On Capitol Hill

A Call for More Help with Primary Care Training
   Testifying before the Senate Education, Health and Labor Committee, Rebecca Spitzgo, association administration for the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Clinical Recruitment, affirms the need for additional resources to address health workforce
posted 4/25/13 6:56 PM  read complete story

President, House GOP Continue to Spar Over Deficit Reduction
   While members of both parties are trying to reach out to those on the other side to come up with a deficit reduction plan that's realistic enough not to be declared "dead on arrival," thus far signs of progress are few and far between.
posted 12/7/12 10:04 AM  read complete story

Stalemate May Be Over on Public Health Funding Dispute -- For Now
   The Senate was unable to agree to a Democratic plan that would retain the current subsidy for student loan interest rates without having to pay for it by eliminating the Prevention and Public Health Fund, as the House did.
posted 6/1/12 1:57 PM  read complete story

Stalemate Over Prevention, Public Health Funding Continues
   The Senate was unable to agree to a Democratic plan that would retain the current subsidy for student loan interest rates without having to pay for it by eliminating the Prevention and Public Health Fund, as the House did.
posted 5/30/12 10:23 AM  read complete story

GOP Budget Calls for Major -- and We Do Mean Major -- Cuts in Spending
   The details of the House GOP budget plan are less important than the fact it means the two parties will again fight tooth-and-nail over FY 2013 appropriations. That will increase the chances
posted 3/22/12 1:40 PM  read complete story

House Votes to Repeal CLASS Program
   The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday (Feb. 1) approved HR 1173, in effect repealing the Community Living Assistance Services and Support program, also known as the CLASS Act, the long-term insurance program authorized under the Affordable Care Act.
posted 2/2/12 4:38 PM  read complete story

Rural Health Conference: Lots of General Support, But What about Funding?
   At the National Rural Health Association's legislative summit, members of Congress from both parties emphasized the need to ensure that care in rural
posted 2/1/12 2:02 PM  read complete story

State of the Union: Health Care to Be Among Priorities, though Details are lacking
   President Obama's State of the Union address made it clear that healthcare is an issue that will take center stage this year.
posted 1/25/12 11:02 PM  read complete story

Conferees Begin Debate on Medicare, Other Health Funding Cuts
   House-Senate conferees officially met for the first time Jan. 24 to begin discussing HR 3630, legislation designed to extend a federal payroll tax holiday.
posted 1/25/12 10:59 PM  read complete story

(CONGRESS) Bipartisan Attempt to Revise Medicare Program Introduced
   Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a joint proposal to fundamentally change the Medicare program
posted 12/16/11 09:26 AM  read complete story