JOLIET–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. Reaching out to constituents across the 11th District, and working to deliver affordable, quality, stable health care that works for Illinoisans, Rep. Debbie Halvorson (IL-11), completed a five day, six stop health care tour this past weekend with events in Joliet, Kankakee, Normal, and Peru throughout the[Read More…]
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AMA, AARP and MOAA Call for Passage of House Medicare Reform Bill, Vote Expected This Week on H.R. 3961
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. Today, leading advocates for seniors, military families and physicians joined together to call for passage of legislation in the House that will preserve access to care for seniors, baby boomers and military families through repeal of the broken Medicare physician payment formula. A vote on H.R.[Read More…]
Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Resisting Conservative Slanders on Health Care Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. Conservatives are putting up a last ditch effort to stop health care reform. They’re doing their level best to scare the public, telling them that passing health care reform will take the country down the road to socialism and ruin the economy, among other things. But[Read More…]
Commission Launched to Look Beyond Medical Care System to Improve the Health of All Americans
Princeton, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. Shortfalls in health take years off the lives of all Americans and hurt our nation’s economy, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), which today announced the new Commission to Build a Healthier America. Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform[Read More…]
Survey Finds AARP Members Back Critical Provisions of Health Care Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2009. A new poll of AARP members released today finds strong support across party and ideological lines for elements of health care reform included in the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which recently passed the House of Representatives. The bill, which strictly limits how much more insurance[Read More…]
Statement from President Obama on New Business Roundtable Report on Health Insurance Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. “A new report released today by the Business Roundtable underscores what experts and businesspeople have told us all along – comprehensive health insurance reform is one of the most important investments we can make in American competitiveness. It finds, for example, that if reform passes this[Read More…]
Business Roundtable Report Specifies Health Care Reforms That Could Reduce Costs and Those That Could Generate Increases
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. A new report released today by Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, shows that key components of health care reform could slow the growth of health care costs and offer real savings for companies and their employees. At the same[Read More…]
Secretary Sebelius Releases New Report on Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. As the nation marks American Diabetes Month, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report today, Preventing and Treating Diabetes: Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America. The report comes one day after Sebelius toured the East Manatee Family Healthcare Center in Bradenton, Fla. At the[Read More…]
Anti-Choice Law a Non-Starter for Schakowsky
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2009. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, released the following statement committing herself to vote against health care reform that erodes a woman’s right to choose. As a co-chair of the Congressional Women’s Caucus and member of the Pro-Choice Caucus, Rep. Schakowsky has fought to expand women’s rights and[Read More…]
Historic House Action on Health Care Giant Step, But Not Final Step
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2009. This weekend, our nation took a giant step forward in the historic fight for health care for all. The U.S. House passed the Affordable Health Care for America act 220-215. This couldn’t have happened without your hard work. But the mission is not complete. We’re still[Read More…]
