Health

Background

Background on Health

Latest News

HNR: Congress Enacts Medicaid and Education Aid Urgently Needed by States (8/11/10)
HNR: Pressure Mounts to Cut FY 2011 Domestic Appropriations;
Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Bill Approved in Full Committee (8/11/10)
HNR: House and Senate Set FY 2011 Spending Targets Lower Than President’s;
Spending Tight, but Some Growth in House Labor-HHS Appropriations (7/26/10)
HNR: Efforts to Provide Needed Relief to Unemployed and States Falling Short in the Senate (6/18/10)

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Policy Analyses and Research

CAP: The Importance of Community Health Centers: Engines of Economic Activity and Job Creation (8/9/10)
CAP: Interactive Map: Economic Benefits of Community Health Center. Projected Economic Activity and Jobs Created by Community Health Centers by State in 2015 (8/9/10)
CBPP: Health Reform Expands Medicaid Coverage for People with Disabilities (7/29/10)
Families USA Fact Sheet: How Health Reform Helps Low-Income Children (July 2010)
Families USA: Covering Pregnant Women: CHIPRA Offers a New Option (July 2010)

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Government Resources

The White House: The President's Health Care Proposal (2/22/10)
Status and text of H.R. 3010 the Fiscal 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (signed into law 12/30/05)
Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05)
The Medicaid Commission Report to HHS Secretary Recommending $11 Billion in Cuts (9/1/05)
Congressional Research Service: Medicaid Eligibility for Adults and Children (8/3/05)
House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-143 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill for FY 2006 (6/21/05)

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