WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Communication in medicine

H.R. 1014, The Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act - Cost per Average Family: $1.65

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1014 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women....

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S. 3563, The Security Assistance Act of 2008

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3564 would authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2009 and 2010....

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S. 3570, The Public Health Coordinating Council Act

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3570 would establish a National Public Health Coordinating Council to assess the impact of Federal health-related socio-economic and environmental policies across Federal agencies to improve the public's health....

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H.R. 2994, The National Pain Care Policy Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.11

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2994 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care....

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H.R. 3963, The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1239.27

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3963 would amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program....

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S. 3387, The National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3387 would amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to pain care....

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S. 3409, The Drug and Device Accountability Act of 2008

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3409 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety and quality of medical products and enhance the authorities of the Food and Drug Administration....

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P.L. 110-275, The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.29

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6331 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, it would improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, it would enhance low-income benefit programs, and it would maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access....

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S. 3118, The Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $25.55

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3118 would amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas....

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P.L. 110-285, The Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.09

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1553 would amend the Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness of pediatric cancers....

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H.R. 6089, The Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6089 would amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia....

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H.R. 5923, The Patients' Health Care Reform Act

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5923 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a refundable and advancable credit against income tax for health insurance costs, and it would allow employees who elect not to participate in employer subsidized health plans an exclusion from gross income for employer payments in lieu of such participations....

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S. 2911, The Infant Immunization Improvement Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2911 would improve vaccination rates among children....

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H.R. 5901, The Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5901 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate contributing factors to disparities in breast cancer treatment through the development of a uniform set of consensus-based breast cancer treatment performance measures for a 6-year quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system under the Medicare Program....

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H.R. 5885, The Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2008

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5885 would promote a better health information system....

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H.R. 5897, The Travel Trailer Residents' Health Registry Act

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5897 would establish a health registry to ensure that certain individuals who may have been exposed to formaldehyde in a travel trailer have an opportunity to register for such registry and receive medical treatment for such exposure....

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H.R. 5835, The Health Promotion FIRST Act

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5835 would provide for increased planning and funding for health promotion programs of the Department of Health and Human Services....

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H.R. 5808, The Women's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Act of 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5808 would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop multidisciplinary research centers regarding women's health and disease prevention....

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P.L. 110-374, The Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.18

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1810 would amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions....

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P.L. 110-204, The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.07

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1858 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and it would reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act....

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H.R. 3825, The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.84

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3825 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, and it would reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act....

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S. 2790, The Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act of 2008

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2790 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of comprehensive cancer care planning under the Medicare program and to improve the care furnished to individuals diagnosed with cancer by establishing a Medicare hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs, provider education, and related research....

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S. 2773, The Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2773 would amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of pediatric research consortia....

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H.R. 5592, The Border Health Security Act of 2008

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5592 would establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the border area....

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S. 2618, The Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments Act of 2008

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2618 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss Facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies....

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