Sentences with phrase «u.s. health reform»

But that's all changed, thanks to the U.S. health reform introduced under the Affordable Care Act.

«With so many new specialty drugs in the pipeline and few well - known brand - name drugs going off - patent in the near future, the drug cost problem will certainly get worse before it gets better,» Mercer's U.S. health reform leader Tracy Watts said.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, the Dow and S&P posted their first 1 percent fall in five months on worries over health care reform in the U.S.

In the last year, Trump rolled back regulations on environmental protections, financial services, and health care, calling it the «most far - reaching regulatory reform» in U.S. history.

New rules related to U.S. health care reforms are also creating demand for this kind of innovation.

Years of pressure from laborer organizers, along with changes from companies like Ford Motor, reformed working conditions in the U.S. and protected workers from schedules that endangered their health and safety.

And now, after early reactions to the GOP's replacement plan, his successor and the Republican - controlled Congress are learning why reforming the U.S. health system is such a Sisyphean endeavor.

Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.

He also says U.S. health - care reform could be a boon to the industry.

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If Jesus is indeed real and is as merciful as the believers say he is, then he would certainly be in favor of health care reform, which promotes adequate health care to ALL U.S. citizens.

Prior to joining the NWHN, Kate worked in the Capitol Hill office of U.S. Representative Joe Sestak (D - PA), where she worked on health care reform and the women's issues portfolio.

HELENA — As Sen. Max Baucus has taken the lead on health - reform legislation in the U.S. Senate, he's also become a leader in something else: Campaign money received from health - and insurance - industry interests.

The U.S. Senate will postpone its vote on the health care reform bill — originally scheduled for this week — while Sen. John McCain recovers from surgery to remove a blood clot from over this left eye.

At 2 p.m., de Blasio delivers remarks at a health care rally where Cuomo will be making an announcement in support of Obamacare and against the U.S. Senate's reform bill, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — Stern Auditorium, 1468 Madison Ave., Manhattan.

A majority of Americans are ready to move on from health - care reform at this point after the U.S. Senate's effort to dismantle Obamacare failed last week, according to an exclusive Reuters / Ipsos opinion poll.

With two Republican senators all but locked in against it and Trump exerting pressure on them to pass it, U.S. Senate leaders can not lose another vote on the health care reform bill they plan to unveil today.

Now that U.S. Senate Republicans have failed in their attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare and cut Medicaid, the House GOP is pushing a budget that aims to do all that and then some, which, like their health care reform plan, will negatively impact New York.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to release the revised health care reform measure tomorrow, despite no visible signs that leaders have rounded up enough GOP support to win its passage.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday criticized the U.S. Senate's version of a massive health care reform measure that would repeal the Affordable Care Act as «an ultraconservative assault» that will hurt New York.

All eyes in Washington today will be on whether the U.S. Senate can mount the needed votes on health care reform.

Four key Republican U.S. senators — Rob Portman, Shelley Moore Capito, Cory Gardner, and Lisa Murkowski — said they would vote against any reform bill that fails to protect Americans who became eligible for coverage under the ACA's expansion of Medicaid, the government - run health program for the poor and disabled.

And she added that the city has an immigrant health initiative, passed legislation keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement off of Rikers Island and the Criminal Justice Reform Act — and has hosted events around the city «to really inform members of our community about their rights.»

Hundreds of thousands of residents from northeast Queens would be negatively affected by the U.S. House of Representatives» vote last week to repeal the sweeping health - care reform that became law last year, Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) said.

GLENS FALLS Veterans health care, rural broadband, tax reform and Obamacare will be among her top priorities in 2016, said U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.

The topics debated between Democrat John Zody and Republican Kyle Hupfer included the U.S. Senate race, tax and health care reform as well as redistricting.

The long and divisive fight over U.S. health care reform exposed basic weaknesses in the processes of governance.

Both systems are beset by ballooning costs and, especially with a presidential election on the horizon, calls for reform, but a recent study could put ammunition in the hands of people who believe it is time the U.S. ceased to be the only developed nation without universal health coverage.

This gap and the challenges it poses for American consumers, policymakers, and business leaders was a major impetus for healthcare reform in the U.S., including delivery reforms implemented as part of the Affordable Care Act,» said senior author Ashish Jha, K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard Chan School and Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI).

Responding to recommendations made in 2011 by an international review panel led by Elias Zerhouni, the former head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the agency launched a three - pronged reform effort that revamped its funding streams, the way researchers submitted proposals, and the way proposals are reviewed.

As the U.S. population ages and health insurance coverage grows under health reform, the need for primary care continues to rise.

The U.S. biomedical research system, including labs such as this one at the National Institutes of Health, is in need of reform, according to four prominent researchers.

Letter from C. Shuey to A. Kellermann, MD, MPH, Health Policy Fellow, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, October 22, 2007.

The U.S. Senate's version of proposed health care reform legislation includes an excise tax on so - called «Cadillac» health care plans, such as the plans that cover teachers and their family members.

For example, the proposed health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House funds health care reform by making large employers pay toward their workers» coverage and adds a modest surtax on the wealthiest Americans.

«The real value [now] we think is in U.S. health care» because stocks of companies in that sector have been punished over the past couple of years because of uncertainty about health care reform, and government regulation, he said.

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After all, U.S. corporations continue to fund their multi-million-dollar lobbying against health care and energy reform.

«A comprehensive resource about inequity and barriers in the U.S. health care system, and how the law impacts health care access: news stories, legal developments, regulatory action, health reform, policy reports and more...»

Regardless of the fate of health reform in the U.S., cost containment will continue to be vital to maximizing the value of our public spending.

This Week in Biotech was notable for the passage of comprehensive health reform legislation in the U.S..

As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded from FY2015 through FY2020.9

On the heels of a last - minute anti-abortion provision inserted into the U.S. House of Representatives health reform bill, newspaper editorials from across the country have echoed Planned Parenthood Federation of America's opposition to the Stupak amendment and have called on the Senate to reject the Stupak amendment.

On the heels of a last - minute anti-abortion provision inserted into the U.S. House of Representatives health reform bill, several U.S. Senators have expressed concern about the Stupak amendment.

The U.S. Congress is expected to be making key decisions next year on banks in real estate, affordable housing, energy reform, terrorism insurance, taxes, and bankruptcy reform — all issues of central importance to real estate markets and the health of communities.