Author: Matt

The new health law encourages doctors, hospitals and insurers to team up in treating patients, but these groups already are at odds as they urge the government to set rules protecting their financial interests. (KAISER HEALTH NEWS, 1/9)

The Obama administration, following a lengthy internal debate, has unexpectedly come down on the side of pharmaceutical companies that are accused of overcharging public hospitals and clinics that care for large numbers of poor people. (NEW YORK TIMES, 1/9)

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s alliance with the state’s health-care union and hospital lobby is drawing fire from some patient advocates, who question the governor’s decision to give the powerful industry figures a front-and-center role in the process of overhauling Medicaid. (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 1/8)

Following the tragic shooting in Arizona on Saturday, Majority Leader Eric Cantor postponed the House’s entire legislative agenda for the week, including the vote on repealing the health care reform law, which was planned for Wednesday, Politico reports. (POLITICO, 1/9)

The Congressional Budget Office says that the Republican’s plan to repeal the federal health care reform law would add $230 billion to federal budget deficits over the next decade. The new House speaker, John Boehner, rejects that report, saying it was based largely on chicanery by Democrats. (NEW YORK TIMES, 1/7)

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a health care adviser in the Office of Management and Budget and brother of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, has returned to his job at the National Institutes of Health. (KAISER HEALTH NEWS, 1/6)