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House Subcommittee Approves $52.7B FY11 Foreign Ops Appropriations Bill

July 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs approved a $52.7 billion FY 2011 spending bill on Wednesday, CongressDaily reports. The bill withheld $3.9 billion in aid for Afghanistan in response to concerns about corruption and “already cut $4 billion from President Obama’s request to fund the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development and dozens of foreign assistance and cooperation programs,” the publication writes.

Text: The President’s Executive Order On Abortion Funding And The Health Bill

March 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The White House released the text of President Barack Obama’s executive order on abortion funding and the health bill.

Analysis: Health Lobbyists’ Powerful Impact On Reform Bills

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell February 24, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A Center for Public Integrity analysis shows that more than 1,750 a diverse list of companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists to influence health reform bills in 2009.

Transcript: Health On The Hill: After The Summit

February 25, 2010 KFF Health News Original

A health care summit between President Obama, Republicans and Democrats ended with the president laying out some areas of consensus between the two parties but many disagreements remain.

Graphic: Health Spending by Public and Private Sectors

February 3, 2010 Page

Related Article Government Health Spending To Top Private Sector By 2012 According to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data, the balance in health spending has steadily shifted towards the public sector since 1960, when the government started keeping track. To view the interactive graphic, click on the link that says “Click To Interact.” (Please note: […]

Report Examines G8’s $22B Food Security Pledge, Highlights Need For Funding Delivery

June 18, 2010 Morning Briefing

A report from the anti-poverty group ActionAid finds that less than one-third of the $22 billion that was pledged to improve food security during a 2009 G8 meeting in L’Aquila, Italy, is from new funding sources, the U.K. Press Association reports (6/18).

U.N. Secretary-General To Ask G20 For Additional $60B Over 5 Years For Maternal, Child Health

June 24, 2010 Morning Briefing

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he plans to ask the G20 to follow through on aid promises and to commit an additional $60 billion over five years for lowering maternal and child mortality rates worldwide, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.

Canada Willing To Spend $1B On G8 Maternal, Child Health Initiative

June 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

Canada has told other G8 countries that it “is willing to put about $1 billion toward maternal and child health

Financial Times Examines How GAVI’s $2.6B Shortfall Might Affect New Vaccine Programs In Developing Countries

June 16, 2010 Morning Briefing

GAVI Alliance’s plan to introduce new vaccine projects in the developing world “is under threat amid the international economic downturn,” the Financial Times reports. “Subsidies to extend the use of vaccines against rubella, HPV to tackle cervical cancer, cholera and Japanese encephalitis in the developing world are among those likely to be cancelled or delayed, the head of the U.N.-backed” Alliance’s CEO Julian Lob-Levyt said, the newspaper writes.

Small Anti-Abortion Advocacy Group Flexes Muscle In Midterm Elections

May 14, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Washington Post reports on the increasingly important role of a small antiabortion advocacy group, the Susan B. Anthony List, which is targeting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his bid for re-election.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee To Mark Up $3.5B Haiti Reconstruction Bill

May 25, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday is expected to mark up a bill that would “authorize $3.5 billion in reconstruction funds for Haiti over five years” and would also require USAID “to submit a long-term reconstruction plan to Congress as well as mandate the president to appoint a senior policy coordinator for Haiti,” The Hill reports (Bogardus, 5/23).

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes 2-Year, $2B Measure To Aid Haiti Rebuilding

May 26, 2010 Morning Briefing

The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee passed a $2 billion aid package to assist with Haiti’s rebuilding from the January 12 earthquake, Agence France-Presse reports (5/25).

Mass. Reports On People Who Buy Insurance Only When Sick; Wash. Board Considers Aiding Consumers Get ‘Plan B’ Referrals; ACLU Sues R.I. Over Electronic Records

June 30, 2010 Morning Briefing

States address a range of health care issues.

Graphic: HHS Discretionary Spending In President’s Proposed 2011 Budget

February 2, 2010 Page

By Christopher Weaver KFF Health News Staff WriterFEB 02, 2010 The lion’s share – by far – of the Department of Health and Human Services’ budget is consumed by Medicare and Medicaid, the towering entitlement programs that cover health care for the elderly/disabled and low-income, respectively. Together, and with additional smaller mandatory spending programs, they […]

Transcript: Health On The Hill – What The Massachusetts Senate Race Could Mean For Health Reform

January 19, 2010 KFF Health News Original

The outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race could play a pivotal role in efforts by President Obama and congressional Democrats to pass a health care overhaul bill this year.

Give Nurses A Bigger Role In Improving Health Care

By Risa Lavizzo-Mourey January 20, 2010 KFF Health News Original

Poll after poll finds that nurses are either the most trusted group of professionals, or one of the most trusted groups, in the country.

Transcript: Health On The Hill – What’s Ahead This Week

March 8, 2010 KFF Health News Original

President Obama will visit Philadelphia and St. Louis this week to continue his push to have Congress pass health overhaul legislation this month.

Mail-Order Drug Provider Identifies $163B In Potential Prescription Drug Savings

April 21, 2010 Morning Briefing

A study by Express Scripts, a mail-order prescription drug provider, said Tuesday that an “estimated $163 billion in health care spending could be saved each year if patients took their medicines as prescribed, chose generic drugs and other low-cost alternatives, and had their prescriptions delivered by mail,” the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Obama Requests $2.8B In Emergency Funds For Haiti

March 25, 2010 Morning Briefing

President Barack Obama sent a letter (.pdf) to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Wednesday asking the Congress “for $2.8 billion in emergency funds to provide for costs associated with relief and reconstruction for Haiti, after its devastating earthquake on January 12,” Reuters reports.

Donors Pledge $5.3B Over 18 Months To Help Rebuild Haiti

April 1, 2010 Morning Briefing

Donors at a conference Wednesday pledged to provide Haiti with $5.3 billion over the next 18 months to help the country rebuild after the January earthquake, the Wall Street Journal reports (Rhoads/Lauria, 3/31).

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