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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>The Affordable Care Act at Year Two</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/the-affordable-care-act-at-year-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Affordable Care Act has already helped direct-care workers, and there are more benefits still to come, writes PHI Government Affairs Director Carol Regan.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiations Between Oregon and Home Care Workers Stall Over Health Care</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/negotiations-between-oregon-and-home-care-workers-stall-over-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contract negotiations between Oregon and the union representing home care workers there have stalled over a state proposal to substantially raise the eligibility requirements for aides to receive health insurance.]]></description>
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		<title>CLASS Act Avoids Repeal</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/class-act-avoids-repeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CLASS program dodged another potentially fatal blow last week when a Republican-led repeal attempt was defeated in the Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates Hold Out Hope for CLASS Program</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/advocates-hold-out-hope-for-class-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mixed messages from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and the White House have left CLASS supporters confused as to whether the program will ever be realized.]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Consumer Coalition Urges Improvements to State Exchange Legislation</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/michigan-consumer-coalition-urges-improvements-to-state-exchange-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michigan Consumers for Healthcare held a press conference on October 11 to announce its support for a Senate bill to establish a state health insurance exchange and to offer recommendations on how to improve the legislation.]]></description>
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		<title>Institute of Medicine Releases &#8220;Essential Health Benefits&#8221; Recommendations to HHS</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/institute-of-medicine-releases-essential-health-benefits-recommendations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Institute of Medicine unveiled a report on October 7 that defines the "essential health benefits" that should be offered by insurance companies selling health plans in the new state-based exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Vaccinating Direct-Care Workers Helps Prevent Flu Outbreaks, Researchers Say</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/vaccinating-direct-care-workers-helps-prevent-flu-outbreaks-researchers-say/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/vaccinating-direct-care-workers-helps-prevent-flu-outbreaks-researchers-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A high rate of flu vaccination among direct-care workers helps to prevent flu outbreaks in long-term care facilities, according to a study published in the October issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.]]></description>
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		<title>Private Insurance Co-Pays Eliminated for Women&#8217;s Preventive Services</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/private-insurance-co-pays-eliminated-for-womens-preventive-services/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/private-insurance-co-pays-eliminated-for-womens-preventive-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly released federal guidelines on preventive health services for women outline services that insurance plans must cover without co-payments under the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Industry Group Will Not Seek Exemption to Health Reform&#8217;s Employee Coverage Mandate</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/industry-groups-will-not-seek-exemption-to-health-reforms-employee-coverage-mandate/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/industry-groups-will-not-seek-exemption-to-health-reforms-employee-coverage-mandate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Health Care Association, a leading long-term care industry group, has announced it will not seek an exemption from the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers with 50 or more full-time employees provide their workers with health coverage.]]></description>
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		<title>Media Outlets Report on Direct-Care Workers&#8217; Lack of Insurance</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/media-outlets-report-on-direct-care-workers-lack-of-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://phinational.org/archives/media-outlets-report-on-direct-care-workers-lack-of-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PHI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, numerous media outlets have taken note of the fact that many direct-care workers -- who provide the majority of paid hands-on care to elders and people with disabilities -- lack health coverage themselves.]]></description>
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