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
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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).
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.
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.
House Rules Committee’s Analysis Of The Health Bill
March 18, 2010
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The House Rules Committee released this “section-by-section analysis” of the Democrats’ health bill, The Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010.
New Health Law Brings Better Coverage For Women
By Joanne Silberner, NPR News
April 26, 2010
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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.
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.
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
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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.
Summary Of A 1993 Republican Health Reform Plan
February 23, 2010
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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 […]
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).
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.
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).
Balanced Budget Out of Reach, Many Experts Warn
By John Berry, The Fiscal Times
April 23, 2010
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President Obama’s fiscal commission faces a daunting task in reducing the deficit.
Text: The President’s Executive Order On Abortion Funding And The Health Bill
March 25, 2010
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The White House released the text of President Barack Obama’s executive order on abortion funding and the health bill.
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).
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.
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.
Analysis: Health Lobbyists’ Powerful Impact On Reform Bills
By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell
February 24, 2010
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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.
Graphic: Health Spending by Public and Private Sectors
February 3, 2010
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