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TITLE V--HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE ( affordable care act )

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H.R. 3590 (111th): Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3590/text

 

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TITLE V--HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE

Subtitle A--Purpose and Definitions

        Sec. 5001. Purpose.

        Sec. 5002. Definitions.

Subtitle B--Innovations in the Health Care Workforce

        Sec. 5101. National health care workforce commission.

        Sec. 5102. State health care workforce development grants.

        Sec. 5103. Health care workforce assessment.

Subtitle C--Increasing the Supply of the Health Care Workforce

        Sec. 5201. Federally supported student loan funds.

        Sec. 5202. Nursing student loan program.

        Sec. 5203. Health care workforce loan repayment programs.

        Sec. 5204. Public health workforce recruitment and retention programs.

        Sec. 5205. Allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs.

        Sec. 5206. Grants for State and local programs.

        Sec. 5207. Funding for National Health Service Corps.

        Sec. 5208. Nurse-managed health clinics.

        Sec. 5209. Elimination of cap on commissioned corps.

        Sec. 5210. Establishing a Ready Reserve Corps.

Subtitle D--Enhancing Health Care Workforce Education and Training

        Sec. 5301. Training in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and physician assistantship.

        Sec. 5302. Training opportunities for direct care workers.

        Sec. 5303. Training in general, pediatric, and public health dentistry.

        Sec. 5304. Alternative dental health care providers demonstration project.

        Sec. 5305. Geriatric education and training; career awards; comprehensive geriatric education.

        Sec. 5306. Mental and behavioral health education and training grants.

        Sec. 5307. Cultural competency, prevention, and public health and individuals with disabilities training.

        Sec. 5308. Advanced nursing education grants.

        Sec. 5309. Nurse education, practice, and retention grants.

        Sec. 5310. Loan repayment and scholarship program.

        Sec. 5311. Nurse faculty loan program.

        Sec. 5312. Authorization of appropriations for parts B through D of title VIII.

        Sec. 5313. Grants to promote the community health workforce.

        Sec. 5314. Fellowship training in public health.

        Sec. 5315. United States Public Health Sciences Track.

Subtitle E--Supporting the Existing Health Care Workforce

        Sec. 5401. Centers of excellence.

        Sec. 5402. Health care professionals training for diversity.

        Sec. 5403. Interdisciplinary, community-based linkages.

        Sec. 5404. Workforce diversity grants.

        Sec. 5405. Primary care extension program.

Subtitle F--Strengthening Primary Care and Other Workforce Improvements

        Sec. 5501. Expanding access to primary care services and general surgery services.

        Sec. 5502. Medicare Federally qualified health center improvements.

        Sec. 5503. Distribution of additional residency positions.

        Sec. 5504. Counting resident time in nonprovider settings.

        Sec. 5505. Rules for counting resident time for didactic and scholarly activities and other activities.

        Sec. 5506. Preservation of resident cap positions from closed hospitals.

        Sec. 5507. Demonstration projects To address health professions workforce needs; extension of family-to-family health information centers.

        Sec. 5508. Increasing teaching capacity.

        Sec. 5509. Graduate nurse education demonstration.

Subtitle G--Improving Access to Health Care Services

        Sec. 5601. Spending for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs).

        Sec. 5602. Negotiated rulemaking for development of methodology and criteria for designating medically underserved populations and health professions shortage areas.

        Sec. 5603. Reauthorization of the Wakefield Emergency Medical Services for Children Program.

        Sec. 5604. Co-locating primary and specialty care in community-based mental health settings.

        Sec. 5605. Key National indicators.

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SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants in November 2013

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SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants in November 2013

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3899


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n response to the economic downturn, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) increased Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits across the board as a way of delivering high “bang-for-the-buck” economic stimulus and easing hardship.

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In August 2010, Congress passed and the President signed P.L. 111-226, which accelerated the sunset of the ARRA benefit increase to April 2014 and used the estimated savings for state fiscal relief through additional federal funding for school districts to maintain teachers’ jobs and maintaining a higher federal match for Medicaid costs.  Four months later, the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (P.L. 111-296), which reauthorized Child Nutrition programs, further accelerated the sunset date of ARRA to October 31, 2013, to offset the cost of the legislation.  As a result, beginning on November 1, 2013, SNAP benefit levels will be based on the cost of the June 2013 TFP, which is lower than the ARRA levels.

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Obamacare like Cotton Candy - Prettily Spun/Little Substance

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Obamacare like Cotton Candy - Prettily Spun/Little Substance
http://www.correntewire.com/obamacare_like_cotton
_candy_prettily_spunlittle_substance#more

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Some people believe that the ACA is a step towards a Medicare for all health system, but it actually takes us towards greater privatisation of our health system which is the opposite direction. Over a trillion dollars of public funds will go directly to private insurance companies to subsidise the purchase of inadequate health plans.

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Why Insurers Cancel Policies, And What You Can Do When It Happens

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Why Insurers Cancel Policies, And What You Can Do When It Happens

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/October/30/
insurance-policy-cancellations-insurers-consumers.aspx

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Q. Why am I getting this notice?

A. Most likely your plan didn’t meet all the standards of the federal health law.  One type of policy being discontinued by Florida Blue, for example, did not cover hospitalizations or emergency room visits and paid a maximum of $50 toward doctor visits.  It’s possible your plan also had deductibles and other potential expenses – such as copayments for doctors and hospital care -- that exceeded the law’s annual out-of-pocket maximum of $6,350 for individuals or $12,700 for families.

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