Senate Bill Would Boost, Extend Federal COBRA ...       November 13, 2009
News: With hundreds of thousands of laid-off employees soon to lose a federal subsidy of their COBRA health insurance premiums, more lawmakers are introducing legislation to extend and increase the subsidy.
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Employers Shift Health Care Reform Fight to ...       November 10, 2009
News: The group Employers for a Healthy Economy, which is made up of 11 employer associations including small-business groups and the US Chamber of Commerce, spearheaded a $10 million, 19-state media blitz the week before the House vote. Though ...
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H1N1 Paid Sick Leave Splits Democrats, Advocacy ...       November 5, 2009
News: The House labor committee will hold a hearing on the Emergency Influenza Containment Act the week of November 16. It's unclear when or if a companion Senate bill will be introduced.
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Department of Health and Human Services Publishes ...       November 2, 2009
News: The interim final rule amends HIPAA's enforcement regulations to include new categories of violations and tiered civil penalties on covered entities, and revises limitations on the authority of the secretary to impose civil penalties for vi
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Defense Bill Extends Military Families' FMLA ...       November 2, 2009
News: President Barack Obama signs into law a Defense Department spending bill that further expands Family and Medical Leave Act coverage for families of employees in the military.
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Public Option Back at Center Stage as Health Care ...       November 2, 2009
News: After months of work, House Democratic leaders last week finished cobbling together a 1,900-page reform bill, pulling provisions from measures that three House committees passed this summer while amending, dropping and adding others, ...
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Value of Individual Health Care Coverage Mandates ...       October 27, 2009
News: Large-scale individual mandates are not necessarily the most effective way to get people to enroll in health insurance, a panel of experts says during a meeting of the Congressional Health Care Caucus.
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House Democrat Tells Medical Students Health Care ...       October 27, 2009
News: Addressing a regional meeting of the American Medical Student Association, Rep. Jan Schakowsky says health care reform legislation in the House has the correct architecture that will allow lawmakers 'to hang improvements on it as we go alon
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Reid to Seek Public Option Health Plan With Opt ...       October 27, 2009
News: The Senate's top Democrat says sweeping health overhaul legislation would include a national public health plan that allows states to determine whether or not they want to participate.
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