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).
Graphic: HHS Discretionary Spending In President’s Proposed 2011 Budget
February 2, 2010
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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 […]
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).
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).
Haiti Rebuilding Effort Could Cost $11.5B Over 3 Years, Assessment Says
March 16, 2010
Morning Briefing
A “thorough analysis prepared by the Haiti government, together with the United Nations and other international organizations” estimates it will take $11.5 billion over the next three years to repair damage to Haiti after a major earthquake struck in January, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Report Estimates Haiti Earthquake Damages Could Reach Nearly $14B
February 17, 2010
Morning Briefing
The total cost of the destruction in Haiti, resulting from the major earthquake last month, could add up to twice the value of the country’s annual economy, a three Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) economists said in a report on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports.
Medicare Coverage Explained
By Jessica Marcy
September 22, 2009
KFF Health News Original
As a part of our “Are You Covered?” series, KHN and NPR examine how the health overhaul would affect medicare.
U.N. Calls For $1.4B To Fund Basic Needs In Haiti Through The End Of 2010
February 19, 2010
Morning Briefing
The U.N. on Thursday launched its “largest appeal following a natural disaster,” calling for $1.4 billion “to provide food, water, shelter and sanitation to 3 million Haitians throughout 2010,” Bloomberg/BusinessWeek reports (Varner, 2/18).
10 Experts Weigh In On Plan To Replace Public Option In Health Bill
By KFF Health News Staff
December 14, 2009
KFF Health News Original
Can a spinoff of the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program help some of the country’s uninsured? Experts evaluate a proposal that the Office of Personnel Management, which manages the FEHBP, oversee national health plans.