Sentences with phrase «expanding health access»

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I don't really see the conservative government advancing further the kind of spirit of the Canada Health Act in terms of expanding access to services and goods at a national level.

Barack Obama signed a new bipartisan health bill into law on Tuesday that includes funding to expand access to mental health care, an issue that has been a priority for many Sandy Hook families.

By aiming to expand access to health insurance, Obamacare proposed to extend health insurance to the disproportionately sick.

Americares helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters, increase access to medicine and medical supplies, improve and expand clinical services, prevent disease and promote good health.

Brown said he mentioned the proposals he first presented to Trump at a dinner last month: One would expand access to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit, while the other would give tax credits to companies that pay workers at least $ 15 an hour and offer health - care and retirement benefits.

More local staff members have been added as Americares expands its working network, developing and implementing plans with local organizations and free clinics to provide access to medicine, relief supplies and basic health care for people in crisis.

It doesn't solve everybody's problems, but it would expands access to health insurance to some working families who don't presently have it.

In this role, Thornton has been responsible for improving the health and well - being of Americans by expanding access to nutritious, affordable food and providing dietary guidance, nutrition policy coordination, and nutrition education across USDA's 15 nutrition assistance programs.

«Our state was among the first to create the Child Health Plus Program and has led the way in expanding access to the important services it provides children under 19,» Hannon said.

Most, 75 percent, believe it has expanded access to health care.

Supporters of abortion and reproductive rights expect to renew an effort to approved measures like the Reproductive Health Act and expand access to contraceptives as Donald Trump's presidency looms next year.

The authorization by Dr. Howard Zucker, the state health commissioner, will expand access to vaccinations, especially to those most vulnerable.

The new Ridge hospital, has ultra-modern facilities and a 420 - bed capacity to improve quality and expand access to health care delivery, particularly to its immediate catchment area.

Grants the Department of Health (DOH) s Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement expanded access to criminal histories to aid its investigations of rogue prescribers and dispensers.

Governor Cuomo's deal with legislative leaders on expanded access to breast cancer screening falls squarely within three unfortunate Albany traditions: It micromanages the health - care industry in ways that add red tape and drive up costs.

By expanding screening hours and removing insurance barriers, this agreement will give our wives, daughters and sisters better access to life - saving health services so they too can get ahead of this disease.»

«But frankly, when we can't get the Legislature to focus seriously on public health measures — we couldn't even get the Senate to allow... for expanded syringe access through the pharmacies.»

The law expanded the definition of prohibited assault weapons — which is the part that has most irked sheriffs — as well as raised the penalties for illegal possession of firearms, required mental health checks, and limited the public's access to records of those who have gun permits.

The new health center replaces an older, smaller clinic in Edmeston, and is expected to offer expanded access to healthcare services to area residents.

Albany — At a time of federal attacks on healthcare funding, New York legislators should take action to protect and expand healthcare access by sponsoring and voting on New York Health this session.

State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City), the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, will hold a legislative roundtable discussion in Albany on Tuesday that will focus on expanding access to naloxone.

Through the Erie County Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP), the Erie County Department of Health, along with representatives from the fields of Diabetes, HIV / AIDS, business, sanitation, law enforcement, pharmacy, spiritual, government, medicine and lay persons, created a partnership to safely dispose of used needles, syringes & lancets free of charge.

Schriock also called Kaplan, a town official elected in 2011, «a dedicated public servant focused on expanding economic opportunities for women and families, and protecting women's access to health care.»

«The Hamburg site now becomes our 13th dual kiosk location for the Expanded Syringe Access Program («ESAP»)» states Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health («ECDOH»).

A new plan from the de Blasio administration, called Direct Access, is intended to expand health care to New Yorkers who do not have it and diminish the mounting number of undocumented immigrants without insurance.

They will cut billions in funding for Medicaid, cripple our health care providers, and roll back the progress we have made to expand access to quality and affordable health care for millions of New Yorkers.

Gipson said the law includes a wide variety of provisions that make it more difficult for persons who shouldn't have guns to obtain them and expands the ability of judges to access mental health assistance for mentally ill defendants.

He also expanded the psychiatric transfer service unit of the New York City Emergency Medical Service to guarantee that mentally ill individuals had access to the city's health system.

Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») manages a very active and successful needle exchange program through our Expanded Syringe Access Program («ESAP»).

This bill looks to expand protections that are already in place and ensure New Yorkers are able to access all the resources available to them at our public libraries without having worry about their health.

Throughout the year, you've helped others secure a living wage and affordable housing, expanding access to health care, limiting discrimination and disenfranchisement on the basis of color or gender, and ensuring a fairer, more ethical, more participatory democracy and government that work for us all.

They'll discuss the complex issues related to health care including how to expand access and how to pay for it.

The Child Health Plus program will be expanded to ensure access to health care for every child in New York up to the age Health Plus program will be expanded to ensure access to health care for every child in New York up to the age health care for every child in New York up to the age of 19.

Among the most significant criticisms was language which may expand access to abortions beyond the point of fetal viability so long as the procedure «is necessary to protect the pregnant female's life or health.»

In addition, the Erie County Department of Health provides a needle access program, the Expanded Syringe Access and Disposal Project of Western New York («ESAP»), to help prevent the spread of blood - borne illnesses, such as Hepatitis C and the HIV virus, among injection drug users who would otherwise reuse or share neaccess program, the Expanded Syringe Access and Disposal Project of Western New York («ESAP»), to help prevent the spread of blood - borne illnesses, such as Hepatitis C and the HIV virus, among injection drug users who would otherwise reuse or share neAccess and Disposal Project of Western New York («ESAP»), to help prevent the spread of blood - borne illnesses, such as Hepatitis C and the HIV virus, among injection drug users who would otherwise reuse or share needles.

«Walker, Scott, LePage, and Corbett have refused to lift a finger to bring their taxpayers» money home to create jobs and expand health care access,» Danny Kanner, a spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association, tells me.

David Matia, a drug court judge in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where deaths also have risen significantly, said incentives are needed to get hospitals to build more detox facilities, to encourage physicians to expand access to medication assisted treatments and to encourage medical students to pursue addiction and behavioral health specialties as their area of practice.

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.

«Because Texas opted not to expand Medicaid, around 1 million Texans are in a coverage gap without access to affordable health insurance.

The committee that conducted the study and wrote the report recommended actions the FDA, other federal agencies, state and local governments, and health - related organizations should take — which include promoting more judicious prescribing of opioids, expanding access to treatment for opioid use disorder, preventing more overdose deaths, weighing societal impacts in opioid - related regulatory decisions, and investing in research to better understand the nature of pain and develop non-addictive alternatives.

A new study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) found that the proportion of discharges among minority patients receiving inpatient care at minority - serving hospitals in Massachusetts increased after the implementation of health insurance reform measures which expanded access to care in non-safety net hospitals.

From 2006 to 2008, Massachusetts implemented widespread health reform, which expanded access to public medical insurance, created a health insurance exchange for more affordable private insurance, and served as a model for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

«Rigorous data is essential to guide policies and programs that expand access to health throughout the world,» said IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray, the lead author on the GBD studies.

The commentary calls upon health care providers to expand their use of medications to treat opioid addiction and reduce overdose deaths, and describes a number of misperceptions that have limited access to these potentially life - saving medications.

The fight over mandating free access to papers based on research funded by taxpayer dollars is again heating up in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, lawmakers discussed expanding the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) «public access» policy to other science - funding agencies.

The lobbying group Research!America summed it up in March when it gave Obey an award: «Obey has been a driving force behind strengthening federal investments in medical research and in expanding access to affordable health care.»

Murray said the pending legislation, dubbed the Foundations for Evidence - Based Policymaking Act, is focused on the report's three core ideas: expanding access to the data, ensuring privacy, and strengthening the government's capacity to evaluate how spending trillions of dollars every year on programs affects the health, education, and economic wellbeing of millions of Americans.

Envisioning a Better Model — Over time, the emphasis of health care reform in Massachusetts shifted from expanding access to controlling costs and improving the quality of health care.

In addition, the loss of federal revenues associated with an expansion also means these health centers will not be able to expand into areas that lack access to health care, the report says.

The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), which has identical versions in the House of Representatives and the Senate, would expand to other research agencies the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) 4 - year - old policy requiring investigators it funds to submit copies of their peer - reviewed manuscripts for posting in a public database.