SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse: National Edition

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National News 

• President Obama Proposes FY2011 Budget Boosting SAMHSA, Other HHS Funding, Increasing Funding for Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention
• Democrats File Legislation to Repeal Health Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption, Seek Plan for Broader Health Care Reform
• Senate Pay-Go Legislation Exempts $82 Billion for Medicare Doc-Fix
• Rep. Sestak Announces Bill to Mandate Health Coverage for Autistic Children
• Some States Seek Expanded Health Care Coverage, Others Reduce Benefits or Resist Elements of National Health Reform

Studies Released                               

• Study Finds Increased Community Health Center Funding Expands Access to Behavioral Health Services, Treats More Uninsured Patients
• CMS Report Finds Public Spending Will Finance Over Half of Health Care Spending by 2012
• ARRA Funding Helps Some Community Health Safety Net Providers
• KFF Brief Outlines Key ELE Policy Decisions for States
• KFF Updates State Budget, Medicaid and CHIP Data
• Study Finds Value-Based Insurance Can Be Effective

Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing

• Senate Finance Committee: Budget: Overview
  February 2, 10:00 a.m., 215 Dirksen
  February 4, 10:00 a.m., 215 Dirksen
• Senate Budget Committee: Budget Overview
  February 2, 10:00 a.m., 608 Dirksen
  February 4, 10:00 a.m. 608 Dirksen
• House Budget Committee: Fiscal 2011 Budget
  February 2, 2:00 p.m., 210 Cannon
• House Ways and Means Committee: Fiscal 2011 Budget
  February 3, 10:00 a.m., 1100 Longworth
  February 3, 2:00 p.m., 1100 Longworth
• House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health: Project Hero
  February 3, 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
• House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs: Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act
  February 3, 2:00 p.m., 334 Cannon
• Senate Finance Committee: Health Care Proposals
  February 3, 3:30 p.m. 215 Dirksen
• House Veterans’ Affairs Committee: Fiscal 2011 and 2012 Budget: VA
  February 4, 10:00 a.m., 334 Cannon
• House Energy and Commerce Committee: Fiscal 2011 Budget: Health and Human Services
  February 4, 2:00 p.m., 2123 Rayburn

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SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse: State and Local Edition

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• Alaska
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• Missouri
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Utah
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

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SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse: National Edition

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National News 

• Obama Administration Releases Rules Governing Behavioral Health Parity Legislation
• Large Democratic Health Care Reform Bills Stall; House to Move Smaller Bills in February
• MACPAC Commission to Review Effects of Medicaid and CHIP Payments
• Rep. Ryan Introduces Modified “Roadmap for America’s Future Act”
• Senate Rejects Deficit Commission, President Obama to Create One by Executive Order
• President Obama Proposes Spending Freeze in 2011, HHS to be Affected
• Polls Find Americans Growing More Skeptical Health Care Reform, Respond More Favorably After Education

Studies Released                               

• CBO Finds ARRA Medicaid Subsidies Costs Less Than Anticipated; Medicare Costs to Increase Over Next Decade
• CBO Finds Senate Health Care Bill Would Extend Medicare Hospital Trust Fund Solvency
• Health Affairs Study Finds Workplace Wellness Programs Generate Savings
• Commonwealth Fund Finds CBO Historically Underestimates Health Reform Savings
• NEJM Study Finds Increasing Copayments May Adversely Affect Outcomes, Increase Spending Among Elderly
• RWJF Examines Dependent Coverage Expansions, Implications for National Legislation

Around the Hill: Hearings on Health Financing       

SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse: State and Local Edition

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• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Missouri
• New York
• North Carolina
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin

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SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse: National Edition

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National News 

• Democrats Reconsider Strategy on Health Care Reform Following MA Loss
• MedPAC Issues 2011 Medicare Provider Payment Recommendations, Recommends Some Hospital Payment Increases
• DOJ Charges J&J with Providing Illegal Kickbacks to Omnicare
• Poll Finds Americans Less Supportive of Health Care Reform

Studies Released                               

• PWC Survey Finds Employers Less Satisfied with Insurers
• Hay Group Estimate Health Care Premiums Will Rise 9 Percent in 2010
• Urban Institute Considers Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention Policies to Maximize Coverage Under Health Reform
• KFF Examines High-Risk Insurance Pools
• Commonwealth Fund Examines the Effects of Health Care Reform Provisions

SAMHSA’s Weekly Financing News Pulse: State and Local Edition

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• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Maine
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Tennessee
• Washington
• West Virginia

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