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House Republicans Release CR Proposing To Cut $100B From FY11 Budget

February 14, 2011 Morning Briefing

House Republican leaders on Friday evening released legislation “designed to fund the rest of the fiscal year, which includes $100 billion in discretionary spending cuts compared with President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget request,” National Journal reports.

Dueling Letters On Medicare Part D Changes

By Jessica Marcy October 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Officials at CMS say they’re streamlining Medicare Part D – including eliminating some plans they call duplicative. But as the open enrollment period nears, some Republicans are criticizing the move as “frightening.”

House Republican Leaders’ FY11 Budget Proposal Cuts $32B In Spending

February 4, 2011 Morning Briefing

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday released a fiscal year 2011 spending proposal that would “slice more than $32 billion from agency budgets over the next few months,” the Washington Post reports (Montgomery, 2/3). The proposal “could mean big reductions for virtually all federal agencies other than the Pentagon,” according to the Wall Street Journal (Hook/Boles, 2/4).

Hundreds Die of Illnesses In Texas County Jails

By Brandi Grissom, The Texas Tribune November 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

More than 280 inmates in Texas county jails died from illnesses while in custody over a four-and-a-half period. There are no state standards for health care in county jails, but criminal justice advocates and correctional facility experts say the large number of illness-related deaths prove they’re needed.

House Appropriations Committee Approves $32B Budget Cut, Reducing Foreign Aid, Domestic Spending For FY11

February 9, 2011 Morning Briefing

The House Appropriations Committee “voted, 27-22, Tuesday evening to move ahead with Republican plans for cutting” $32 billion “from domestic and foreign aid spending over the last seven months of this fiscal year,” Politico reports (Rogers, 2/8).

U.N. Commission To Establish Benchmarks For $40B Maternal, Child Health Initiative Commitments

January 24, 2011 Morning Briefing

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday to co-chair a commission that aims to establish benchmarks for the U.N.’s $40 billion maternal and child health initiative that was establish at last year’s Millennium Development Goal summit, the Canadian Press/Toronto Star reports (1/23).

What if Republicans Win?

By John Goodman October 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

If certain steps are taken, the next round of reform could make health insurance portable, affordable and fair.

AMA Head Predicts ‘Catastrophe’ If Physician Medicare Pay Isn’t Fixed

November 1, 2010 Page

Wilson, in an interview with KFF Health News, warns that if the 30 percent scheduled pay cut goes through, doctors will bail out of the program, causing access problems for seniors.

Three Drug Companies To Pay $421 Million In Fraud Settlement

December 8, 2010 Morning Briefing

Roxane, Abbott and B. Braun were accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by inflating prices.

Canadian PM, Tanzanian President Open Meeting To Develop Framework For $40B Maternal And Child Health Initiative

January 26, 2011 Morning Briefing

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete were in Geneva on Wednesday to open a meeting aimed at “developing a framework” to monitor the implementation of a $40 billion U.N. maternal and child health initiative, according to CBC News. Harper and Kikwete are co-chairs of a commission that is charged with ensuring accountability for the pledges.

Text: 2010 Medicare Trustees Report

August 5, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The government released Thursday the annual trustees report on the financial wellbeing of Medicare and Social Security.

Text: Berwick’s Prepared Testimony – ‘I Pledge To Be Open And Transparent’

November 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Tomorrow, Dr. Donald Berwick, the adminstrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Finance. Here is an advance copy of his prepared statement.

Inadequate Sanitation Costs India Close To $54B, World Bank Report Finds

December 21, 2010 Morning Briefing

“Inadequate sanitation cost India about 6.4% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the equivalent of $53.8 billion (Rs.2.4 trillion today) in 2006, according to a new report (.pdf) from the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), a global partnership administered by the World Bank,” Livemint reports (Ghost, 12/21).

Global Fund Approves 79 Grants With Two-Year Commitment Of $1.7B

December 16, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Board of Directors on Wednesday approved 79 grants with a two-year commitment of “$1.7 billion dollars for projects against the diseases, amid warnings that some hard-hit African countries were being left out,” Agence France-Presse reports. The commitment, according to Ethiopian Health Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who chair’s the Global Fund’s board, “shows that even in hard economic times, we can continue to expand the fight against the three diseases” (12/15).

Dr. Donald Berwick – A Resource Guide

November 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Dr. Donald Berwick, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is well-liked and known as a passionate advocate for improving the health care system. Some Republicans accuse him of favoring health care rationing – a charge Democrats dismiss as nonsense.

Donors Pledge Almost $49.3B For World Bank’s International Development Association Fund

December 17, 2010 Morning Briefing

The World Bank on Wednesday announced that its International Development Association (IDA) fund will receive $49.3 billion over the next three years, Bloomberg reports (Christie/Martens, 12/15).

Text: Fiscal Commission’s Recommendations On Health Care Spending

December 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released its long-awaited report on recommendations to cope with the national debt, now and into the future, “The Moment of Truth.” Seven of the 66 pages concerned health care spending, especially focusing on Medicare.

Debunking Medicare Myths

By James C. Capretta September 2, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Critics say Medicare Advantage plans are inefficient and costly. But those same critics oppose vouchers for Medicare — even though that approach would set up a direct competition between the private plans and the traditional fee-for-service program.

U.N. Launches Largest Ever Annual Aid Appeal, Asking For $7.4B In 2011

December 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

In its annual appeal, the U.N. on Tuesday asked “governments and private donors for a record $7.4 billion next year to provide 50 million people worldwide with food, clothing and other urgent humanitarian aid,” the Associated Press/Washington Post reports (11/30).

Implementation Roundup: HHS Meets With State Officials On Exchanges; Regs Out Soon On ‘Unreasonable’ Insurance Rate Increases; Plan ‘B’ Options For The Individual Mandate

December 17, 2010 Morning Briefing

News outlets report on various developments related to health overhaul implementation.

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