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• “The Bill is Passed”

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 623
  I’m sure everyone heard that over the weekend The House of Representatives passed health care legislation !!! It was a close vote but it passed and frankly I don’t care how close it was. You can read more about the historic event over at The New York Times (and here on TakePart as the week progresses) but I ...
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• False Claims Act

  
  South Carolina Nursing Home Blog — Authority: 128
  Mark S. Armstrong wrote an interesting article about using the federal False Claims Act (FCA) in nursing home cases primarily involving Medicare and Medicaid claims.  Armstrong is a member of Epstein Becker Green Wickliff & Hall in its Health Care and Life Sciences practice group. He focuses primarily on ...
  7 hours ago

• CHIP Provision In Health Bill Triggers Concern

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 739
  "The $894 billion health reform bill working its way toward a House vote this week would repeal the Childrens Health Insurance Program, shifting some low-income kids into Medicaid and others into private plans that would both cost more and guarantee fewer benefits," The Washington Independent reports.
  9 hours ago

• CNA/NNOC Statement On The Withdrawal Of The House Single Payer Amendment

  
  Health News from Medical News Today — Authority: 739
  On the eve of what would have been the first national vote on single-payer legislation Rep. Anthony Weiners single-payer/Medicare for all amendment was withdrawn Friday, November 6. The vote for Congressman Weiners single-payer amendment would have allowed advocates to have their representatives on record as ...
  10 hours ago

• Health Care Reform: Youll Learn to Love It

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 813
  Filed under: Woman Up I know you conservatives are upset about the health care reform bill clearing the House, but let me spin it another way for you.   Permalink  |  Email this  |  Linking Blogs  |  Comments
  15 hours ago

• House Democrats Pass Worst Bill Ever To Destroy U.S. Health Care, Economy

  
  Start Thinking Right — Authority: 476
  Congratulations, America.  This is what you’ve “won”: NOVEMBER 1, 2009 The Worst Bill Ever Epic new spending and taxes, pricier insurance, rationed care, dishonest accounting: The Pelosi health bill has it all . Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she’s prepared to lose ...
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• Quick Health Care Round-up

  
  Blackinformant.com - African-American culture, news commentary, politics — Authority: 547
  Yes. It passed in the House last night . Sen. Tom Harkin has a bright new idea that has never been thought of in the history of mankind. “U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin thinks the country should have a debate on whether the Medicare program providing health care to U.S. seniors ought to be expanded to cover children as ...
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• House Trades Freedom for Health Coverage, Senate’s Move

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 655
  The House passed a trillion dollar bill that will force Americans to buy health insurance, force even small businesses to provide health coverage, and require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions.  (The last, as I have previously argued, makes it something other than “insurance.” ) Lori ...
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• a baby step

  
  ravings of a semi-sane madwoman — Authority: 446
  but if thats what we have to do, ill have to live with it. ideally, id love to see massive swift changes (and NOT just in health care. im thinking dump dont ask dont tell, funding that is solely based on ABSTINENCE education and so very much more) i dont understand how anyone could be against health reform. i ...
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• U.S. House Votes in Favor of Obamacare

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 754
  The House vote tonight took a step towards transferring power over personal health care decisions from individuals to bureaucrats in Washington. The Republican alternative was a good strong first step to series of targeted reforms that are necessary to improve health care financing and delivery. The House bill passed ...
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• House Passes Health Care

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  *** Just In *** The House of Representatives passed the Health Care Reform bill this evening, November 7 shortly after 11pm.  Thank you to all the JFA Readers and disability activists who have been following and taking action to support this legislation.
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• House Passes Health Reform Bill with Key LGBT Provisions

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 499
  Late this evening, the House passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962, by a vote of 220 to 215. While this is a historic step toward improving health care for all Americans, it is also a tremendous advance for the health needs of LGBT people. HRC lobbied the three committees involved in drafting ...
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• Unhealthy Bias

  
  From The Barrel of a Gun — Authority: 108
  In this article the BBC feature a graph, shown below, titled " Private health insurance costs soar." Now, heres the same graph with a few additions of my own: The horizontal red line to the right indicates one half of total US health expenditure in 2007. Notice that the proportion that is private only just ...
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• Statement From Lee Terry

  
  Domestic Divapalooza — Authority: 124
  Statement of Hon. Lee Terry (NE-02) on H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act November 7, 2009 Madame Speaker, we all agree that rising health insurance premiums are placing a heavy burden on many American families. Improving access to affordable health care and reducing its cost is important. But this ...
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• CBO: New House Health Bill Spending Estimate, $3 Trillion over 10 Years (22% of GDP)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  Senator Gregg stated, “The CBO estimate released last night finally sheds light on the smoke and mirrors game the majority has been playing with the cost of their health care reform proposal. Over the first 10 years, this legislation builds in gross new spending of $1.7 trillion – and most of the new spending ...
  2 days ago

• OR: Olmstead Victory! Last Institution for Developmentally Disabled Closes

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 131
  Thank you Marsha Katz for Passing along this information. Dear Friends, As of the close of business yesterday, Oregon is the first state in the nation to have NO ICFs/MR ("Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded").  This includes public and community facilities, as well as no Oregon citizens residing in ...
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• Are Mentally Ill a Threat in Nursing Home Environments

  
  Alzheimer's Reading Room — Authority: 504
  Ivory Jackson had Alzheimers, but that wasnt what killed him. At 77, he was smashed in the face with a clock radio as he lay in his nursing home bed. Numbers obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and prepared exclusively for the AP by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show nearly 125,000 young ...
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• Bellevue Natural-Birth Center, Haven for Poor Women, Closes

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  A room in the Birthing Center at Bellevue Hospital Center when it opened in 1998. The center closed recently.
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• House health reform bill up for vote

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  Well, supposedly tomorrow will be the day for a vote in the House on HR 3962.  The House bill did receive a boost when it was endorsed by the AMA and AARP.  The AMA represents at best 20% of American physicians.  It is “in bed” with the government at many levels such as its ownership of the CPT coding language ...
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• Obama considering jobless benefits expansion

  
  Wide Trends — Authority: 139
  President Barack Obama is considering expanding jobless benefits according to reports. Obama and Congressional Democrats are considering a major expansion of government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment benefits as part of a two-year economic recovery program.The proposals include extending unemployment ...
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