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With Republicans intent on trimming or eliminating the fund, he says, public health advocates may not have a generation to show they can prevent or manage chronic diseases, which are responsible for seven of 10 deaths each year and account for 75 percent of the nation’s health spending.
Six in 10 people think that the justices' decision on the individual mandate will be based on their own ideological views rather than legal analysis.
The federal rules, which the Obama administration reaffirmed Friday, require health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services, including birth control, without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or deductible.
Predictions of the demise of Medicare's private insurance plans are premature, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
President Barack Obama chose Marilyn Tavenner, a nurse and former hospital executive, to run the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.
It's a mixed verdict, however. Medicaid will be spared, and the Medicare hit will be limited to providers. But other programs, from disease prevention to public health surveillance, face big automatic cuts in 2013.
No matter what the super committee does, health groups expect another debate on spending after the election and they want to redirect the talks to costs' root causes.
Both Democrats and Republicans are eyeing proposals to require well-off Medicare beneficiaries to pay more for their coverage as the super committee looks for ways to hold down spending.
Although the GOP presidential candidate is offering to let beneficiaries stay in the traditional fee-for-service program, critics say his plan could shift more cost to individuals.
KHN staff writer Mary Agnes Carey reports that most beneficiaries face only a small boost in their monthly premiums next year, and some will enjoy decreases, Obama administration officials announced.
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