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Whistle-Blower Lawsuits Helped Recover At Least $9.3B From Health Care Providers Accused of Defrauding States, Federal Government, Analysis Finds

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Service Members Will Cost U.S. up to $6.2B Over Two Years, According to Report

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

President Bush’s $3T FY 2009 Budget Would Freeze Domestic Spending, Seek Nearly $200B in Savings From Federal Health Programs

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Federation of American Hospitals Proposes Nationwide Health Insurance Mandate That Would Add $115.2B Annually to Current Federal, State Health Care Spending

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Congress Considers Add-Ons to Medicare Physician Payment Legislation Totaling $20B, as Lawmakers Continue To Work Toward an Agreement on Cuts in Lame-Duck Session

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

Editorial, Letter to Editor Respond to Obama’s Proposed $63B Global Health Initiative

May 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

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

May 7, 2009 Morning Briefing

Obama Proposes $63B Global Health Initiative Over 6 Years

May 6, 2009 Morning Briefing

President Obama proposed a $63 billion six-year global health initiative as part of his 2010 fiscal year budget, Reuters reports.

Obama Proposes $63B Global Health Initiative Over Six Years

May 6, 2009 Morning Briefing

Rotary Aims to Immunize 2B Children Against Polio; WHO Director-General Says Eradication A Priority

May 19, 2009 Morning Briefing

Rotary International’s Polio Plus program aims to immunize more than two billion children in 122 countries, according to a statement released by the organization on Monday, Xinhua reports.

House To Vote on Revised SCHIP Bill; HHS Secretary Leavitt Says Bush Administration Would Accept Measure That Increases SCHIP Funding by $20B Over Five Years

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

CBO Report Outlines Possible Savings in Medicare, Including Estimated $64.8B From 2008 to 2012 by Equalizing Payments to Managed Care Plans, Fee-for-Service Providers

June 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

USA Today Examines $124B 3-Year Chinese Health Care System Overhaul

May 8, 2009 Morning Briefing

USA Today examines the Chinese government’s new $124 billion three-year health care system overhaul. The government asserts that the new package will provide “safe, effective, convenient and affordable health services” to all of China’s 1.3 billion people by 2020.

Obama Rolls Out Full FY2010 Budget With $8.6B for Global Health Programs

May 11, 2009 Morning Briefing

President Obama recently rolled out his full 2010 fiscal year budget, which asks for a total of $8.6 billion for global health programs, including $7.4 billion for PEPFAR, tuberculosis and malaria funding, CQ Politics reports.

$10.4B Increase in NIH Funding Could Increase HIV/AIDS Research, Bloomberg Reports

May 7, 2009 Morning Briefing

President Obama Requests $1.5B in Supplemental Bill To Combat Swine Flu

April 29, 2009 Morning Briefing

Social Security Benefits Likely Will Not Increase in 2010, Would Have ‘Major Implications’ on Medicare Parts B, D

May 4, 2009 Morning Briefing

FDA To Permit 17-Year-Olds to Use Plan B Emergency Contraception Without Prescription

April 23, 2009 Morning Briefing

Arizona Senate Approves Medicaid, Unemployment Bills In Order To Receive $1.7B in Federal Stimulus Funds

April 24, 2009 Morning Briefing

New Bipartisan Commission To Create Plan To Better Spend $10B U.S. Global Health Budget

April 22, 2009 Morning Briefing