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Obama, Father-in-Chief, Hosts White House Conference on Bullying
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyFor a few hours on Thursday morning, President Obama donned the cap of America's "Father-in Chief," hosting the White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. Standing alongside the first lady, the president announced, "If there's one goal of this conference, it's to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It's not. Bullying can have destructive consequences for our young people." As evidence, the president recalled victims of bullying who had taken their own lives: "They felt like they had nowhere to turn, as if they had no ...
111 Charged in Medicare Scams Worth $225 Million
By not in system - AOL NewsMIAMI -- Federal authorities charged more than 100 doctors, nurses and physical therapists in nine cities with Medicare fraud Thursday, part of a massive nationwide bust that snared more suspects than any other in history. More than 700 law enforcement agents fanned out to arrest dozens of people accused of illegally billing Medicare more than $225 million. The arrests are the latest in a string of major busts in the past two years as authorities have struggled to pare the fraud that's believed to cost the government between $60 billion and $90 billion each year. Stopping Medicare's budget ...
Opinion: Winning the Future With Health Care Reform
By not in system - AOL NewsOn Tuesday, President Barack Obama outlined a plan to help America win the future. But some in Congress are still intent on refighting the political battles of the past two years by trying to repeal the health care law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. With millions of Americans already benefiting from the law, we can't afford to turn back now. If the law were repealed, as many as 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions would be vulnerable to being discriminated against by insurers. Any time these individuals changed jobs, retired, got divorced or started a business, ...
Will Food Safety Law Be Toothless Without Funding?
By Andrew Schneider - AOL NewsIt has taken 73 years to finally pass a meaningful bill to ensure the safety of America's food supply, which President Barack Obama made law tonight. The bill will assure Americans that they won't wind up in a hospital just because they sat down for a meal, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday. But the high hopes for safer food will mean little or nothing unless Congress comes up with the $1.4 billion required to enforce the changes. Glen Stubbe, Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT The food safety bill signed by the president will, among ...
New Rules Require Health Insurers to Spend More on Care
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Nov. 22) -- Insurance companies will have to spend 80 to 85 percent of consumers' premiums on direct patient care or send a rebate if they don't, under long-awaited rules issued today that were passed as part of the Obama administration's health care law. The 308 pages of regulations on what is known as the "medical loss ratio" may be technical, but Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called them "an important step to hold insurance companies accountable and increase value for consumers." Health plans now spend as little as 60 percent of premium dollars on ...
Feds Want Corpses, Rotting Teeth on Cigarette Packages
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(Nov. 10) -- Images of corpses, rotting teeth and diseased lungs will take up half the space on a pack of cigarettes, under federal proposals unveiled today. The graphic new labels are designed to scare smokers into quitting by showing what can happen to them. The warnings are required under a law passed last year that gave the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products. ...
HHS Plans Gruesome Images on Cigarette Packs to Warn of Health Risks
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyThe Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled its plan for placing new warnings on cigarette packs -- and it sure isn't pretty. Included are graphic images of dead bodies, cancer patients and diseased lungs, all intended to depict the health risks of smoking. The strong images are part of a requirement of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. In a statement, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius noted that each day nearly 4,000 youths try a cigarette for the first time and 1,000 become regular smokers. Tobacco causes 443,000 deaths each year and one-third of all cancer ...
Kathleen Sebelius Rips Anonymous Campaign Money As 'Dangerous'
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailySecretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius said the flow of "anonymous" funds in political campaigns this year is "dangerous" because it makes it difficult for voters to know whose money is supporting which candidates. Sebelius spoke to reporters Thursday morning at a breakfast hosted by The Christian Science Monitor. "I really think the untold story of 2010 is not the Tea Party or the health care bill or a number of these issues. It is the amount of money that is flowing in districts around the country, and particularly the amount of anonymous money,'' said Sebelius, who has ...
Obama Pregnancy Assistance Fund Awards $27 Million to Teens, Young Parents
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIn a bid to find common ground in the contentious abortion debate, the federal government on Wednesday awarded $27 million to a host of state programs aimed at assisting pregnant teenagers and young parents. These grants will offer states and Indian tribes "much needed assistance to support vulnerable teens and women who are pregnant and parenting," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "With this funding, states will link these families to health education, child care, and other supports that can help brighten the future of parents and their children." Specifically, ...
Opinion: A New Day for Health Care in America
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(Sept. 23) -- Today marks a turning point for health care consumers. As part of the new health insurance reform law, the Affordable Care Act, new patient protections will begin to take effect, ending some of the worst abuses of insurance companies and giving Americans important new rights. Thanks to these reforms, Americans with health insurance will have more security. Insurance plans will no longer be able to set lifetime dollar limits on your benefits or lock you out of medication and treatment you need. And your plan won't be able to cancel your policy because of an unintentional mistake ...
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