The Senate cleared the massive package by a 92-6 vote after the House approved the COVID-19 package by another lopsided vote, 359-53. The six Republican senators voting against the bill were Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rick Scott of Florida, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah and Ted Cruz of Texas.
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RadSite,™ a leading accrediting organization promoting performance and quality-based imaging practices, recognizes Garry Carneal's tenth anniversary as President and Chief Executive Officer. Carneal holds a master's degree from Yale University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Among other accomplishments, he oversaw the expansion URAC…
More than 1,500 at-risk elderly in Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, Miami, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa and West Palm Beach responded to the survey during special “Ask the Doctors” telephone town halls hosted by ChenMed during the past 10 days. The hyper-growth medical practice was recently spotlighted in a 400- person University of Miami research study…
—China hit back with reciprocal actions Tuesday against unnamed American officials in the latest back-and-forth, following a U.S. announcement of new visa restrictions on Chinese officials. The visa action came in response to a State Department announcement Monday that said the U.S. will deny visas to Chinese Communist Party officials whose policies or…
It is no news that many economies including Nigeria are currently in recession. This has been the troubling trend in Nigeria in recent times, where high price increases have been recorded in transportation, food cost, household needs, raw materials, pharmaceutical products, health care, motor cars, vehicle spare parts, equipment, and in prices of services amongst…
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth today issued the following statements after they successfully secured a provision in the fiscal year 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill that will stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture from terminating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for a group of supportive living facilities in…
Gavin Newsom said Monday that a projection model shows California could be facing nearly 100,000 hospitalizations within a month. “Another spike in cases in the winter holidays will be disastrous for our hospital system and ultimately will mean many more people simply won’ t be with us in 2021,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer bluntly…
—When a conservative organization announced plans this month to launch an election integrity operation in Georgia, the group’ s news release included a high-profile name: the chairman of the state’ s Republican Party. On Dec. 14, True the Vote announced it was launching an“ election integrity “campaign in Georgia as“ partners with Georgia GOP to ensure transparent,…
—People with private health insurance will see the nasty shock of“ surprise” medical bills virtually gone, thanks to the coronavirus compromise passed by Congress. “This has been a profoundly distressing pocketbook issue for families for years,” said Karen Pollitz, a health insurance expert with the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.“ Some of these bills are…
Andy Beshear, D- Kentucky, issued the following news on Dec. 21:. On Monday, the Governor showed images from the first long-term care residents in Kentucky to get a shot of the coronavirus vaccine authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Walgreens pharmacy team members will provide COVID-19 vaccinations in approximately 800 long-term care facilities…
This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period for disability benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: Senate Bill 578. CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. Senate.
Dec. 22– Even as President Donald Trump refuses to concede to President-elect Joe Biden and continues to falsely claim that the election was rigged against him, other Republican White House aspirants are quietly starting to look ahead to the 2024 race. Or, in the case of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, perhaps not so quietly.
Dec. 22— In the weeks leading up to the presidential election, Elizabeth Bartman and Elizabeth Weihman registered to vote as Republicans in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County officials said Monday. The man behind those applications, Bruce Bartman, now faces two felony counts of perjury, as well as one count of unlawful voting for successfully casting…
Last month, there were 7,581 homes sold in the state— 1,000 more than November 2019, according to statistics released Monday by the Wisconsin Realtors Association. At the start of this year, the national average for 30- year fixed-rate mortgages was 3.72%, according to Freddie Mac. Now Wisconsin is on pace to not only beat last year's home sales figures, but also set…
So as Congress neared agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package Monday, workers like Sherman tried to soldier on as the deadline for action in Washington, D.C.— and Christmas— neared. Sherman said she had more praise for the state's recent move to provide a $1,200 stimulus check than Congress' plodding machinations. “To be honest, with it taking so long…
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WASHINGTON- The U.S. Senate last night voted to pass a bipartisan spending deal that will increase federal funding for critical programs that benefit Hawai'i for fiscal year 2021. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, successfully advanced state priorities, which are now included in the final deal. “This appropriations…
DeFazio, Gosar, Nadler's Bipartisan Legislation to Curb Health Insurance Price Gouging and Promote Fair Competition Passes House and Senate. WASHINGTON– The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Peter DeFazio, Paul Gosar and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to rein in health insurance…
Kuster, DeGette Lead Letter Urging Department of Health and Human Services for Transparency, Best Practices In Medicare and ACA Contract Proposals. Annie Kuster and Diana DeGette sent a letter to Seema Verma, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services Administrator at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging for transparency in the upcoming…
