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House and Senate Halt 5% Physician Payment Cut |
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Bipartisan, Bicameral Aggreement Reached
on Reimbursement for Physicians
[What is Bicameral?]
Over the course of two days the House and Senate approved the “Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006” (H.R. 6111). The House approved the measure on December 8 by a vote of 367-45-21 [see how your Representatives voted]. The Senate approved the bill in the early morning hours of Saturday, December 9 by a vote of 79-9-12 [Senate vote breakdown coming soon]. The bill will now be sent to President Bush for his signature and enactment into law |
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KEY CALIFORNIA HEALTH BILLS SIGNED & VETOED IN 2006
* Governor Ended Bill Signing Period Saturday
* Landmark Legislation Enacted to Prevent Price-Gouging for Drugs, Hospital Care
* Efforts To Expand Health Coverage Stalled for the Moment
By Anthony Wright
Executive Director of Health Access California
From the California Progress Report
www.californiaprogressreport.com
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ended his 2006 legislative session Saturday afternoon, announcing his signature and vetoes of key bills. In all, the Governor signed 910 bills and vetoed 262.
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CDC Wants Routine AIDS Virus Testing
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
Publication date: 2006-05-09
Arrival time: 2006-05-08
By MIKE STOBBE
ATLANTA - Testing for the AIDS virus could become part of routine physical exams for adults and teens if doctors follow new U.S. guidelines expected to be issued by this summer. Federal health officials say they'd like HIV testing to be as common as a cholesterol check.
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Seniors Must Act Fast or Pay the Price: 6.5 Million Seniors Have 6 Days to Make Sense of the Medicare Maze and Pick a Plan
Source: Chicago Tribune
Publication date: 2006-05-09
By Judith Graham and Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune
May 9--Just days before the deadline, Larry Mayer still can't decide what to do: Should he sign up for Medicare's new drug program and pay almost $800 more a year for his medications?
Or should he keep buying drugs from Canada and Sam's Club and risk having to pay a penalty if his situation changes and he needs the program later?
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Senate to Take Up Health Coverage Bill
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
Publication date: 2006-05-09
Arrival time: 2006-05-08
By KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON - Health insurance coverage for mammograms, annual children's physicals and drug abuse counseling could disappear for some workers under legislation moving through Congress.
The measure, which the Senate takes up Tuesday, would let insurers bypass coverage requirements mandated by states.
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Mixed Messages on ADHD
Source: USA TODAY
Publication date: 2006-02-15
By Liz Szabo
Parents who are concerned about the heart risks of stimulants to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder may hear conflicting advice from doctors, depending on whom they consult.
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Marrow Drive Targets Minorities: Few Blacks Are on National Donor List
Source: Messenger-Inquirer
Publication date: 2006-02-16
By David Blackburn, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.
Feb. 16--An illness shared by Tony Kelly and Brenda Carol Howard means they need bone marrow transplants, but the fact they are black makes it a long shot to happen.
A transplant increases the chances Kelly, 54, and Howard, 46, can be cured of their forms of leukemia, or cancer of the blood.
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NIH to Study Genetic Makeup of Cancer
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
Publication date: 2005-12-13
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
WASHINGTON - If all the ways genes run amok to cause cancer were laid out in a dictionary, scientists would be able to decipher only a small part of the first page. Hoping to change that, the government is set to begin a $100 million pilot project to unravel the genetic makeup of cancer, with the idea of speeding the discovery of culprits and treatments that today is largely a matter of scientific luck.
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Gene Therapy Tried for Parkinson's
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
Publication date: 2005-12-13
BY LAURAN NEERGAARD
WASHINGTON - Mike Castle lay motionless as surgeons drilled two holes into his skull and injected a virus deep into his brain. The virus carries a gene and a tantalizing hope: that just maybe it could stall the Parkinson's disease slowly crippling him.
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SAN ANTONIO - For years, doctors have known exactly what to do with breast cancer patients like Eva Ossorio: Poison them. Blasting women with toxic chemicals was considered the best way to save their lives. The bigger the cancer or the more it had spread, the more vile liquid doctors pumped into their veins to try to kill it. But there's been a sea change in the last year.
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