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Obama administration officials have advanced a significant amount of cuts from Medicare and Medicaid in the debt ceiling talks — saying the money could come ...
A Government Accountability Office report finds that, although most physicians still accept some new Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Program ...
On June 12, 2011 hundreds of students and approximately 50 community members stood together in solidarity protesting, Representative John Boehner, who was picked to ...
The Obama administration’s bid to slash funding for training pediatricians at children’s hospitals is provoking intense protests from medical educators ...
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James C. Capretta takes a look at the health care debate, delving into plans by President Obama and Representative Paul Ryan and makes arguments for inconsistencies, ...
How were the British, public and legislative alike, able to champion the child poverty problem in a troubled economy? It's an accomplishment that seems almost magical ...
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Polls and our values tell us that no one wants to "balance the budget on the backs of children." So why is it so hard to get policymakers to invest in children's ...
Kaiser Health News compiles a selection of recently released health policy study and briefs regarding hospital care.
A news update on Americans's stance on debit limit, and how much they trust President Obama to protect health care.
Short on cash and time, officials in California and at least a dozen other states have turned to philanthropies to help pay for the extra work required under the ...
What does it mean to be "tough on crime"? Does "toughness" depend on how many people we imprison? Or should the indicator be whether our society combats crime at ...
MIllennial Budget
The Millennial generation is "stealing back the narrative" about what we need to solve the debt crisis and leave a strong, thriving country to our children and ...
Statement of Tobin Van Ostern, Health Care Advocacy Associate at Campus Progress, the youth outreach arm of the Center for American Progress, on new data showing a ...
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A blogger for the Kaiser Family Foundation also says that Medicaid and Medicare will be front and center in Washington debates this spring.
AMCHP's Director of Public Policy & Government Affairs talks about using scientific data and evidence to impact policy.
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CEO of the National Human Services Assembly, Irv Katz, discusses the current situation and challenges facing the many organizations within the nonprofit sector.
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First Focus put out a press release on Friday, April 15, 2011 announcing that Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced legislation that would provide an annual ...
Tara James
A look at what advocates need to know about what's in the House budget resolution for 2012.
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The House of Representatives' FY 2012 budget proposal is not a pathway to prosperity but instead a direct route to a vision of America that most of us don't want to ...
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As governors and legislatures in 44 states struggle to close budget gaps, a number of states are considering reducing or eliminating tax credits for working ...