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Chart of the Day: The Debt Ceiling Cometh
The threat of another partial government shutdown at the end of the week “would complicate negotiations over the debt ceiling,” says Moody’s Investor Services. The debt ceiling — currently set at $20.456 trillion — is suspended until March 1, and if Congress hasn’t reached a deal to raise the limit by that date, the Treasury Department will begin to take “extraordinary measures” to avoid default on U.S. obligations. The Bloomberg
chart below shows the increases of the public debt outstanding and the debt ceiling since 2008.
The Fiscal Times. February 11, 2019
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Lawmakers talk drug prices and pain treatment
Lawmakers are turning their attention to a handful of health care issues today. Here’s what’s happening in the capital today:
At an
event today at the National Press Club, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) are talking about how to make sure patients can access new therapies. They'll be joined by pharma and insurance industry leaders, patients, and providers.
The House Ways and Means Committee is holding a
meeting on prescription drug prices and will hear from health policy experts, including Rachel Sachs of Washington University in St. Louis and Mark Miller of Arnold Ventures. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Alex Azar is speaking about drug pricing at the American Medical Association's advocacy conference.
- Doctors, pain researchers, and an advocate from the U.S. Pain Foundation will testify at a Senate health committee hearing on pain management amid the opioid crisis. [STAT: Morning Rounds, February 12, 2019]
Children with mental health conditions often don't get care
(JAMA PEDIATRICS)
Many kids with mental health conditions aren't getting care they might need, according to a new
analysis. Researchers used data from a survey of more than 50,000 U.S. parents with children under 18 to come up with national estimates. They estimate that more than 16 percent of children have a mental health condition, but nearly half of didn't receive needed treatment or counseling. That problem was particularly prevalent in certain parts of the country, such as North Carolina, where an estimated 72 percent of children with treatable mental health conditions didn't receive needed care. The researchers say there's a need for policy fixes to boost treatment access.
[STAT: Morning Rounds, February 12, 2019]
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Friend, Unbearable horror. That’s what I feel every day as the attacks continue, and hunger and cholera worsen Yemen. Our children and our families fear the death that is all around us. Yemen already is experiencing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, and now the worst famine in 100 years is looming in our future. It’s now or never for us. We are fighting for our lives, and CARE is here on the ground doing what we can with what we have to save lives — but we urgently need you right now so children and women can survive. Please, will you help?
With gratitude,
Bushra Aldukhainah
Area Manager, CARE Yemen
February 15, 2019
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