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Congressional Digest » Health Care Reform

WebExcerpt. For nearly a century — starting with Teddy Roosevelt’s 1912 Bull Moose Party platform — progressives in the White House and Congress have sought to create a …

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Pros and Cons of Importing Prescription Drugs

WebPros and Cons of Importing Prescription Drugs. March 01, 2024. Tags: Healthcare. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new policy in …

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Congressional Digest » How Health Savings Accounts Work

WebContributions and Tax Benefits. Health savings accounts (HSAs) were created by Public Law 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of …

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Pros and Cons of Permanent Daylight Saving Time

WebWhen reintroducing the bill in 2021, Rubio pointed to several potential benefits of daylight saving time, including a 2015 Brookings Institution study that found a …

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Abortion Access : The Title X National Family Planning Program

WebThe Title X National Family Planning Program. How a Trump-era rule limited access to women’s health care. The Title X National Family Planning Program, created in 1970 …

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Pros and Cons of the Inflation Reduction Act

WebDemocrats achieved a major victory this past summer when Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a modified version of the Biden administration’s Build …

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Pros & Cons of Exiting the World Health Organization

WebPros & Cons of Exiting the World Health Organization. September 01, 2020. Even as numbers of positive COVID-19 cases continued to climb in the U.S. and around …

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Pros & Cons of Exiting the World Health Organization

WebPros & Cons of Exiting the World Health Organization. Taking a stand against alleged negligence versus global health risks. Even as numbers of positive COVID-19 cases …

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Congressional Digest » Vaping

WebExcerpt. As evidence grew through the 1980s and 1990s that cigarette smoke was contributing to lung cancer and other diseases, Congress held a series of aggressive …

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Pros and Cons of Banning Menthol Cigarettes

WebPublic health advocates came up just shy of their decade-long goal of banning the sale of menthol cigarettes in the U.S. this past fall. In October 2023, the U.S. …

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Congressional Digest » The Health Risks of E-Cigarettes

WebEvidence grows that vaping is associated with lung, heart disease. Millions of Americans use electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), even as rates of smoking combustible tobacco …

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Congressional Digest » Health Savings Accounts

Webtechnologies, and treatments, the Nation’s health care system. is in trouble. Annual health care costs (now about 16. percent of gross national product) are skyrocketing, the. …

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Pros and Cons of Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Kids

WebIndividuals who began gender-affirming treatment before Aug. 28, 2023, however, are not affected by the new law. Meanwhile, a judge in Texas ruled to block the …

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Pros and Cons of Medicaid Work Requirements

WebPros and Cons of Medicaid Work Requirements. The Biden administration took steps in February to rescind one of its predecessor’s most controversial health care policies — …

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Congressional Digest » Combating the Opioid Epidemic

WebOur citizens are dying. We must act boldly to stop it. The opioid epidemic we are facing is unparalleled. The average American would likely be shocked to know that drug …

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Congressional Digest » Abortion Access

WebFacing a growing number of state bills restricting abortion access or outright banning certain procedures, House Democrats in September passed a landmark bill that would for the …

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Congressional Digest » Marijuana’s Health Effects

WebMarijuana’s Health Effects. Although research is limited, marijuana can affect the brain and lungs. Marijuana — also known as cannabis, weed, pot, or dope — refers to the dried …

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Congressional Digest » The Century Foundation

WebThe Century Foundation. Leif Wellington Haase, Senior Program Officer and Health Care Fellow. The Century Foundation is dedicated to infusing the Nation’s critical public policy …

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Congressional Digest » Pros & Cons of Banning Fentanyl

WebThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2017, synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, were involved in nearly 30,000 of the 70,000 drug …

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