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Business-Health Coalition Focuses on Effectiveness of Chronic Care
March 19, 2008 | Congressional Quarterly
At a summit on Wednesday highlighting innovative programs for chronically ill patients, a mix of labor unions and health care providers said health care change cannot be addressed without reshaping the current approach to chronic care.
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We're in it together
March 17, 2008 | Modern Healthcare
An unlikely partnership is leading a movement towards meaningful reform.
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HealthPartners joins national health care reform partnership
March 13, 2008 | BusinessNorth.com
Bloomington, Minn.– HealthPartners today announced that it has joined the Partnership for Quality Care, a unique coalition of some of the nation’s largest and most innovative health care providers and labor unions, to help drive improvement and reform of the U.S. health care system.
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Census Data Shows SCHIP Renewal is Critical
August 30, 2007 | The Hill's Congress Blog
The recent U.S. Census Bureau report contained truly sobering data on the number of Americans without health insurance. The report found that, from 2005 to 2006, the number of uninsured Americans grew from 44.8 million to 47 million, a 5% increase.
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Few help extend children's insurance plan
July 31, 2007 | Politico
While Congress considers how to pay for the reauthorization of the State Children's Health Insurance Program this week, a fierce lobbying campaign is raging as several deep-pocketed interests work hard not to be the ones that get stuck with the bill.
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Governors Up Pressure on Kids Health Bill
July 23, 2007 | CBS/AP
The nation's governors stepped up pressure on the Bush administration Sunday to boost federal spending on a health insurance program serving low-income children.
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Children’s Health Bid Creates Strange Unions
July 20, 2007 | Associated Press
The multimillion-dollar lobbying effort to expand a children's health insurance program is creating some strange bedfellows. Seniors are joining with doctors. Unions with health providers. The pharmaceutical industry with one of its biggest critics, the advocacy group Families USA. They share the same goal -- expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
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Hatch and Leavitt in a Standoff over Children's Health Insurance
July 20, 2007 | Deseret Morning News
Two powerful Utahns in Washington are in a standoff over a $35 billion expansion of the Children'sTwo powerful Utahns in Washington are in a standoff over a $35 billion expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
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Senate Panel Adds Billions for Health New York Times
July 20, 2007 | New York Times
Defying a veto threat from President Bush, the Senate Finance Committee approved a major expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program on Thursday, with a majority of Republicans joining all Democrats on the panel in supporting the legislation.
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TV ads urge Bishop to lead fight for children's health coverage
July 20, 2007 | Gwinett Daily Post
A coalition of unions and health-management companies seeking to build support for congressional reauthorization of children's health coverage is turning to a Georgia Democrat and a dozen other lawmakers for help.
