Congress

FY 2013 CR: House Bill Brings Smiles to GOP
   The House easily approved a FY 2013 continuing resolution
posted 3/7/13 8:09 PM  read complete story

Health Funding Part of VAWA Renewal
   The House finally joins the Senate in approving a major overhaul of the Women Against Violence Act (S 47), while focusing on law enforcement and crime prevention, does include several health provisions
posted 3/1/13 11:14 AM  read complete story

Public Health Emergency Preparedness Funds Renewed
   Congress approves HR 307, which reauthorizes public health and emergency preparedness programs
posted 3/1/13 11:03 AM  read complete story

Senate to Vote on Demo, Research Grants to Reduce Premature Births
   The Senate Education, Health and Labor Committee approves S 252, which would authorize a variety of grant programs designed to reduce premature and pre-term births.
posted 2/15/13 08:15 AM  read complete story

CHF Legislative Briefs
   CHF Legislative Briefs
posted 2/15/13 08:03 AM  read complete story

Fiscal cliff and sequestration: No one seems ready to “blink”
   It's getting harder not to think that only a last minute deal, under political pressure, will force Democrats and Republicans to come to any agreement on sequestration and the fiscal cliff before the March 1 deadline.
posted 2/15/13 07:35 AM  read complete story

Sequestration Inching Closer, As GOP, Dems Try to Find at Least Short-Term Solutions
   At a hearing on government waste and fraud, Rep. John Mica (R-FL), chairman of theHouse government operations subcommittee, made clear that he felt it was likely that sequestration was going to take effect.
posted 2/7/13 09:35 AM  read complete story

Primary Care: More Must Be Done, But Short-Term Funding a Challenge
   Witnesses and members of the Senate healthcare subcommittee all agreed that more needs to be done to help increase access to primary care, but members of the subcommittee also warned of the perceived and actual cost of some of the potential solutions
posted 1/29/13 12:26 PM  read complete story

House Passes Emergency Health Programs Renewal
   The House approved the first major health bill of the year, easily approving legislation (HR 307) reauthorizing
posted 1/25/13 10:43 AM  read complete story

GME Payments Moving Through Congress
   Legislation to reauthorize the Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education Program appears to be on the fast track
posted 1/25/13 10:39 AM  read complete story