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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued by Doug Moore, Executive Director of the 65,000 member UDW Homecare Providers Union, in response to Gov. Brown's 2012-13 budget proposal for In Home Supportive Services (IHSS): "Gov. Brown, just like his predecessor, continues to try to use the IHSS program as a 'piggy bank' for budget cuts. IHSS cuts were wrong in 2008; they are just as wrong in 2012. His proposal to eliminate domestic...

Cuts to Key Programs Could Hurt Ability to Detect and Respond to Crises WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released the ninth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism today, which finds key programs that detect and respond to bioterrorism, new disease outbreaks and natural or accidental disasters are at risk due to federal and state budget...

HIV and AIDS funding faces up to 10 percent cuts in coming fiscal year Nearly half a million people would not have access to life-saving drugs WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As we approach World AIDS Day, life-saving funding is under attack from multiple fronts, and it couldn't come at a worse time. One of the world's biggest donors, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria canceled its next round of funding, because it couldn't secure enough donations....

The American College of Radiology is urging Congress to spare medical imaging services from potential Medicare funding cuts. Radiology faces potential Medicare reimbursement cuts from the proposed deficit reductions by the Supercommittee as well as in new regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services set to go into effect in January 2011. Having endured seven rounds of funding cuts in the past six years, physicians and patients alike are concerned about the impact these...

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) North Carolina today announced that North Carolina ranks 24th among all states in terms of mental health care budget cuts made between fiscal years 2009 and 2012, according to a national report issued today by NAMI. In light of this new report, NAMI North Carolina urges the General Assembly and members of Congress to continue protecting North Carolinians living with mental illness from additional...

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Texas has increased spending on mental health care by $39.8 million--4.3 percent--from 2009 to 2012, according to a national report issued by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO</font>) The amount does little to bring Texas in line with the average of other states on per capita mental health spending. Texas...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Illinois has cut $187 million from mental health care between 2009 and 2012 according to a national report issued by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO</font>) Proportionately, Illinois ranks number one in mental health budget cuts from FY11-FY12, but overall Illinois ranks the fourth worst in the nation, having...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nation's mental health crisis is continuing to deepen as a result of state budget cuts and shifts of funds to Medicaid, according to a special report released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (Logo: <font size="2" face="Arial">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO</font>) Examining budgets approved for 2012 by state legislatures around the country, the report documents a total...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD) and the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) will highlight the value of medical rehabilitation during a Congressional Briefing featuring individuals whose lives have been profoundly impacted by the benefits of rehabilitation care. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Lee Woodruff, co-founder of the Bob Woodruff Foundation, and Jordan Thomas, founder of the Jordan Thomas Foundation and CNN "Hero," will share...

New 50-State Survey Finds Cuts In Provider Payments And Changes In Delivery Of Services WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Faced with the end of stimulus money and a continuing weak economy, Medicaid officials in virtually every state are enacting a variety of cost cutting measures as states' spending for Medicaid is projected to increase 28.7 percent this fiscal year to make up for the loss of federal funds, according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation's...