Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2010.  Small businesses throughout the country can expect new assistance from the health insurance reform bill to begin immediately. The bill, supported by Rep. Debbie Halvorson and signed into law on Tuesday, includes tax relief for small businesses to help them provide health insurance to employees. It[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2010.  Today, AARP Board Chair Bonnie M. Cramer, M.S.W., joined Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Members of Congress to urge the Senate to help millions of seniors with the high cost of prescription drugs by closing the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage gap. Excerpts from[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2010.  What follows is the Senate floor speech given today by Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.). “Mr. President, the debate which comes to a close this week has, in one sense, been going on for more than a year. But in another sense, it has been going on[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2010.  Reps. Henry A. Waxman, Sander M. Levin, and George Miller, the chairmen of the three committees with jurisdiction over health policy in the U.S. House of Representatives, issued the following statement today regarding the elimination of pre-existing condition exclusions for children, which is included in the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2010. Earlier today, I signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform bill passed by Congress.  In addition to reducing our deficit, making health care affordable for tens of millions of Americans, and enacting some of the toughest insurance reforms in[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2010 – 12:39 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Thank you all.  (Applause.) AUDIENCE:  Yes, we can!  Yes, we can!  Yes, we can! THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Yes, he did.  (Applause.)  Thank you all for being here, ladies and gentlemen.  Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, to state the[Read More…]

TALLAHASSEE, FL–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2010.  Attorney General Bill McCollum today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Labor alleging the Health Care Reform bill signed into law by President Obama this morning is unconstitutional. The bipartisan lawsuit[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2010. Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, MD, AMA President: “The president’s signature on historic health reform legislation today is a monumental moment in the health of our nation. While more still needs to be done, this bill makes real progress toward providing coverage to all Americans[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2010.  AARP CEO A. Barry Rand released this statement today following President Obama’s signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: “Today’s signing of landmark health insurance reform legislation by President Obama represents a milestone in this great country’s history. But the work is not[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2010.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after President Barack Obama signed the Senate health insurance reform legislation into law.  The House passed the Senate bill on Sunday by a vote of 219 to 212. “On Sunday night, the House of Representatives made history for[Read More…]