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Health Issues HCR

Health Information Technology - H.R.1952, the National Health Information Incentive Act of 2007; S.1408, the Health Information Technology Act of 2007; S.1693, the Wired for Healthcare Quality Act of 2007. Expanding health insurance coverage - HR2351, the Health Coverage Affordability, Responsibility, and Equity Act of 2007; HR506, the Health Partnership through Creative Federalism Act of 2007; S.325, the Health Partnership Act of 2007; HR3162, the Childrens' Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; S.1893, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007; HR1663, the Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2007; Medicare Physician Payment/Medicare reform - HR3162, the Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007; S1340, the Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007; Patient Centered Medical Home Demonstration project, Medicare's sustainable growth rate, pay-for-performance and quality improvement initiatives, Medicare Part D, ICD-10 Coding System, Medicare Advantage, increasing the tobacco tax; Professional Liability Reform - S243, the Medicare Access Protection Act of 2007; FY2008 Appropriations - HR3043, the FY2008 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act of 2007, AHRQ funding, Title VII funding, VA Medical and Prosthetics Research Program, ONCHIT funding, NIH funding; Student Debt Relief - S1066, the Medical Education Affordability Act of 2007; Healthcare in Underserved Areas - HR1332, the Small Business Lending Improvement Act of 2007; Physician Shortage/Graduate Medical Education - HR2584, the High-Need Physician Workforce Incentive Act of 2007; S588, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2007; HR410, the U.S. Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007; S896, the Physician Shortage Elimination Act of 2007; S1093, the Resident Physicians Shortage Reduction Act of 2007; Prospective Payment System; Public Health Issues - S1576, the Minority Health Improvement and Disparity Elimination Act of 2007; Healthcare disparities, increasing the tobacco tax, preventive care, vaccines.

Contacted: White House Office; UNDETERMINED; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1408 (110th), H.R. 410 (110th), H.R. 3162 (110th), S. 325 (110th), H.R. 2584 (110th), H.R. 1952 (110th), H.R. 1332 (110th), S. 1893 (110th), H.R. 506 (110th), H.R. 3043 (110th), H.R. 1663 (110th), S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 2351 (110th)