President Obama has presented his budget outline to Congress, including a proposal for $634 billion for U.S. health care, including money for the FDA to improve food safety, send visiting nurses to the homes of newborns, improve the American Indian health system, to invest in health information technology, cancer research and more. The budget proposal reiterates the president’s comments in Tuesday night’s speech but does not lay out a specific plan for reform. AHCJ has compiled coverage of the budget proposal and offers some tips on localizing coverage of health care reform efforts.
