The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency. Obama scheduled a visit late Saturday morning to meet with House Democrats, who planned a rare weekend session. The legislation is intended to remake the health care system by extending coverage to tens of...
Frontloading HQ (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
[FHQ doubts think it can get anything but worse after a title like that.] The last two classes in POL 113 (American Government and Politics) here at Wake Forest have been devoted to a voting simulation I like to do in classes to attempt -- and I cannot emphasize that word enough -- to drive home the importance of the rules behind systems of voting. The main idea is that even when your preferences are...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Words fail : Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to investigate why the Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the distribution of the H1NI vaccine to Wall Street firms at a time when the vaccine is unavailable to most Americans. Recent news reports indicate 13 companies, including Citigroup, Goldman...
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
President Obama's Dept of HHS approved this . From CREW: Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to investigate why the Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the distribution of the H1NI vaccine to Wall Street firms at a time when the vaccine is unavailable to most Americans. Recent news reports indicate...
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced contract awards for up to 120,000 treatment courses of intravenous (IV) antiviral drugs to help treat hospitalized 2009 H1N1 influenza patients.
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today called on states and communities to join with HHS to redouble efforts to find and enroll the 5 million children who are currently eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but are not yet covered.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
No wonder there's so many speculated cases of swine flu among the White House press corps... Today during press secretary Robert Gibbs ' daily briefing, a reporter sneezed-- but not into her elbow, as the press corps had previously been advised by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to do so. "You're screwed Ann, just FYI," Gibbs joked with ABC radio's Ann Compton , who sits near the sneezer....
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Healthy pregnant women mount a robust immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Today, we will publish a rule in the Federal Register announcing that the United States will drop HIV from the list of diseases barring visitors from entering this country, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
This week's Sunday lineup will include President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign manager David Plouffe , Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett , Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), former WaPo Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran , Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf , Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius . See the full list of who's on...
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin as the nation’s Surgeon General.
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments today to strengthen its enforcement of the rules promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,...
This Week With Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
As she should have BEEN. This swine flu or H1N1 is no joke and many are going to die from this illness, we appreciate Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, but she is not a PHYSICIAN, Regina Benjamin is. The hold up was the Republicans in the senate, but as this dangerous flu is ramping up around the United States of America, politics MUST take a back seat and the
RovinsWorld (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Crystal Clear News-Lite Defining Health Care Kathleen Sebelius Will Decide the meaning of common medical and health insurance terms such as “hospitalization,” "physician services," “premium,” "prescription drug coverage," “deductible,” and “emergency room care.” “Giving the secretary the power to define and regulate all products...
Department of Health & Human Services (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Lower Premiums, Stronger Businesses: How Health Insurance Reform Will Bring Down Costs for Small Businesses.
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aarkstore | 10/21/2009
President Barack Obama said during his election campaign he would ‘allow Americans to buy their medicines from other developed countries if the drugs are safe and prices are lower outside the US’. He began delivering on this promise with a fiscal 2010 budget request for funds ‘to allow the FDA to begin developing policies for drug importation’. Earlier in 2009, with strong bipartisan support, Senator...
aarkstore | 09/17/2009
President Barack Obama said during his election campaign he would ‘allow Americans to buy their medicines from other developed countries if the drugs are safe and prices are lower outside the US’. He began delivering on this promise with a fiscal 2010 budget request for funds ‘to allow the FDA to begin developing policies for drug importation’. Earlier in 2009, with strong bipartisan support, Senator...
kabire5y7p | 08/26/2009
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