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MINNEAPOLIS, April 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today issued a letter to governors and independent insurance commissioners asking each state to express their interest in participating in the temporary high-risk pool program established by the new health insurance reform law. States were provided a number of options for participation including building upon existing state high-risk pools. Secretary Sebelius...
TUCSON, Ariz., March 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) became the first medical society to sue to overturn the newly enacted health care bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). AAPS sued Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (AAPS v. Sebelius et al.). "If the PPACA goes unchallenged, then it spells the end of freedom in medicine as we know it," observed Jane Orient, M.D., the Executive...
A New Congress Is Needed to Restore Abortion Funding Neutrality WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the House of Representatives passed the Senate health care bill with a multitude of abortion funding provisions and passed the reconciliation bill to increase funding for one abortion funding program. Neither contained conscience protections previously approved by the House. Family Research Council Action President Tony Perkins responded with the following comments:...
President Broke Campaign Promise to Broadcast Health Care Meetings on C-SPAN; Held Private Health Care Discussions with Vice President Biden, HHS Secretary Sebelius, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and Union Officials WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the Obama Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to obtain documents...
WASHINGTON, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 7th World Health Care Congress, a gathering of 1,800 senior executives from all industry sectors, is pleased to announce U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to keynote on April 12, 2010 in Washington, D.C. Secretary Sebelius will be joined by Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf. The address will focus on the Obama administration's health reform agenda. WHAT: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius keynote...
Benjamin joins Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Phill Wilson and Greg Millett among the roster of speakers. WASHINGTON, March 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin will address the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) annual conference on Health Disparities, March 4-6, 2010, at the Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Kaiser Family Foundation, 1330 G. Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Dr. Benjamin joins U.S. Secretary of Health and...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania is ready to provide medical and humanitarian care for some critically injured Haitian earthquake victims, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today after sending a letter to the U.S. departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security. "Pennsylvania is keenly aware of the dire situation faced by so many Haitians who were critically injured during the January 12 earthquake and its aftershocks," Governor Rendell said...
Summit Brings Private and Public Sectors, Law Enforcement Together to Fight Fraud WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today joined private sector leaders, law enforcement personnel and health care experts for a landmark National Summit on Health Care Fraud. The summit is the first national gathering on health care fraud between law enforcement and the private and public...
Perkins Warns Houston "Abortion Super Center" Will Be Prototype Under President Obama's Health Care Plan HOUSTON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An estimated 10,000 people converged on Houston, Texas today for a pro-life prayer rally and march across from the nation's largest abortion facility. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, joined Lou Engle of The Call to Conscience in Houston today to rally pro-life Americans from across the country. Several Hispanic and...
Complaint filed against HHS Secretary to Preserve Patient Access to Cardiology Care WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Cardiology (ACC) today announced that it filed a complaint against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in United States District Court. The complaint alleges that Secretary Sebelius, in her capacity as the HHS Secretary, unlawfully adopted the payment rates for cardiology services in the 2010...
