Annual Award Presented by Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) for Dedication to Promoting Healthcare Access for All WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) - a national non-profit organization that seeks to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability relative to their diagnoses of life threatening or debilitating diseases - presented The Healthcare Hero Award to Representatives Joe Courtney (D-2nd-CT) and Allyson Schwartz (D-13th-PA) during the organization's 11th Annual Patient Congress Dinner Symposium last night in Washington, D.C.

Children's Health Protection Act Will End Pre-Existing Coverage Limitations for Children With Private Insurance, Safeguard Access to Care for Children With Chronic Illness WASHINGTON, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) - a national, non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of creating avenues of improved patient access to health care through public policy reform at the state and federal levels - today praised Senators Frank R.

Rockefeller-Schwartz Bill Will End Insurance Coverage Exclusions for Preexisting Conditions WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) -- a national, non-profit organization dedicated to the mission of creating avenues of improved patient access to health care through public policy reform at the state and federal levels -- today praised Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) for introducing the "Preexisting Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2009" which will protect Americans at risk of being denied health insurance coverage as a result of preexisting conditions. "Because of gaps in current law, many Americans suffering from chronic, disabling, and life-threatening conditions either have no health insurance coverage or are continuously at risk of losing the coverage they have," said Nancy Davenport-Ennis, President and CEO of NPAF.

By Associated Press Two veteran U.S. senators said Monday they plan to hold hearings in response to an Associated Press investigation into the presence of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the drinking-water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. Also, U.S. Rep.

By Jill Porter, Philadelphia Daily News Nov. 10--THE PHONES at home are silent again. The maddening invasion of political robo-calls is silenced. For now. And now it's time, before our fury abates, to turn the tables.