Health Care

Coalition applauds reintroduction of Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

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The Healthcare Workforce Coalition, whose founding members include the AHA, Nov. 3 applauded Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Don Bacon, R-Neb., for reintroducing the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, legislation that would recapture up to 40,000 unused employment visas — 25,000 for nurses and 15,000 for physicians. It…

Bacon sponsors bipartisan bill to provide better postpartum care to more mothers

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U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) recently sponsored a bipartisan bill that seeks to improve and expand maternal postpartum health under the Medicaid program. “As a husband, father, and grandfather, I recognize the importance of supporting postpartum women,” Rep. Bacon said on April 26. “Our care for women should extend to postpartum recovery, to ensure that they are living without pain or…

Rep. Bacon Introduces Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act

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Rep. Bacon Leads Bipartisan Bill to Help Postpartum Women   WASHINGTON, DC— Congressman Don Bacon (R-NE-02), alongside Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-At Large), Terri Sewell (D-AL-070), Susan Wild (D-PA-07), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (R-Puerto Rico), reintroduced H.R.2480, the Optimizing Postpartum…

CARBAJAL’S FEDERAL FIREFIGHTER FAIRNESS ACT SIGNED INTO LAW

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Today, President Joe Biden signed into law a measure authored by Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) to improve disability and retirement benefits for federal firefighters by ensuring they receive the same access to job-related disability and retirement benefits as state, county, and municipal firefighters. [...] The Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2021 was introduced by…

Military sexual assault victims could get back benefits under plan

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Victims of military sexual assault could be eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in retroactive disability benefits under a proposal being unveiled by pair of House lawmakers this week. The measure is unlikely to become law this year, given the short legislative schedule left before the end of December. But bill sponsors say they hope to either find…

Biden declared the pandemic over, but unvaxxed Air Force pilots are still grounded

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Despite President Biden's assertion that the COVID-19 pandemic is "over," unvaccinated Air Force pilots seeking religious accommodations to the vaccine mandate are still being prohibited from flying, despite those with medical exemptions being able to perform their usual duties. Biden said during an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday: "The pandemic is over. We still have a…

Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court Fights For Those Who Fought For Us

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They live by the credo, “leave no Veteran behind.” These are not mere words. These are actions not on the battlefields, but in everyday life, where their fellow veterans – who vowed to fight for our nation – often struggle to survive. These solemn words are part of the Volunteer Veteran Mentor’s Oath and represent the mission of the Douglas Country Veterans Treatment Court (DCVTC). In…

Top Republican on House Veterans Affairs Committee tours Omaha VA hospital

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The top Republican on the House Veterans Affairs Committee got a look at the Omaha VA hospital and its 2-year-old ambulatory care clinic this week. He liked what he saw. “You’ve got a great facility,” said Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois. “There are certain VA facilities that are aging out, certain ones the veterans don’t want to go to. You don’t get that here.” Bost, a Marine…