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Today’s Headlines – Nov. 14, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton November 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the Supreme Court’s expected health law announcement; about where things stand with the super committee and its fast-approaching deadline; and other health policy news. Los Angeles Times: A Buoyed Healthcare Law Reaches Supreme Court After a year and a half of […]

Today’s Headlines – Nov. 15, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton November 15, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Supreme Court will take up the health law. The New York Times: Justices To Hear Health Care Case As Race Heats Up The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the 2010 health care overhaul law, President Obama’s […]

Defense and Docs: Perfect Together?

By Mary Agnes Carey October 24, 2011 KFF Health News Original

It is often said that politics makes strange bedfellows.  That’s especially true with the high-stakes budget discussions surrounding the congressional deficit reduction panel. As physicians seek to forestall cuts in Medicare payments, their interests may be aligned with the defense industry as both press the super committee to strike a deal. They would both benefit from […]

Few Americans Think Health Is Improving In The U.S.

By Jordan Rau November 7, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Public skepticism about health isn’t confined to doubts about last year’s health care law:  Most Americans also think the overall health of the public isn’t improving, according to a new poll commissioned by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The poll found that 45 percent of people thought the health of Americans had become worse during […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 14, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 14, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including more status reports on the super committee’s deficit-reduction deliberations. USA Today: Congress Funnels Deficit-Cutting Ideas To ‘Supercommittee’ When it set up a “supercommittee” to find $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction, Congress also asked other committees to weigh in with advice about what spending to cut. […]

Today’s Headlines – Nov. 22, 2011

By Lexie Verdon November 22, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! The Washington Post: Super Committee Announces Failure In Effort To Tame Debt A special congressional committee created to try to curb the national debt abandoned its work and conceded failure Monday. … Although Republicans offered to raise taxes by $300 billion over the next decade, they insisted on conditions that all but guaranteed […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 5, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 5, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Today’s headlines include reports about Congress’ continuing struggle with budget and spending issues. Politico: Tax, Entitlement Deal Still In Play If Republicans believe that tax reform will lead to higher revenues, now is the time to lay away a down payment for that future. If Democrats are committed to a long-term fix for Medicare physician […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 10, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 11, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about how Mitt Romney taking heat from the other GOP hopefuls, with some of the fire focusing on his Massachusetts health overhaul. The New York Times: Many In Both Parties Want A Window Into The Deficit Reduction Panel’s Work On one crucial point, a […]

Today’s Headlines – Oct. 25, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton October 25, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning! Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that a group of Republcian governors communicated their concerns to the super committee. The Washington Post: Republican Governors Submit Recommendations To Debt “Supercommittee’ Four GOP governors sent a letter Monday to the congressional joint committee tasked with drafting a plan to reduce the […]

Today’s Headlines – December 2, 2011

By Stephanie Stapleton December 2, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Good morning and happy Friday! Here are your headlines for this a.m.: Los Angeles Times: Kagan, Thomas Pressed To Stay Out Of Healthcare Fight As the Supreme Court prepares to consider one of the most closely watched cases in its recent history, two of its nine justices — one on the left and one on […]