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12-14-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... earners, allowing an extension of the Bush era tax rates for families earning less than $250,000 annually and proposed funding cuts in federal health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in an effort to come to an agreement on a deficit reduction plan that will keep the government from ... announced this week a four-year, $53 million contract with CGI Technologies and Solutions to build its online marketplace. Media and Polling Health Care Costs Average health insurance premiums for workers with employer-sponsored health insurance rose 62 percent between 2003 and 2011, while ...

12-14-12 Affordable Care Act Update

... earners, allowing an extension of the Bush era tax rates for families earning less than $250,000 annually and proposed funding cuts in federal health programs such as Medicare and Medicaid in an effort to come to an agreement on a deficit reduction plan that will keep the government from ... announced this week a four-year, $53 million contract with CGI Technologies and Solutions to build its online marketplace. Media and Polling Health Care Costs Average health insurance premiums for workers with employer-sponsored health insurance rose 62 percent between 2003 and 2011, while ...

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution   The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last week debating HR1, a continuing resolution ... this year. The bill cuts federal funding by almost $100 billion, and includes a five percent cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health budget. More than 500 amendments were offered to the bill to make even deeper cuts to numerous federal programs. The bill was also used to ... to the CR passed that would greatly complicate the law’s implementation, including the development of regulations that will govern the health benefit exchanges and determining the essential benefits package. Amendments also passed that would deny funding to enforce the new medical ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation Grants that are aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and communities. The grants are specially focused on reducing chronic diseases, disparities, and health care costs with five priority areas:   tobacco, nutrition and physical activity, evidence-based prevention services, mental health, and safe ...

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution   The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last week debating HR1, a continuing resolution ... this year. The bill cuts federal funding by almost $100 billion, and includes a five percent cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health budget. More than 500 amendments were offered to the bill to make even deeper cuts to numerous federal programs. The bill was also used to ... to the CR passed that would greatly complicate the law’s implementation, including the development of regulations that will govern the health benefit exchanges and determining the essential benefits package. Amendments also passed that would deny funding to enforce the new medical ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation Grants that are aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and communities. The grants are specially focused on reducing chronic diseases, disparities, and health care costs with five priority areas:   tobacco, nutrition and physical activity, evidence-based prevention services, mental health, and safe ...

2-24-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Amendments to Defund Affordable Care Act in House-Passed Continuing Resolution   The U.S. House of Representatives spent four days last week debating HR1, a continuing resolution ... this year. The bill cuts federal funding by almost $100 billion, and includes a five percent cut of $1.6 billion to the National Institutes of Health budget. More than 500 amendments were offered to the bill to make even deeper cuts to numerous federal programs. The bill was also used to ... to the CR passed that would greatly complicate the law’s implementation, including the development of regulations that will govern the health benefit exchanges and determining the essential benefits package. Amendments also passed that would deny funding to enforce the new medical ...

5-19-11 Affordable Care Act Update

Federal Update   Prevention   The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made $100 million available from the Prevention and Public Health Fund for up to 75 Community Transformation Grants that are aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and communities. The grants are specially focused on reducing chronic diseases, disparities, and health care costs with five priority areas:   tobacco, nutrition and physical activity, evidence-based prevention services, mental health, and safe ...

Hearing on Tobacco Tax to raise it for health

... one of the most effective ways to reduce smoking rates. It will help prevent youth from ever starting to smoke, help those who smoke quit, lower health care costs, and save lives!    Hearing on Tobacco Tax to raise it for health ...

Leaders of Major National Organizations Collaborate on Approaches to Health Reform

... D.C. -- March 27, 2009 -- Leaders from widely diverse national organizations today stressed their mutual commitment to reform of the nation’s health care system, calling it an “urgent, national necessity” that requires different stakeholders to cooperate in ways that they did not in previous ... pledged to work with lawmakers and each other to support the enactment of comprehensive reform this Congress. Through a process they called Health Reform Dialogue, the organizations began holding facilitated discussions six months ago in order to create a forum outside of the political ...

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