MAINE COMPASS: Finally, a national plan to combat Alzheimer's
Kennebec Journal
Evan Bayh, D-Ind., I authored the National Alzheimer's Project Act. Our bill, which was signed into law by the president in January 2011, required the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a coordinated, strategic national plan to combat …
Government plan to fight Alzheimer'sWKYC-TV
Scientists hunt ways to stall Alzheimer's earlierSouth Asia Mail

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'Radical' bill seeks to reduce cost of AIDS drugs by awarding prizes instead …
Washington Post
“It simply blew me away — and would blow anyone's mind away — that one drug, Atripla, costs $25000 per year” in the United States, Sanders said at the hearing of the subcommittee on primary health and aging. Generic versions of the same drug cost …
Bernie Sanders Offers Plan To Cut Prescription Drug PricesHuffington Post

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DC Week: Feds Unveil New Alzheimer's Plan
MedPage Today
By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — This week the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled its new Alzheimer's prevention plan, and an FDA panel endorsed the first-ever entirely at-home HIV test.

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Medical groups slam plan to cut refugee health coverage
Calgary Herald
OTTAWA — The federal government's plans to reduce health-care coverage for refugees and cancel their supplemental benefits are more likely to increase health-care costs than save money, and risk “catastrophic” consequences in the health of some …
Health groups urge Ottawa to save refugee servicesCBC.ca

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Co-op health plan gets US loans
Las Vegas Review – Journal
By Jennifer Robison A new, nonprofit health plan is coming to Nevada as part of federal health reform. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awarded a loan Friday to a Las Vegas coalition to start a statewide, consumer-governed health insurance …

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New Alzheimer's Prevention Trial Part of US National Plan
Medscape
May 18, 2012 — An ambitious National Alzheimer's Plan announced this week by the Department of Health and Human Services to address the growing threat of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the United States includes funding for the first prevention trial in …
Battle plan against Alzheimer's welcomed by health communityElizabethton Star
Letter: Release of Alzheimer's Plan a tremendous momentEvansville Courier & Press
National Alzheimer's Plan Sets Deadline To Find Treatments For Memory-Robbing …Huffington Post
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Federal plan emphasizes resilience in national preparedness
CIDRAP
May 17, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – The federal agency tasked with shoring up the nation's preparedness against a host of public health emergencies released a plan yesterday to help it and other partners focus and coordinate steps to meet national …

National Award Honors Hudson Health Plan for 'Doing the Undoable'
PR Newswire (press release)
TARRYTOWN, NY, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Three years ago, Hudson Health Plan took on a daunting task – managing the care of 250 of the most expensive fee-for-service Medicaid patients in Westchester, NY – a cohort of individuals who are …

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Mitt Romney's healthcare plan would have Americans shopping for their own coverage
newjerseynewsroom.com
The individual mandate of the Massachusetts law is quite similar to President Obama's hotly debated national health plan. This will surely be fodder for the President's campaign attack ads. There are risks. The plan could discourage companies from …
Romney Cites Defunct NH Bridge as Evidence of Failed Obama Stimulus PlanNational Journal
Romney's 'Day One': What do we know about his plan?msnbc.com (blog)
First general election ad outlines Romney's Day 1 plan of actionThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines (blog)
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National Alzheimer's Plan aims to slow threat of the mind-destroying disease …
Washington Post
The first National Alzheimer's Plan, adopted Tuesday, aims to slow that threat — and to help the families already suffering along the way. The five major goals: —Find ways to effectively treat or prevent Alzheimer's by 2025. To start, the government …
Clock ticking with new plan to fight Alzheimer'sSalt Lake Tribune
Alzheimer's Plan Sets Deadline to Fight the DiseaseFox News
Obama administration presents national plan to fight Alzheimer's diseaseMarketWatch (press release)

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