Sentences with phrase «national health bill»

It's a fascinating story and one that offers hope that we can not only make progress against a litany of diseases, but also — just maybe — begin to reverse our soaring national health bill.

Not exact matches

For all the heady talk about universal health coverage and / or «Medicare for all,» companies know they're stuck holding a good chunk of the national $ 3.3 trillion medical bill — a bill that has been growing like a parasitic «tapeworm,» as Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett described it in the companies» joint press release.

In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the president in March, as well as for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with women's health care and increased environmental standards for damaged national infrastructure.

It seems unfair — or at least unfortunate — that New Mexico governor and fellow Democratic candidate Bill Richardson has been left out of the national conversation about Hillary Clinton's health insurance initiative.

Theatrics aside, Sanders» bill would create a national health insurance program managed by the federal government and modeled on the current Medicare program.

In 2015, the most recent year for which the National Center for Health Statistics has data, the bill totaled $ 9,990 for every man, woman and child in the country.

The recent fight over taxpayer funding of abortion in the national health - care bill revealed not only that pro-life Democrats exist in the U.S. Congress but also that they come in three distinct types: stalwarts, sellouts, and snakes.

The American Public Health Association, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have given their support to the bill.

The best thing to happen over the next week from an Arsenal fan's point of view would be for the manager of the Chile national team to err on the side of caution and not play our striker Alexis Sanchez in their World Cup qualifier and for the former Barcelona star to arrive back in London with a clean bill of health.

When drafting the bill, Cheh pulled together dozens of national and local health and fitness experts.

As has been chronicled by nutrition, hunger, medical, national security, education and community organizations across the country, the bill is harmful to children's health, heaps administrative costs on schools, and plans to bury parents in more bureaucratic red tape, all while subsidizing well - off children at the expense of our less fortunate kids who need help.

The bill, which would require surrogates to undergo medical and psychological screenings and intended parents to have a join consultation with a mental health professional, reflects input from various community groups, including LGBT advocacy organizations such as the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the Family Equality Council, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).

President Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm of criticism of Democrats involved in tense negotiations on a spending bill to keep the government open, accusing them of trying to close national parks and jeopardize the safety of U.S. troops over demands to provide Americans with health care.

Veteran New York campaign consultant Hank Sheinkopf — who worked with President Bill Clinton and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, among others — told BuzzFeed News that he thought Richards should run in California or New York, to «help set the national agenda on women's health discussion or even act to attract the flack from abortion opponents.»

Three years after First Lady Chirlane McCray launched her signature $ 850 million ThriveNYC mental health initiative, she is tapping Alexis Confer — who has worked on Mayor Bill de Blasio's successful universal pre-kindergarten initiative, on national gun reform and on former President Barack Obama's campaign — to serve as the initiative's first - ever executive director.

Cuomo, who has also been mentioned as a potential Democratic presidential candidate, for the first time not only said he believes a national program is a good idea, but also that he'd sign a state single - payer health care bill.

Just know that none of these Conservative candidates nor Ms. Gillibrand have significantly taken a line drawn in the sand on 1) writing their own jobs bill for national consequence 2) Fracking position definitively 3) Major student loan reform 4) Raising minimum wage 5) Single Payer Health Care, or bringing back Glass - Steagall.

The purpose of my Bill is not to deny healthcare to foreign nationals, but to ensure that reciprocal arrangements we have with European Economic Area nations, and other countries, are properly used so the British health budget is not unfairly burdened.

The health and social care bill published today contains plans to keep parents of children participating in the national child measurement programme informed about weight details.

Science and Technology — Subject: Clinical trials Witness (es): Professor Karol Sikora, Medical Director of Cancer Partners UK and Dean, University of Buckingham Medical School and Simon Denegri, NIHR National Director for Public Participation and Engagement in Research and Chair, INVOLVE; Tracey Brown, Managing Director, Sense About Science and Dr Helen Jamison, Deputy Director, Science Media Centre; Sir Kent Woods, Chief Executive,, Dr Janet Wisely, Chief Executive, Health Research Authority, Bill Davidson, Acting Deputy Director and Head of Research Standards and Support, Department of Health and Peter Knight, Deputy Director, Head of Research Information and Intelligence, Department of Health Location: Room 8, Palace of Westminster

After taking a pass on challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand despite the fact that multiple polls showed him to be the Republican most likely to defeat her, Pataki launched a national PAC — Revere America — to spearhead a national petition drive calling for repeal of the health care reform bill.

Another review next year by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health could still add cancer to the Zadroga bill - and answer Jennifer McNamara's prayers.

In addition, I have signed on as a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill in Congress that directs the National Institute of Health to prioritize research of Scleroderma, aiding in this effort,» said Congressman Chris Gibson (NY - 19).

NYC Well will collaborate with the national Disaster Distress Helpline to strengthen mental health outreach On Saturday, Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray joined will.i.am and the Black Eyed Peas in the Bronx to announce a new -LSB-...]

The NDC did not believe in the National Health Insurance Scheme; they demonstrated the level of disbelief by walking out of Parliament when the NHIS Bill came to Parliament and it was passed without their input and came into operation in 2004.

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The Queen's Speech today confirmed the government will bring forth a bill «to strengthen the National Health Service».

The proposals for the National Health Service Reform Bill are based on recommendations from Lord Darzi's «NHS Next Stage Review».

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The Queen's Speech today confirmed an NHS reform bill, «to strengthen the National Health Service,» as part of the government's legislative program for the coming year.

«The federal ministry of health and federal ministry of Women and Social Development should lobby the National Assembly to pass the standing bills on Social Work currently in the House of Representatives, National Assembly, Abuja.

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Both candidates were already familiar faces on national TV before the campaign: Cuccinelli became a tea party favorite by leading the legal challenge to President Obama's health - care initiative, and McAuliffe was prominent as a fundraiser for President Bill Clinton and Democratic party chairman.

«After maxing out the national credit card on a failed Stimulus bill and a government - run health care bill, they want more,» McConnell said in the Republican party's weekly address.

Also, the National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. John Onyebueze, chided the Senate for allegedly throwing away a bill that would have set up the office of the Surgeon General or Chief Medical Officer of the federation, which would assess the health status of any political office holder and give authoritative statements on their health status.

The Green Party say they are «the only party committed to keeping the NHS in public hands» - and along with the National Health Action Party, have at least both signed up to the new NHS Reinstatement Bill.

Beaudet's retreat should restore some community faith, said Bill Tholl, president and CEO of HealthCareCAN in Ottawa, the national federation of hospital and academic health care organizations.

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In February 1998, bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel had to leave President Bill Clinton's bioethics panel on his appointment as chair of the bioethics department at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md..

The research was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

That funding could be folded into the annual appropriations bill to fund the National Institutes of Health or be part of several measures aimed at speeding medical innovation that Congress may take up after the election.

The scale of this initiative, funded largely by Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization (WHO), Unicef, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many national governments, is unprecedented.

The bill does allocate $ 1 million for a «contract» between the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products and the National Academy of Medicine to conduct a more thorough study of the health effects of e-cigarettes and suggest how federal funds should be spent on future e-cigarette research.

One of the biggest winners in the 2016 omnibus spending bill is the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Instead, Congress could eliminate the Dickey - Wicker rule, which each year since 1996 has been passed as part of the appropriations bill funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

The government should also convene a national summit to develop a new «health and life sciences action plan,» argues Bill Tholl, president and CEO of HealthCareCAN in Ottawa, the national federation of hospital and academic health care organizations.

On Capitol Hill, a report accompanying the Labor / Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appropriations bill recommends that when a journal accepts a paper generated with NIH support, a copy be sent to PubMed Central, the NIH National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) archive of full - text articles.

Andrew J Tatem is supported by funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1106427, 1032350, OPP1117016), the Clinton Health Access Initiative, National Institutes of Health, a Wellcome Trust Sustaining Health Grant (106866 / Z / 15 / Z), and funds from DFID and the Wellcome Trust (204613 / Z / 16 / Z).

A draft spending bill released today by a House of Representatives subcommittee would give the National Institutes of Health (NIH) a flat budget of $ 30.6 billion in 2013.

The research was also funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates through the Global Good Fund, the National Institutes of Health, and the Division of Gastroenterology at Brigham and Women's Hospital.