A panel of immunization experts voted Feb. 24 to expand the recommendation for annual influenza vaccination to include all people aged 6 months and older. The expanded recommendation is to take effect in the 2010–2011 influenza season. The new recommendation…
Day: March 2, 2010
Obama Administration Grants Relief to States on Payments to Medicare for Part D Costs
Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $4.3 billion in financial relief to states by reducing the amount they will have to pay the federal government to offset the cost of Medicare coverage for prescription drugs for state…
Health Care Summit Defines the Path Forward
After 6 hours of bipartisan discussions at the White House Summit on Healthcare Reform last week, little in the way of major concessions were made by either political party in the effort to reform the nation’s health care system, according…