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	<description>PHI works to improve long-term care -- by improving the jobs of home health aides, certified nurse aides, &#38; personal care attendants.</description>
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		<title>Cuts to California IHSS Program Halted</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge ordered a temporary halt to potentially disastrous cuts to California's In-Home Supportive Services program last week.]]></description>
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		<title>Super Committee Deadline Looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction -- better known as the "Super Committee" -- has only until November 23 to report out a deal to find $1.2 trillion in savings over the next ten years or face a "trigger" that would result in automatic cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>Ad Calls for Action on At-Risk Medicaid Long-Term Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 200 national organizations, including PHI, ran a newspaper ad in key Congressional districts urging readers to urge their Congress members not to cut Medicaid-funded long-term services.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds Turn Out at the Capitol to Support Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/hundreds-turn-out-at-the-capitol-to-support-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/hundreds-turn-out-at-the-capitol-to-support-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 21, hundreds of individuals with disabilities, direct-care workers, older adults, and others gathered on the West lawn of the U.S. Capitol to rally against cuts to Medicaid.]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates to Rally to Protect Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-to-rally-to-protect-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-to-rally-to-protect-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, September 21, thousands of advocates are expected to converge on Capitol Hill in a rally to defend Medicaid from severe cuts.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Super Committee&#8221; Will Likely Propose Medicaid Cuts, PHI Fact Sheet Reports</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/super-committee-will-likely-propose-medicaid-cuts-phi-fact-sheet-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/super-committee-will-likely-propose-medicaid-cuts-phi-fact-sheet-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A congressional "super committee" tasked with slashing $1.5 trillion from the federal budget will likely propose deep cuts to Medicaid, according to the newest PHI "Medicaid Matters" fact sheet.]]></description>
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		<title>CLASS Act at Risk of Repeal, Would Eliminate PCA Workforce Panel</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-repeal-would-jeopardize-access-to-ltss-eliminate-pca-workforce-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-repeal-would-jeopardize-access-to-ltss-eliminate-pca-workforce-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Six" have advanced a budget proposal that would repeal the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act.]]></description>
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		<title>PHI Submits Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-submits-workforce-investment-act-reauthorization-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/phi-submits-workforce-investment-act-reauthorization-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) due for reauthorization, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in June released a draft of the reauthorization bill for public comment.]]></description>
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		<title>Organizations Speak Out Against Medicaid Cuts</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/organizations-speak-out-against-medicaid-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/organizations-speak-out-against-medicaid-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 175 organizations, including PHI, have signed onto an advertisement placed in today's Roll Call which speaks out against proposed cuts to Medicaid.]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates, Policymakers Voice Support for Medicaid as Federal Deficit Negotiations Continue</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-policymakers-voice-support-for-medicaid-as-federal-deficit-negotiations-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-policymakers-voice-support-for-medicaid-as-federal-deficit-negotiations-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a standing-room-only briefing on Capitol Hill on June 10, advocates made their case to congressional staff about the harmful impact of cuts to Medicare and Medicaid on older adults.]]></description>
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