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  • Views of Health Insurance Companies

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    Views of Health Insurance Companies Tilt Negative, But More Favorable Toward Your Own Insurance Company – POLLING Download

  • Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY 2014 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

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    The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved, by a vote of 23-7, the FY 2014 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (S.1372), which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department (see table below) comprising a significant portion of U.S. funding for global health (total funding for global health is not currently available as some funding provided through USAID, HHS, and DoD is not yet available).…

  • House Appropriations Committee approves FY 2014 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

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    The House Committee on Appropriations approved, by a voice vote, the FY 2014 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (.pdf), which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department (see table below) comprising a significant portion of U.S. funding for global health (total funding for global health is not currently available as some funding provided through USAID, HHS, and DoD is not yet available). According to a Committee Report accompanying…

  • Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY14 Health & Human Services Appropriations Bill

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    The Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2013 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill (S. 1284) by a vote of 16-14. A report (113-71) released by the committee provided the funding levels for global health programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the John E. Fogarty International Center. Additional funding for global health programs and research conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is…

  • Kaiser Family Foundation Launches All New Kff.org

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    Website Features New Search, Integration of Content by Key Topics, Design for Mobile Devices Website Advances Technical Capabilities of Popular WordPress Platform Menlo Park, CA – The Kaiser Family Foundation today announced the launch of an all new kff.org, the Foundation’s popular web destination for its health policy information. The new kff.org has been designed to fit the way people currently access and consume online information, and is built on an open-source platform that can…

  • White House releases FY 2014 Budget Request

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    The White House released the FY 2014 budget request, which included funding for U.S. global health activities.  Overall, funding for global health programs (at USAID and the State Department combined) increased in the FY 2014 request as compared to FY12 actual and FY13 estimated levels. This varied by specific global health program area (see below).  State Department & USAID - Global Health Programs (GHP) Area FY12 Actual FY13 CR Estimated*(millions) FY14 Request(millions) Difference:FY14 - FY13 CR(millions) Difference: FY14 - FY12(millions) State Department…

  • Peter Taylor Elected to Kaiser Family Foundation Board of Trustees

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation announced today that Peter Taylor has been elected to its Board of Trustees. Mr. Taylor is executive vice president and chief financial officer for the University of California system. Mr. Taylor brings rich and broad experience in finance, government and the non-profit world to the Foundation. Prior to joining the UC System he was in investment banking first for Lehman Brothers and then as a managing director at Barclays…

  • KFF Contributions to The JAMA Forum

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    KFF Contributions to The JAMA Forum To provide ongoing coverage throughout this election year, JAMA assembled a team of leading scholars, including the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Larry Levitt. Below are a collection of his contributions: Nov. 28, 2012: Key Decisions Loom for States About the Health Care Law Oct. 16, 2012: Hard Questions on Health Care Sept. 6, 2012: What Is Health Care Cost Containment? Aug. 2, 2012: The Middle Class Tax Break Hardly Anyone…