Day: March 30, 2010

UN Donor Conference: Given the Immense Needs, Haitians Must Have Continued Access to Medical Care

Port-au-Prince / New York–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – With the majority of the Haitian population still extremely vulnerable, donors attending the United Nations conference in New York on March 31, must not take measures that would limit the populations’ access to health care, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without[Read More…]

AHIP Statement on Health Care Reform Legislation

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) President and CEO Karen Ignagni today released the following statement on health care reform legislation: “Ensuring that all Americans have access to coverage is a significant step forward for our country, but these reforms will only be sustainable if they are[Read More…]

Haitians Say Jobs Key to Recovery

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  As Ministers, delegates and aid organizations meet in New York this week to discuss the reconstruction effort for Haiti following the devastating earthquake on 12 January, the people of Haiti say they want jobs to be their path toward rebuilding. In a survey of over 1700[Read More…]

A Haiti Fit For Its Children and Young People

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2010 – On the eve of an international donor’s conference for Haiti at the United Nations, Save the Children, SOS Children’s Villages International, Plan International, World Vision International, Oxfam and UNICEF have stressed the importance of ensuring children, young people and their families are at the centre[Read More…]

New Study Finds H1N1 Affected Emergency Department Workers More Than Any Other Hospital Employee

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  During the H1N1 pandemic almost half of the reported H1N1cases in hospital health care workers occurred in emergency medicine, pediatrics, ambulatory care and anesthesiology, with emergency medicine workers having the highest infection rate. This is according to new findings published today in the American Medical Association’s (AMA)[Read More…]

AARP Urges Senate to Extend Critical Health and Unemployment Supports

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement today, urging the Senate to assist the millions of Americans without health coverage and who remain unemployed by passing legislation that would extend essential benefits. The legislation would also avert a 21-percent cut to reimbursement for physicians[Read More…]

Speaker Pelosi Statement on President Obama Signing Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this afternoon after President Barack Obama signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act into law. “Health insurance reform represents remarkable progress for the American people.  Today, with President Obama’s signature, health care becomes more affordable for the middle[Read More…]

Senator Harkin: With President’s Signature, Landmark Education Reform to Increase College Affordability Becomes Law

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2010.  Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today after President Obama signed into law a landmark package of student lending reforms. “The last few weeks in Washington have been truly historic.  Comprehensive health reform is[Read More…]

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