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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>HHS to Release Report on the Future of CLASS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assistant Secretary of Aging Kathy Greenlee announced in a September 28 blog post that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will release a report in mid-October making recommendations about how to proceed with the CLASS program.]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Health Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 23 marks the first anniversary of the passage of the health reform law.]]></description>
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		<title>Webinars Provide Help to Avert Cuts to Home and Community-Based Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friday Morning Collaborative is hosting the second webinar in its series to provide information and resources that may assist state advocates in preventing cuts to home and community-based services (HCBS), while promoting the adoption of new options in the Affordable Care Act.]]></description>
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		<title>House Committee on Energy and Commerce Holds Hearing on the CLASS Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is holding a hearing on the CLASS ACT in Washington, DC, on March 17.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal to Weaken Medicaid Draws Opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many governors are requesting a repeal of the Affordable Care Act's maintenance of effort provisions, which prohibit states from making changes in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program eligibility requirements until 2014 for adults and 2019 for children.]]></description>
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		<title>GAO Report Details Extent of Elder Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elder abuse is a growing and largely unnoticed problem in the U.S., according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
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		<title>New Federal Funding for Home- and Community-Based Services Announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Approximately $4.3 billion in federal funds have been made available to help states establish and expand home- and community-based long-term services and supports for older adults and people with disabilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar and Home Care Provider Explain Health Care Reform&#8217;s Effect on Small Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This winter the Small Business Majority (SBM) sponsored a webinar in three regions on what the Affordable Care Act means for small business.]]></description>
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		<title>Long-Term Care Programs Fare Well in Obama Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the prevailing focus on the nation's debt and the tough fiscal choices it faces, many programs designed to provide long-term services and supports and improve the health care workforce fared well in the president's FY 2012 budget proposal.]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Advocacy Group &#8220;Shocked&#8221; by Florida Ombudsman Dismissal</title>
		<link>http://phinational.org/archives/consumer-advocacy-group-shocked-by-florida-ombudsman-dismissal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News that Brian Lee, the director of the Florida Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, was forced to resign from his position on February 14 brought an outcry from ombudsmen throughout the state and from the Consumer Voice.]]></description>
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