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More Americans Back Than Oppose State Medicaid Expansions But, Like Many Governors, Public Splits Along Party Lines On The Federal Deficit, Public Wants Action But Still Resists Most Cuts and Sacrifices, Especially to Medicare WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A majority of Americans put the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges at the top of the priority list for health policy in their state this year, according to a survey released today by the...

Kidney Community Urges Congress to Prevent Additional Cuts to Medicare Dialysis Benefit, Vulnerable Patients' Care During Fiscal Cliff Discussions WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seven-time NBA All-Star Alonzo Mourning joined with representatives of Kidney Care Partners (KCP), a broad-based coalition and leading voice of the kidney community, on Capitol Hill today to announce significant improvements in patient care outcomes and urge Congress to maintain its...

After Posting More Than $88 Million in Profits UMass Memorial Medical Center Has Slashed its Nursing and Support Staff in the Last Two Years and Has Gone From Being the Best Staffed Hospital in the City to the Worst, While Also Posting Among the Lowest Rankings in the State for Quality Patient Care While Forcing Nurses to Work Under Rapidly Worsening Conditions, UMMMC Management is Adding Insult to Injury By Seeking to Cut the Nurses' Pension, Health Insurance and Time Off Benefits...

RTA Appreciates Agency's Recognition of Updated Radiation Oncology Equipment Costs, Pledges Continued Cooperation with CMS to Assess True Cost of Care in Freestanding Setting WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Radiation Therapy Alliance (RTA), which represents 225 community-based cancer care facilities in 21 states caring for approximately 80,000 cancer patients annually, commends the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for mitigating drastic cuts to...

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite recently sustaining $2.5 billion in federal public health spending cuts and facing billions more in cuts under sequestration, public health departments across the nation are racing to detect cases of meningitis associated with the ongoing widespread outbreak and ensure at-risk patients are contacted, properly counseled, and offered proper treatment, as well as monitoring the removal of any tainted vials of the...

Bipartisan House, Senate Groups Send Letters to HHS Secretary Sebelius to Stop Drastic Cuts WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Triggered by drastic reimbursement cuts proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for cancer radiation services, over one-quarter (28) of the U.S. Senate and more than 100 bipartisan U.S. Representatives have signed letters sent to Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, expressing serious concern...

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) has released a new report on how the federal sequester scheduled for Jan. 2, 2013, will affect public health, including such critical programs as childhood and adult vaccination, disaster preparedness and recovery, maternal and child health, and foodborne outbreak prevention and investigation. The report, "Potential Impact of Sequestration on Public Health," estimates...

The AIDS Institute Urges Congress and the President to Find Agreement to Prevent Devastating Cuts WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter sent to Congressional leaders today, The AIDS Institute outlined $538 million in automatic spending cuts that would occur due to sequestration to four federal programs that people with HIV/AIDS depend upon for their lifesaving care and treatment, or which work to prevent future HIV infections. Unless Congress and the...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA), the Association of Freestanding Radiation Oncology Centers (AFROC) and the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) today united to preserve access for thousands of patients stricken with cancer to life-saving cancer radiation treatments. LUGPA, AFROC and COA submitted commentary to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) addressing the drastic effect reimbursement cuts to...

McCain, others blast sequestration while proposing their own arbitrary Defense cuts LAS VEGAS, Aug. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans, led by Senator John McCain (AZ), are touring the nation, mourning the impact of sequestration on defense spending. On Monday, they will bring their act to the world's entertainment capitol. However, what Senator McCain and his Senate GOP colleagues Lindsay Graham (SC) and Kelly Ayotte (NH) will say...