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Congressional Democrats Seek To Pass Health Care Legislation This Year
Democratic lawmakers hope to pass an economic stimulus package, as well as legislation that would reauthorize SCHIP and expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, in the first few weeks of the new Congress, the Washington Times reports.-
AARP Sets Priorities For 2009 To Promote Health And Economic Security, USA
At an event today where he outlined the organization's annual legislative and advocacy priorities, AARP CEO Bill Novelli pledged to work with Congress and the Administration to address our nation's most serious challenges. In outlining the AARP agenda for the 111th Congress, Novelli stressed the urgent need to provide economic relief for America and to fix our health care system.
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Access To Health Care For Children Ages 10 To 19 Lacking, According To Report
U.S. residents between ages 10 and 19 do not receive adequate medical care, according to a report recently released by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports.
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Health Care Spending In 2007 Increased At Lowest Rate In Nine Years, With Prescription Drug Spending Growth Slowing To Lowest Rate Since 1963, Study
U.S. health care spending by both the public and private sectors grew at a rate of 6.1% to $2.2 trillion in 2007, down from growth of 6.7% in 2006, according to a study by federal auditors published Tuesday in the journal Health Affairs, the Wall Street Journal reports (Fuhrmans/Zhang, Wall Street Journal, 1/6).
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Texas Managed Care Program Continues Amid Complaints From Beneficiaries
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Out-Of-Pocket Payments For Health Care Rose Over Past Decade; Increase In Chronic Disease Played Key Role
A rise in chronic disease, particularly among baby boomers and older adults, was a key driver of the fact that consumers spent about 40 percent more out of pocket for health care over the past 10 years, Kathryn Paez and coauthors report in the January/February 2009 issue of Health Affairs, a thematic volume on chronic illness. http://content.healthaffairs.
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President-Elect Obama Meets With Congressional Leaders To Discuss Economic Stimulus Package
President-elect Barack Obama on Monday met with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss an economic stimulus package that includes funds for health care programs, the Chicago Tribune reports (Puzzanghera/Parsons, Chicago Tribune, 1/6). During multiple meetings, Obama met House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.
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