hill as lawmakers grapple with funding for Planned Parenthood.

GAVI Appeals For $3.7B Ahead Of Pledging Conference Despite Lower Vaccine Prices

June 7, 2011 Morning Briefing

The GAVI Alliance has appealed to donors for $3.7 billion to be pledged during an upcoming conference despite announcements by several major pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of their vaccines for childhood diseases, the Associated Press/Washington Post reports (6/6).

India Pledges $5B In Aid To Africa To Help Continent Reach MDGs

May 26, 2011 Morning Briefing

India on Wednesday at the conclusion of the second India-Africa summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, pledged $5 billion in aid to Africa to help the continent reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Guardian reports.

Text: Republicans’ Health Reform Repeal Legislation And Original Overhaul Proposal

By KFF Health News Staff January 6, 2011 KFF Health News Original

With Republicans setting a Jan. 12 vote in the House to try to repeal the new health care law, here is the language of the GOP’s repeal and health reform bills.

Nine Ways The New Health Law May Affect You in 2011

By KFF Health News Staff January 3, 2011 KFF Health News Original

In 2011 many new provisions of the health law kick in, providing benefits for many and potential new costs for some others.

New Scrutiny For Insurance Mandate After Repeal Vote

By Jessica Marcy and Aimee Miles and Amita Parashar January 19, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Republicans are eager to repeal the requirement in the health care law. Public support for the mandate is shaky, and even some Democrats have signaled a willingness to look at alternatives. Some – but not all – health policy experts say the mandate is essential. KHN interviewed several to get their views.

The Medicare Doc Fix: Physicians Again Are Staring Into The Abyss

By Gail Wilensky November 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

At the end of November, the most recent “doc fix” will expires. Without congressional action, physicians who see Medicare patients will face an across-the-board 23% reduction in their fees. If nothing happens by January, physicians would face an additional 7 percent reduction.

May 2, 2011 Morning Briefing

As many as one billion people could die of smoking-related illnesses this century if efforts to curb the practice are not implemented, a senior U.N. health official warned on Friday, the U.N. News Centre reports.

House Appropriations Committee Chair Releases FY12 Budget Plan Proposing To Cut $30B From Current Spending Levels

May 12, 2011 Morning Briefing

House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) released a 2012 budget plan on Wednesday that would cut federal spending levels by $30 billion compared with current levels, the Wall Street Journal reports. The plan “calls for cutting virtually every area of the federal government. The one exception would be defense spending” (Boles, 5/11).

Deficit Reduction Plans Would Squeeze Medicare

By Mary Agnes Carey November 29, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Spurred by growing concerns about the federal deficit, plans to curb Medicare spending are proliferating – setting the stage for potentially bruising battles between seniors’ advocates and budget cutters.

AMA Head Readies New Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Push

November 1, 2010 KFF Health News Original

No matter what the outcome of the midterm elections, the American Medical Association is hard at work on a new proposal to fix the Medicare physician payment system. The AMA wants to stave off cuts of up to 30 percent, slated to begin taking effect Dec. 1. AMA chief Cecil B. Wilson talks with Kaiser Health News to talk about the looming cuts, why it’s increasingly difficult for doctors to see Medicare patients in America and how the AMA will soon try to lobby lawmakers for a permanent fix to the system.

2 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Missing Out On Discounted Drug Coverage

By Phil Galewitz January 4, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Federal officials turn to ads and pitches from Chubby Checker to help get low-income seniors to enroll in the drug discount program.

How The Health Reform Game Has Changed

By Austin Frakt and Aaron Carroll December 9, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The future trajectory of health reform will be shaped far more by interest group agendas and state-level actions than by the new House leadership’s stated plans.

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