News tagged with federal budget
National bowel screen program saves lives
(Medical Xpress)—Flinders University health experts are calling on the Federal Government to accelerate the roll out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP), following a landmark report which ...
Cancer
Apr 02, 2013 |
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Americans support medicare reform, but not on their dime: poll
(HealthDay) -- Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans, may be hurtling toward the critical list, but most people don't want to pay for needed reforms from their own wallets, a new ...
Health
Apr 26, 2012 |
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White House warns of food safety cuts
(AP)—Impending across-the-board budget cuts could mean fewer government food safety inspections and higher prices for meat at the grocery store.
Health
Feb 11, 2013 |
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US risks losing out to Asia in medical research
Medical research saves lives, suffering and dollars – while also creating jobs and economic activity. The United States has long led the world, with hundreds of thousands of jobs and marketable discoveries generated by ...
Health
Aug 23, 2012 |
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New report warns of setbacks in global health progress due to current budget climate
The prospect of deep cuts in the federal budget threatens to reverse the dramatic progress of a bipartisan US commitment to defeat neglected diseases in developing countries, according to a new report released today by the ...
Health
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Cancer patients may be unintended victims of budget cuts
(HealthDay)—Thousands of Medicare cancer patients are being denied treatment at clinics nationwide because of federal budget cuts related to the so-called sequester, according to a published report.
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Apr 04, 2013 |
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Feds to halt Texas Women's Health Program funding
(AP) -- The federal government on Thursday began making good on its promise to cut off all funding for the Texas Medicaid Women's Health Program amid an escalating fight over the state's ban on funding for clinics affiliated ...
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Mar 16, 2012 |
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Voter polls portend conflict between Obama administration and Republican leaders over ACA
An analysis of newly released polls shows that most of those who voted for President Obama in the 2012 election favor implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and want the federal government to continue efforts to make ...
Health
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Debt ceiling agreement 'essential' to prevent disruption of care for Medicare & Medicaid patients
"A debt ceiling agreement must be reached in time to avert an unprecedented suspension of funding for the millions of patients who rely on Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs," Virginia Hood, MBBS, MPH, ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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ASU experts say US needs to shift healthcare emphasis to pay for value
Regardless of what you think about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obama Care, healthcare in the U.S. needs a major overhaul. That overhaul began with ACA, and now additional changes are going to be needed in order ...
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Dec 12, 2012 |
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