GOP budget slashes ACA implementation funds: “A draft 2012 funding bill Thursday from the House Appropriations Committee would rescind more than $8 billion in funding to implement the healthcare reform law and prohibit funding for CMS’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, the office overseeing state insurance exchanges.” [Modern Healthcare]
States lobby against Medicaid cuts: “With billions of dollars in Medicaid spending at risk in Congress, states are forming a loose confederacy to oppose any federal cuts that could damage state budgets already awash in red ink. ” [Reuters]
Military benefits face cost challenges: “The federal government last year spent a record $275.2 billion on benefits for retired federal workers, two-thirds of it for military retirees. What’s driving up costs: Congress has expanded benefits frequently and Baby Boomers are living longer, collecting pension checks longer and consuming more health care — the same issues challenging Social Security and Medicare.” [USA Today]
Few bright spots in Perry’s medical record: Perry signed legislation “to let insurers offer lower-cost, smaller-scale health plans to consumers, to let single-employee businesses join health care cooperatives and to help employers pay for their workers’ health care without negative tax consequences.” Texas also created a health insurance pool to sell policies to people with uninsurable medical conditions.” [NYT]
Massachusetts doctors oppose payment reform: “A new survey from the Massachusetts Medical Society reveals interesting divisions among doctors over plans to hold down health care spending — and perhaps some words of warning for lawmakers. ” [Boston Globe]
Kansas judge wont’ block anti-abortion law: “A new Kansas law restricting insurance coverage for elective abortions will remain in effect while a court challenge proceeds. A federal judge on Thursday denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to temporarily block the law, which was passed by the Kansas Legislature this year. [Kansas Star]
Choice advocates challenge North Carolina’s ultrasound measure: “The American Civil Liberties Union and four other groups sued to challenge a new North Carolina law requiring abortion providers to display and describe ultrasound images of a fetus.” [Los Angeles Times]
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