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Bipartisan Mental Health Bill Include Provider Licensing Reforms |
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers this week unveiled a bill expanding access to mental and behavioral healthcare services. According to a recent report published by the Health Resources and Services Administration, an estimated 122 million Americans, or 37% of the population, lived in 5,833 mental health professional shortage areas as of Mar. 31, 2021. …
Farmers will get new markets, options and more benefits of technology: PM Modi on farm reforms – india news
Amid the ongoing standoff between the Centre and the farmers who are agitating against the three new farm laws for the last 16 days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday championed the ongoing reforms and said these will open new avenues in front of the farmers. “We had seen walls between the agriculture sector and …
Gov. Kemp rolls out Washington-approved health-insurance reforms | Local News
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled a “Georgia-centric” health care reform plan Thursday based on newly won federal approval of two waivers to expand health-insurance coverage outside the provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Kemp joined Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in signing a waiver allowing Georgia to …
Breaking Down Barriers: Metro says its been ahead of the curve when it comes to police reforms
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minnesota earlier this year, set off a wave of racial unrest and street demonstrations across the country, including in Las Vegas. The police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the latest flashpoint in what has been a hot …
William Barr & FISA Renewal — Republicans Break with Barr, Urge Reforms before Reauthorization
Attorney General William Barr speaks in Washington, D.C., December 10, 2019. (Al Drago/Reuters) Republicans in both the House and the Senate are unhappy that attorney general William Barr wants a simple reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with sources telling National Review that GOP critics of FISA are “adamant” that serious reforms must be …
Mega reforms in medical education sector, e-cigarettes ban highlights of health ministry in 2019
New Delhi: The enactment of two key legislations, one aimed at ushering in mega reforms in the medical education sector and the other banning e-cigarettes were the major highlights of the Health Ministry in the outgoing year. In a huge step towards boosting the availability of human resources for the health sector, the ministry in …
Hospital opposition to state health care reforms foreshadows challenges for Congress
State lawmakers seeking to rein in health care costs are facing formidable pushback from hospitals, foreshadowing the obstacles a Democratic president and Congress would also face if they try to follow through on bold promises for health reform. As Democratic presidential candidates argue about the merits of “Medicare for All” versus a public option, states …
Are Value-Based, Whole-Person Healthcare Reforms Working?
Source: Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the White House/Wikimedia Commons Signed by Barack Obama in March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) tasked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) with improving the Medicare and Medicaid health …
Peru’s president dissolves Congress to push through anti-corruption reforms | World news
Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra has dissolved Congress to end a year-long battle with rightwing lawmakers over his anti-corruption campaign, but rebel legislators refused to leave the chamber as protests against them started across the country. Peru’s worst political crisis in two decades threatens unrest in the South American country and could bring lawmaking to a …
Trump’s idea on changing Social Security funding has the potential to break an impasse on much-needed reforms
President Trump has proposed a dramatic change to how Social Security is financed. But Trump’s controversial proposal to fund Social Security with income taxes rather than payroll taxes opens the door to reforms that both Democrats and Republicans might support. On Aug. 8, President Trump issued an executive order that would temporarily defer the collection …