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Immigration, Not ACA, Holds Up FY 2015 Appropriations

Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), while acknowledging that the current debate over FY 2015 funding focuses more on immigration and less on health reform, notes that "next year, with a GOP House and GOP Senate, we'll be in a stronger position" to take action to limit or repeal the Affordable Care Act.

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Seblius to Resign as HHS Chief Executive

Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Seblius is resigning, an unnamed White House official tells the Associated Press on Thursday (April 10).

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Mental Health and Medicaid

In our recent audio conference on mental health and drug abuse funding, we noted it is often hard to get Medicaid coverage for certain mental health services.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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