SAMHSA's Weekly Financing News Pulse - July 6

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National Health Financing News

• HELP Committee Democrats Draft Lower Cost Bill With Public Plan
• Wal-Mart, SEIU, and Podesta Author Letter Supporting Employer Health Insurance Mandate
• Center for American Progress Releases Report Outlining Health Reform Financing Plan
• Pharmaceutical Companies Provide Details on Plan to Contribute $80 Billion to Health Reform
• IOM Panel Releases List of Top 100 Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research
• UnitedHealth Group Report Suggests IT Improvements to Help Finance Health Reform
• Rep. Davis Reintroduces Bill to Raise Age Limit for Children’s Coverage Under FEHBP
• Rep. Sanchez Proposes Bill to Allow Medicare to Pay for Adult Day Care Services
• Federal Government Releases Funding for Clinic Expansions
• CMS Proposes Reimbursement Increases for Primary Care, Changes Physician Reimbursement Calculations
• HHS Rescinds Three Medicaid Regulations, Delays Another
• Poll Finds Doctors Increasingly Using Online Tools; Online Visits Growing More Slowly
• CNN/Opinion Research Group Poll Finds Slim Margin of Support for Obama’s Plan
• Study Examines Medicare Part D’s Effect on Other Medical Spending
• CDC Reports Analyze Health Coverage Data
• Study Examines Trends in Mental Health Admissions to Nursing Homes
• ComPsych Reports Most Customers Switching to “Full Parity” In Advance of Law
• Survey Highlights IT Gap Between Behavioral Health and General Health Care
• UCLA Releases Reports Examining Recent Health Reform Efforts in States
• AHRQ Releases State Snapshots
• GAO Report Examines Prescription Drug Cost Controls in Federal Programs
• KFF Brief Examines Recent Health Reform Polls

Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing                                           

Congress is out of session for the July 4 recess.  The Senate reconvenes at 2 p.m. July 6 and the House reconvenes at 2 p.m. July 7.                        

Around the States: State and Local Behavioral Health Financing News

Because of the July 4 holiday, the coverage period for this issue of SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse ends Thursday July 2, 2009. 

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