White House releases FY15 Budget Request
The White House released the FY 2015 budget request on March 4, 2014, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs.
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Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY 2015 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
Fact SheetThe Senate Committee on Appropriations, approved the FY 2015 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which includes funding for
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Senate Appropriations Committee releases FY15 Health & Human Services Appropriations Bill
Fact SheetThe Senate Committee on Appropriations released the FY 2015 Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill. A draft report released by the committee provided funding levels for global health programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the John E. Fogarty International Center.
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House Appropriations Committee approves FY2015 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill
Fact SheetThe House Committee on Appropriations approved the FY 2015 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (also see the associated report), which includes funding for
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Congress Releases FY15 Omnibus
Fact SheetCongress released the FY 2015 Omnibus bill (H.R. 83) on December 9, 2014, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of State, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as agency-wide emergency funding to address the Ebola crisis.
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Analysis: Global Health Funding in the FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act
News ReleaseThe FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act contains $5.4 billion in emergency funding to address the Ebola crisis – a significant increase in total U.S. support for global health. Aside from the additional funding for Ebola, global health funding remained essentially flat at $9.2 billion, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation funding analysis.
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New Article and Infographics in JAMA Examine Medicaid and Medicare at 50 Years
News ReleaseThe July 28 special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) includes an article written by Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist, MD, and two infographics from the Foundation that examine the past, present, and future of Medicaid and Medicare.
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States and Medicaid Provider Taxes or Fees
Fact SheetThis is an update on the use of Medicaid provider taxes and fees. It also includes information on which states would be affected by changing the safe harbor threshold from 6% to 5.5%.
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White House Releases FY17 Budget Request
Fact SheetThe White House released the FY 2017 budget request on February 9, 2016, which includes funding for U.S. global health programs.
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What is Medicare’s Role in End-of-Life Care?
News ReleaseMedicare plays an integral role in end-of-life care, an issue that is emotionally-charged and easily politicized. About three-quarters of the 2.5 million Americans who die each year are ages 65 and older, and covered by Medicare at the time of their death, yet policy issues related to Medicare and end-of-life care are often poorly understood.