President Obama has released a proposed budget outline for 2010 that includes a downpayment on universal health care coverage. Obama identified eight key principles for health care reform: Aim for universality Maintain choice of insurance and doctors Ensure affordable coverage Protect Americans financial health Invest in prevention and wellness Improve patient safety and quality of [...]
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Obama Proposes Downpayment Toward Universal Coverage
Posted on 26 February 2009.
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Disabled Kansans Fight for Caregiver Pay Amid Budget Crunch
Posted on 26 February 2009.
As Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is considered for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration, an AP story that appeared in The Kansas City Star on Feb. 11 (“Invisible Kansans”) highlights the predicament of the nearly 4,000 Kansas residents who suffer from developmental disabilities and fear the state’s current [...]
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Pioneer Network Hosts Small House Webinar Series
Posted on 26 February 2009.
The Pioneer Network is offering a webinar series for those interested in learning more about attached and detached small houses and smaller environments as ways to create home for those needing long-term care. The three-part webinar series starts March 5 and is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Topics include: The Essential Elements of [...]
Solis Confirmed as Secretary of Labor
Posted on 26 February 2009.
After weeks of delay caused by concerns over her pro-labor background and her husband’s taxes, the U.S. Senate has finally confirmed Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor. She will manage an agency with an annual budget of about $53 billion and nearly 17,000 employees, according to the Associated Press. Solis, who had been serving in [...]
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Report Highlights Need for HCBS Policy Reform
Posted on 26 February 2009.
The Center for Personal Assistance Services (PASC) has issued a report titled Home and Community-Based Services: Public Policies to Improve Access, Cost, and Quality that offers suggestions for improving policy at both the state and federal levels.
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PHI’s Kahn Offers Commentary at Women’s eNews
Posted on 20 February 2009.
A guest commentary by PHI communications director Karen Kahn called “Now Is the Time to Invest in America’s Caregivers” has been published at Women’s eNews. A global feminist news service, Women’s eNews has been closely covering the impact of the worldwide economic crisis and proposed recovery strategies on women. Kahn says of The American Recovery [...]
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