Tag: Health and Human Services Task Force
Tag: Health and Human Services Task Force
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Health and Human Services Task Force: Policy Prescriptions to Address Economic and Health Care Challenges in the Face of COVID-19
The Health and Human Services Task Force presents possible anecdotes to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Address Restrictions on Medicaid Reimbursements for Telehealth Each state has different laws about which telehealth…
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Telehealth Could Deliver Better Care to ALS Patients
When I was 18 years old, my father was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. I spent five months traveling with my dad…
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Resolution Supporting Efforts of Telehealth Working Group
WHEREAS, the cost of healthcare has grown an average of 2.4 percent faster than GDP since 1970 and currently represents 18 percent of the United States’ total GDP; and WHEREAS,…
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Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act
Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act Summary Establishes the Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee, charged with reviewing…
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Patient Access Expansion Act
Patient Access Expansion Act Summary This act prohibits the state from requiring any form of the Federation of State Medical Boards’ proprietary Maintenance of Licensure program, including…
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Resolution on Certificate of Need (CON) Laws Required for the Establishment of Certain Health Care Services
WHEREAS, Certificate of Need (CON) laws and similar programs are prominent government-imposed barriers to entry into the health care market that force health care firms to fulfill various over-burdensome requirements…
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Exchange Transparency Act
Exchange Transparency Act Summary Requires health plans offered through a state-based health exchange to provide specific information in order for consumers to draw meaningful comparisons between plans.
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Navigator Background Check Act
Navigator Background Check Act Summary This bill creates registration and reporting procedures for health care insurance navigators in {insert state}. Model Policy Section 1. Title. This Act…
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Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act
Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.” Section 2. The people have the right to enter into private contracts…
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Medical Freedom Act
Model Policy: AN ACT relating to the provision of certain investigational stem cell treatments to patients with certain severe chronic diseases or terminal illnesses and regulating the possession, use, and…
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Rescission External Review Act
Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Rescission External Review Act.” Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to assure that covered persons have…
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Affordable Health Insurance Act
Section 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Affordable Health Insurance Act.” Section 2. Insurers that include and operate wellness and health promotion programs, disease…
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Resolution in Support of Oral Health Curriculum
Resolution: WHEREAS, oral health is distinct from other aspects of health care in that oral health predominantly relates to two diseases—caries and periodontal disease—both of which are largely preventable; and WHEREAS, unlike…
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Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act.” Section 2. Legislative Approval Requirement. On and after the effective date of this Act,…
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Health Care Price Disclosure Act
Health Care Price Disclosure Act Summary This Act requires health care professionals to make available the “direct pay” price for at least the 25 most common services or procedures;…
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Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)
Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) Summary and Background On March 22, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5, the Protecting Access…
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ALEC Applauds Confirmation of the Next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, M.D.
Price’s experience in Congress and new position as HHS Secretary will give him broad understanding and authority to repeal the debilitating taxes and subsidies mandated in Obamacare while replacing them with more pro-patient, market-based reforms.
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21st Century Cures: Deregulation and reinvestment will modernize healthcare in the U.S.
Following three years of bipartisan compromise, President Obama has signed landmark legislation, the 21st Century Cures Act, into law. In contrast with the legislative process that brought Americans the Affordable Care…
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Welfare Reform at 20
There is something special about work. For most, this simple fact can often get overlooked or lost in the endless pressures of a job.
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Maryland’s Experiment with Global Budget Revenue
In 2014, Maryland phased out a Medicare fee-for-service payment system in favor of a Global Budget Revenue system. In the other forty-nine states, hospitals are paid using fee-for-service, which results…