The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a letter to State Medicaid Directors rescinding 2016 guidance that specifically restricted states’ ability to take certain actions against […]
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Celebrate DNA Day With Noon CT Twitter Chat
April 25 is National DNA Day! Celebrate by joining in as NASA Astronaut Dr. Kate Rubins teams up with NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, NHGRI Director Dr. Eric Green and the National Human Genome Research […]
Insist President & Congress Get Real About Health Care Reform
While disability, illness or death eventually come to all families, Mr. Obama and other Presidents, Congress members, and to a lesser extent, their staffs use billions of dollars of Americans’ tax dollars to get special benefits, perks and privileges that help insulate them and their families from these challenges even as they adopt and enforce an epidemic of rules administered by thousands of newly hired bureaucrats who also enjoy many of those same special benefits, perks and privileges denied to taxpaying Americans they wont apply to themselves. Americans should not allow or trust any President or member of Congress to make important decisions about health care, jobs or war when the leader passes laws or supports silly rules.
Logon & Password Creation For Personal Accounts Lend Significance To Consumer Security Concerns About Using HHS Health Insurance Exchange Portal
Report Raises Questions About Security Of Sensitive Personal Information Americans Will Share With HHS Exchange Portal The reported finding that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has yet to complete the necessary security […]
OIG Questions Security For American’s Personal Information On HHS Health Insurance Exchange-Data Services Hub
A report released today by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) raises serious questions about whether Americans should accept the opportunity made available by HHS for the first time today to establish a personal account and begin entering their data into HHS data banks in preparation to apply for health care coverage through health insurance exchanges to be created under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act when enrollment begins on October 1, 2013. In light of the OIG findings, Americans concerned about protecting their personal information may want to hold off entering information on the Healthcare.gov website and to share their concerns with HHS and Congress.
House Leaders Plan To Work Out Differences In 3 Versions of Health Care Reform Legislation Passed By Key Committees During Recess
Democratic Leaders in the House of Representatives plan to hammer out differences three versions of the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200) as separately passed by three key House Committees in July before House members return from their August recess in hopes of bringing the agreed to version of H.R. 3200 to the full house in September. Learn where to review different versions passed by these Committees here.
The Real Opportunities To Improve Health Care- A 10 Step Program
To really make a difference, Congress and Americans need to stop pretending that they can waive a magic wand and “fix” health care. There are no easy fixes. There are just a series of tough realities and steps that all Americans have to embrace. The following are 10 key realities:
Democrats Plans To Fast Track Health Care Reform Enactment Requires Concerned Americans Speak Up Now!
Americans concerned about plans of President Obama and Congressional Democrats to enact comprehensive health care reform this year must speak up now. Seeking to speed the Democratic version for health care reform through Congress this summer, Senator Edward M. Kennedy and other members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) are holding hearings this week in anticipation of a scheduled June 16 mark up a 625 page proposal to radically reform the U.S. health care system set forth in “Affordable Health Choices Act.