Sentences with phrase «health act which»

I fought hard for years to pass the Zadroga 9/11 Health Act which provides crucial health care and compensation for first responder volunteers and their families.

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The situation is analogous to health care policy in the years before Obamacare, when, in the absence of a federal consensus, Massachusetts pioneered its own law aimed at reforming health insurance (which later became a model for the Affordable Care Act).

So says a new Quinnipiac University poll, which found that nearly two - thirds of Americans actively disapprove of the Republican American Health Care Act.

The federal medical privacy law named the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is shorthanded as HIPAA, not HIPPA (which might be Peppa Pig's hippopotamus friend), as I mistakenly wrote yesterday.

We're also going to have to figure out things like long - term care, which is something that isn't in the Health Care Act, which is just a huge mess around the country in terms of how we finance it and how we deliver it.

With the Conservatives in power, there really is much more of a belief that health care should really be just left to the provinces, and the extent to which the feds are involved if at all is really to support the Canada Health Act through the transfer of funding, but not really to look at whether or not [the act] is actually being fulfhealth care should really be just left to the provinces, and the extent to which the feds are involved if at all is really to support the Canada Health Act through the transfer of funding, but not really to look at whether or not [the act] is actually being fulfHealth Act through the transfer of funding, but not really to look at whether or not [the act] is actually being fulfillAct through the transfer of funding, but not really to look at whether or not [the act] is actually being fulfillact] is actually being fulfilled.

Fitbit will also move to Google's (googl) cloud data storage platform, much of which is already certified as complying with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, which regulates the use of medical records.

This is the most recent salvo by religious organizations against the Affordable Care Act's mandate for comprehensive health care coverage, which includes some forms of birth control.

Acting Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Eric Hargan hasn't said anything about open enrollment at all on his Twitter account during the signup period, which began on November 1.

One final tip: Make sure you sign a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act release, which allows medical professionals to discuss your health with your designated representHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act release, which allows medical professionals to discuss your health with your designated representhealth with your designated representative.

People would generally only have to pay that much if they either didn't have health insurance (making them out of compliance with the Affordable Care Act, which requires Americans to have coverage) or if they had not yet reached their health plan's deductible (more common for people with high - deductible, so - called catastrophic health plans).

The American Health Care Act, which has been touted by President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, now faces a vote from the Senate, where it will likely undergo revisions.

Among the grab bag of goodies in the pharma - backed 21st Century Cures Act, which is meant to hasten FDA drug approvals, is a provision that would essentially remove the agency from the mobile health app and electronic medical records regulatory process.

But at least we can make a start, and I am going to urge that we bring back those bills, maybe reconfigure them to center on mental health which is a point where we can agree that we need more resources to make the country healthier and to make sure that these kinds of horrific, insane, mad occurrences are stopped and the Congress will be complicit if we fail to act.»

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Fourteen of 23 top hospitals contacted by Reuters said they have rolled out a pilot program of Apple's HealthKit service - which acts as a repository for patient - generated health information like blood pressure, weight or heart rate - or are in talks to do so.

Also under threat may be another measure to usher in more detailed labeling requirements for menus at restaurants and grocery stores, which passed as part of the 2010 health overhaul known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare.

That's a far cry from the far - reaching American Health Care Act passed by the more conservative House of Representatives earlier this year, which would gut numerous Obamacare protections and massively scale back the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, as well as from the BCRA.

The priority review user fee required by this subsection shall be due upon the submission of a human drug application under section 505 (b)(1) or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the priority review voucher is used.

The six - month waiting period would fill a big policy gap in the current Better Care Act, which requires health plans to accept all patients — but doesn't require all Americans to purchase coverage, as the Affordable Care Act does.

The sponsor of a material threat medical countermeasure application that receives a priority review voucher under this section may transfer (including by sale) the entitlement to such voucher to a sponsor of a human drug for which an application under section 505 (b)(1) or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act will be submitted after the date of the approval of the material threat medical countermeasure application.

The survey provides an updated look at employers» response to the Affordable Care Act's excise tax on high - cost health plans, sometimes called the «Cadillac tax,» which is now scheduled to take effect in 2020.

The Secretary approves a drug pursuant to an application submitted under section 505 (b) of this Act or section 351 (a) of the Public Health Service Act for which the sponsor of the application used a priority review voucher issued under this section.

The Department of Treasury announced on July 2, that the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's Employer mandate, which requires employers with 50 or more full - time equivalent employees to provide affordable health insurance or pay penalties, will be delayed until Jan. 1, 2015.

Due to complex reporting requirements, the Obama administration delayed implementation of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) shared responsibility requirements, which requires employers with 50 or more full - time equivalent employees to provide adequate and affordable health insurance or pay penalties.

In 13 instances since 2009, prices of Lantus and Levemir — which dominate the global market for long - acting injectable insulin with $ 11 billion in combined sales — have gone up in tandem in the U.S., according to SSR Health, a market researcher in Montclair, New Jersey.

The budget repeals the ACA and replaces it with the RSC's American Health Care Reform Act, which provides a standard deduction for health insurance, allows the purchase of health insurance across state lines, and reforms the medical liability system among other chHealth Care Reform Act, which provides a standard deduction for health insurance, allows the purchase of health insurance across state lines, and reforms the medical liability system among other chhealth insurance, allows the purchase of health insurance across state lines, and reforms the medical liability system among other chhealth insurance across state lines, and reforms the medical liability system among other changes.

We promised to restore funding to our health and education systems - which we did with the passing of the Interim Supply Act.

In the area of health care, the Party commits to fully endorsing the five principles of the Canada Health Act, which are: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and Accessibhealth care, the Party commits to fully endorsing the five principles of the Canada Health Act, which are: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and AccessibHealth Act, which are: Public Administration, Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, and Accessibility.

This act has now become the law of the land and requires that patients on admission to a hospital or other institutions in receipt of federal health care funds be questioned about Advance Directives» which are a Living Will, Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made health care funds be questioned about Advance Directives» which are a Living Will, Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made Health Care Agent, Durable Power of Attorney» so that if unable to express an opinion, the patient's wishes concerning life - sustaining technologies will have been made known.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars and physicians as well as family member of health efected individuals... Why lawyers!!? So crime per physicians OR WHAT IS HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) NO DIFFERENT FROM ROMNEY»S FATHER WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY SCREWED / BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!!!

What started tumbling out of the closets at the time of Stonewall [the late sixties protest by which the movement marks its beginning] is profoundly altering the way we all live, form families, think about and act toward one another, manage our health and well - being, and understand the very meaning of identity.

The only potential difference in health risk would be that which comes from the acts themselves.

We got the poorly designed, budget - busting act because the sensible ideas he and others put forward were never acted upon by the Republican Party, which has approached the problem of universal health care coverage and financing with its head, well, let's say, in the sand.

They never mention I co-sponsored Mental Health & Safe Communities Act which banned gun sales to persons committed to psych hospital

«This decision again demonstrates the need for enactment of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which would permanently prevent taxpayer subsidies for abortion - covering health plans, both in ObamaCare and in other federal health benefits programs.»

More than thirty states have passed community mental health service acts or other legislation which makes funds available on a continuing basis to match local public or private nonprofit expenditures for mental health services.

At issue was a section of the Affordable Care Act which requires companies with more than 50 employees to provide health care insurance.

The most effective forms of birth control are also the most expensive, which is why a lot of families welcomed the Affordable Care Act's requirement that private health insurance plans begin to provide birth control without co-pays or deductibles.

In 1955, in response to continued public interest, Congress enacted the Mental Health Study Act, under which the historic Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health was appointed.

After excerpts from the president's speech in the aftermath of the Florida shooting, in which he promised to act on mental health, Kimmel said: «Tell your buddies in Congress... all the family men who care so much about their communities, that what we need are laws.

Speaking of which, if you don't know already, there are numerous health benefits to coconut oil, ranging from its ability to boost metabolism and act as a potent anti-fungal and antibacterial.

Both poblanos and sweet potatoes are notably high in vitamin A, which protects eye, skin, and immune health and acts as an antioxidant.

We can also help you navigate the relevant parts of the Health Care Reform Act which requires certain restaurant chains and packaged food providers to provide nutrition information.

Blueberries are especially high in unique flavonoids known as anthocyanins, which act as antioxidants to protect, heal, and restore health.

The Victorian Health Department says it acted promptly and appropriately to contain the outbreak, which first came to authorities» attention in mid-December and led to the recall of more than 100 products.

The assistant health minister's chief of staff, Alastair Furnival, who intervened to pull down a healthy food rating website, has an interest in his wife's lobbying firm, which acts for Cadbury's parent company.

The rules for the use of health claims are set out in the South Korean Health Functional Food Code, based on Article 17 of Section 3 (Standards, Specifications, Labelling and Advertisements) of the Health Functional Food Act 2004 (which has been amended several thealth claims are set out in the South Korean Health Functional Food Code, based on Article 17 of Section 3 (Standards, Specifications, Labelling and Advertisements) of the Health Functional Food Act 2004 (which has been amended several tHealth Functional Food Code, based on Article 17 of Section 3 (Standards, Specifications, Labelling and Advertisements) of the Health Functional Food Act 2004 (which has been amended several tHealth Functional Food Act 2004 (which has been amended several times).

Dietary and sports supplements fall under the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), which mandates that products derived from herbs and natural sources be classified as food and not drugs.

Federal funding of up to $ 500,000 exists for such a center through the Affordable Care Act, which allocates money to school - based health centers to be safety net providers.