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Federal Task Force On Preventive Care Faces New Challenge Under Health Law

By Christopher Weaver July 15, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Panel’s recommendations on preventive care will determine which services are covered fully by insurance. That could make it a political lightning rod for lobbyists and disease advocates and conflict with its tradition of scholarly dedication to the science of randomized medical trials.

Over $6B Pledged As CGI Annual Meeting Wraps Up

September 24, 2010 Morning Briefing

Donors made 291 commitments worth more than $6 billion at this year’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, which wrapped up on Thursday, Reuters reports. “The value of [CGI] pledges for economic empowerment, education, environment, energy and health was $3 billion less than 2009, but the organization said that in previous years one or two big commitments represented a disproportionate share of the whole,” the news service writes. “Since 2005, nearly 2,000 commitments have been made valued at $63 billion” (Nichols, 9/23).

Hunger Costs Developing Nations $450B Per Year, Report Says

September 14, 2010 Morning Briefing

“Reduced worker productivity, poor health and lost education caused by malnourishment” is costing poor nations $450 billion a year, according to a report by the aid agency ActionAid, Agence France-Presse reports (9/13).

Federal Medicaid Aid Boost Becomes Issue In Kansas Governor’s Race

By Mike Shields, KHI News Service June 14, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A bill before Congress that would extend richer federal Medicaid assistance to states has now become an issue in the Kansas governor’s race.

Despite Federal Help, States Struggle To Move People Out Of Nursing Homes

By Phil Galewitz April 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A program, known as “Money Follows the Person,” aims to help elderly and disabled people in nursing homes live on their own and save tens of millions of dollars for Medicaid. But many states are having trouble finding affordable housing, and fewer than 6,000 people have moved. The goal is 37,000 by 2013.

Week In Review: Berwick Nomination Still Drawing Fire; Regulations For Health IT And Preventive Care; A New AIDS Policy; New PhRMA Chief

July 16, 2010 KFF Health News Original

This week, news outlets covered the Obama administration as it began implementing parts of the new health law and also unveiled a national HIV/AIDS strategy. And, Capitol Hill is still reacting to the president’s recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.

HHS Unveils $1.9B Strategy To Better Prepare For Biological Threats

August 20, 2010 Morning Briefing

“Acknowledging that the development of medical countermeasures against bioterrorism threats and pandemic flu is lagging, [U.S.] federal authorities Thursday announced a $1.9 billion makeover of the system for identifying and manufacturing drugs and vaccines for public-health emergencies,” Tribune Company/Seattle Times reports. “The overhaul includes manufacturing refinements aimed at shaving weeks off the time it takes to produce pandemic flu vaccine and a series of steps aimed at more quickly detecting promising scientific discoveries and getting them to market,” the news service writes (Zajac, 8/19).

Interim Haiti Recovery Commission Approves 29 Rehabilitation Projects For Haiti Worth $1.6B

August 20, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), led by Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and former President Bill Clinton, recently announced more than $1.6 billion in projects to rebuild Haiti, “including a $200 million plan to create 50,000 new jobs in agriculture,” Reuters reports.

Sen. Appropriations Committee Approves $54.1B FY2011 Foreign Ops Spending Bill, Including $8.2B For Global Health Programs

July 30, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a $54.1 billion FY 2011 spending bill for the State Department and related agencies “that includes potentially controversial abortion language,” CQ reports.

BMJ News Reports On Russia’s $15.1B Health Care Overhaul

July 27, 2010 Morning Briefing

Russia will undergo a $15.1 billion overhaul of its health care sector, including changes to its medical insurance system as well as health care delivery across the country, according to BMJ News.

New Health Law Brings Better Coverage For Women

By Joanne Silberner, NPR News April 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Among the many goals of the new health law is one that hasn’t received much attention: to improve women’s experiences in the health insurance world.

House Rules Committee’s Analysis Of The Health Bill

March 18, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The House Rules Committee released this “section-by-section analysis” of the Democrats’ health bill, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010.

Researchers Map Malaria Parasite P Vivax; Nearly 3B People At Risk Of Infection In 2009

August 4, 2010 Morning Briefing

A new evidence-based map estimates that in 2009 2.85 billion people lived “at risk of infection” with the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax, reports BMJ News. A new study, published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, shows P vivax “is more widespread and potentially represents a greater burden on human health in some parts of the world than P falciparum, the species usually associated with the greatest mortality and morbidity,” BMJ News writes (Moszynski, 8/3).

Text: The Obama Administration’s New ‘Patient’s Bill Of Rights’

June 22, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House today released a “Fact Sheet: The Affordable Care Act’s New Patient’s Bill of Rights,” the Obama administration’s summary of new regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services.

House Passes Nearly $60B FY10 Supplemental

July 2, 2010 Morning Briefing

The House of Representatives passed an nearly “$60 billion bill Thursday to pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and fund a variety of other programs,” including relief and rebuilding initiatives in Haiti following the January earthquake, Fox News’ “The Speaker’s Lobby” blog reports (Pergram, 7/1).

Report Says G8 Countries Short $10B On $50B Commitment, Reveals Mixed Progress On Health Goals

June 21, 2010 Morning Briefing

An accountability report, prepared by officials in G8 member countries’ foreign affairs departments, acknowledges that G8 “countries are $10 billion behind the five-year, $50-billion commitment they made at their 2005 summit in Scotland,” the Canadian Press/CTV News reports (6/20).

Summary Of A 1993 Republican Health Reform Plan

February 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

In November, 1993, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., introduced what was considered to be one of the main Republican health overhaul proposals: “A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States.” Titled the “Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1993,” it had 21 co-sponsors, including two Democrats (Sens. Boren and Kerrey). The […]

Post-Summit Health Reform: What A Mess

By Robert Laszewski February 26, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House health summit looks to this observer as a draw. Neither side scored any knockout blows.

Balanced Budget Out of Reach, Many Experts Warn

By John Berry, The Fiscal Times April 23, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Obama’s fiscal commission faces a daunting task in reducing the deficit.

More Than 2B Worldwide Lack Access To Adequate Surgical Services, Study Finds

July 2, 2010 Morning Briefing

“More than 2 billion people worldwide do not have adequate access to surgical services, and low-income countries in particular have low levels of surgical care,” according to a study published online Thursday in the Lancet, HealthDay News/Modern Medicine reports (7/1).

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