Businesses offer benefits to same-sex couples ahead of laws: “Last year, 52 percent of all employers offered domestic partner health benefits, with the percentage varying widely by region and industry, according to a nationally representative sample of about 3,000 employers surveyed by benefit consultant Mercer. That’s up from 31 percent in 2010.” [Kaiser Health News]
Nurse practitioners seek bigger role as coverage expands: “President Obama’s health care law is expected to expand health insurance to 32 million Americans over the next decade. Health policy experts anticipate that the wave of new insurance subscribers will lead to a spike in demand for medical services. That has a battle heating up over who will provide that care.” [Wonkblog]
Dems: GOP budget puts kids at risk on lead poisoning: “A group of House Democrats blasted Republicans Monday for budget language that pared back an effort against lead poisoning. In a letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 27 members pressed the agency to adopt a new exposure standard that would make more children eligible for treatment in spite of overall cuts to the prevention program.” [The Hill]
GOP scrambles to assuage women’s groups: “The House GOP leadership is moving swiftly to try to change the Violence Against Women Act to earn support from outside groups and gain passage on the floor. Leadership spent the weekend preparing an amendment package that sought to quell concerns that immigrant and Native American women weren’t protected under their version of the re-authorization.” [Politico]
Texas AG argues Planned Parenthood funding violates policy: “Planned Parenthood clinics that “promote” abortion violate Texas policy and have no right to public funding, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a filing Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans.” [Bloomberg]
Sen. Nelson asks TV stations to stop airing U.S. Chamber ads: “Claiming the commercials are full of “false information and deliberate deception,” U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson has called on Florida TV stations to stop airing ads from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that attack him. The ads began airing last week, part of a national campaign by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to target Democrats for their positions on the Affordable Care Act, which the Chamber and other critics deride as ‘ObamaCare.’” [Orlando Sentinel]
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