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Byline: By, Tom Mack Labour's Liz Kendall has welcomed the budget announcements made today Wednesday, which include the government's Get Britain Working plan. Ms Kendall, who is the MP for [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Illinois Senator Richard J. Durbin: ù U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with leadership staff at Gibson Area Hospital [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the office of Georgia Rep. Earl L. Buddy Carter: The House Budget Committee today passed the HEALTH Panel Act, led by [...]

St. Louis, MO -- The following information was released by the American Optometric Association: The AOA supports a Senate bill introduced Aug. 1 that would allow for greater flexibility and [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Arkansas Senator John Boozman: Measure Also Provides $128.5 Million for Pilot Training Center at Ebbing Airbase The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation […]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by New York Senator Charles Schumer: Senator Says Fed Investment Will Strengthen Health of Madison County With New Facilities, Protecting Local Jobs, and [...]

On May 17, the Senate Finance Committee released a long-awaited white paper describing its legislative effort focused on bolstering chronic care through physician payment. Following a committee hearing April 11, [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the American Hospital Association (AHA): Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Ranking Member Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, released a white [...]

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) announced $15,006,569 in direct federal funding for local projects in Prince George's [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Maryland Senator Ben Cardin: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.), a member of the Appropriations [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen: Legislation signed into law by President Biden Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, a member of the [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Maryland Senator Ben Cardin: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, a member of the Appropriations Committee, (both D-Md.) announced [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo delivered the following remarks at a hearing [...]

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The following information was released by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS): We appreciate the leadership and hard work that have gone into the many [...]

SACRAMENTO, CA -- The following information was released by the California Hospital Association (CHA): What's happening: On Jan. 20, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) published its spending [...]

Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, stressed the critical importance of supporting adequate funding for the Konsulta package of the Philippine Health Insurance [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association: The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement on today's vote in the Senate [...]

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following information was released by the Food Marketing Institute: Today, FMI -- The Food Industry Association expressed appreciation to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee for passing [...]

Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Monday assured cancer patients, their families, and cancer specialists that the House will find ways to fund projects meant to alleviate their plight and [...]

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The following information was released by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS): NACDS is applauding the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance for scheduling action on [...]

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured major victories for Wisconsins agriculture industry and rural communities in the Senates bipartisan Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP): by AHIP Washington, D.C. -- (June 8, 2023) -- Today, AHIP submitted testimony to the Senate [...]

Sen. Chuck Grassleys (R-Iowa) leadership on rural health care was praised by a bipartisan group of senators and witnesses yesterday at a Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing on improving health care [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Iowa Senator Charles Grassley: Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) leadership on rural health care was praised by a bipartisan group of senators and [...]

Recognizing that military service is often a family affair that requires sacrifice from family members as well as service members, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is renewing his push to [...]

Byline: Simon Johnson ScottiSh Political Editor NICOLA STURGEON must use the extra PS1.5billion handed to her government in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement to tackle the crisis enveloping Scotland's struggling NHS, [...]

ST. LOUIS, MO -- The following information was released by the American Optometric Association (AOA): Medicare physicians can expect a 2% cut on Jan. 1, down from an expected 8.4% [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced the South Carolina projects that were included in the [...]

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $3,435,067 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the American Hospital Association (AHA): The Senate Finance Committee last week released draft legislation to improve mental health parity and access [...]

Byline: Edward Helmore and agencies Joe Biden's $740bn package tackling climate, the deficit and healthcare that has just passed the Senate and is almost certain now to become law is [...]

Helsinki: Helsinki Municipality, Finland has issued the following news release: The division met on 19.9. and decided to present to the city government the approval of the social, health and [...]

For years - sorry, decades - Canadians have argued over how to improve the health of Canada's health care system. Supporters of the medicare status quo, on the centre and [...]

Senator John Hoeven today outlined the importance of access to health care in rural communities at Unity Medical Center (UMC) in Grafton. The senator met with health care providers and [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities: By Samantha Jacoby, Chuck Marr and Chad Stone The Inflation Reduction Act before the Senate [...]

Governor John Carney, U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, as well as Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) visited the New Castle County Police Athletic League today to announce [...]

Byline: Hilda Mhagama in Dodoma THE Ministry of State in the President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government yesterday tabled 8.7tri/- budget proposal for the 2022/23 fiscal year, which focuses [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by California Senator Dianne Feinstein: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today applauded Senate passage of the fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill that includes [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the office of Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur: Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) released the following statement on the House passage of [...]

Today, at a U.S. Senate Finance Committee Hearing, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) called for comprehensive mental health reform that will improve mental health services for Nevadans and Americans [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto: Earlier Today, Cortez Masto Was Named Subcommittee Chair of Senate Finance Committee Effort to Overhaul America's [...]

U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced $960,444 [...]

Byline: Mike DeBonis Here we are, once again: Federal spending is set to expire on March 23, leaving Congress a week to negotiate and pass a bill to keep the [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the office of New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez: As Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands face a growing health care crisis, [...]