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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.5480 Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008</title>
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  <updated>2008-11-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>PointofLaw.com | PointOfLaw Forum: Trial lawyer lobbying: Let the ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-25:/commentary/3473587</id>
    <updated>2008-11-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>PointOfLaw Forum </name>
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Bills Relating to Liability for Medical Malpractice: H.R. 5480/S. 2662 (Medical Funding Warning Response Act); specific interest in Title II, relating to health care liability. S. 1481/H.R. 2497 (Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2008/11/trial-lawyer-lo.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>capitalizing on crisis: insurance profiteers demand deregulation</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-21:/commentary/3134697</id>
    <updated>2008-09-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>signonsandiego Forums </name>
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&quot;(hr 5480) creates an unaccountable federal process that produces deregulation of the insurance industry to the detriment of consumers,&quot; says dilwig. were hr 5840 to be enacted, state insurance commissioners &#226;&#8364;&#8220; who have in recent years ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.signonsandiego.com/showthread.php?t=88690&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Beautiful is a change of pace &#194;&#171; Marisacat</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-19:/commentary/3700143</id>
    <updated>2008-09-19T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Marisacat </name>
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&#226;&#8364;&#339;(H.R. 5480) creates an unaccountable federal process that produces deregulation of the insurance industry to the detriment of consumers,&#226;&#8364;* says Dilwig. Were H.R. 5840 to be enacted, state insurance commissioners &#226;&#8364;&#8220; who have in recent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://marisacat.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/beautiful-is-a-change-of-pace/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>House Approves Delay Of Medicare &#226;&#8364;&#732;Trigger&#226;&#8364;&#8482; Measure</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-01:/commentary/2599419</id>
    <updated>2008-08-01T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Medical,Health News and Articles </name>
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Without the House rule, any representative could have forced debate and a floor vote on a bill (HR 5480) intended to reduce Medicare spending (Armstrong, CQ Today, 7/24). According to the AP/Daily Star, Democrats said the rule change ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://03530.com/2008/08/03/house-approves-delay-of-medicare-trigger-measure.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>House delays President's plan to protect Medicare funding</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-27:/commentary/3362145</id>
    <updated>2008-07-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>News alerts from HealthcareFinanceNews.com </name>
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The president's trigger bill, the Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 (H.R. 5480), was introduced in the House last February and included measures that would require the government to develop and encourage nationwide ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/story.cms?id=8428&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Proof of Concept - EDPMA &#194;&#171; Emergency Practice Management Association</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-06:/commentary/3506455</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Emergency Practice Management Association </name>
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... competition and efficiency, implement principles of value-driven health care as embodied by Title I of the Medicare Funding Warning Act of 2008, S. 2662 and H.R. 5480, and appropriately offset increases in physician spending. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://edpma.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/proof-of-concept-edpma/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Social Security and Medicare; the problems being ignored</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/commentary/2157582</id>
    <updated>2008-04-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Vincent Gioia&amp;#39;s Blog </name>
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President Bush did submit such legislation required by this law (HR 5480), but it obviously will not receive any serious consideration in congress this year. Not only has none of the presidential candidate failed to address this serious ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vincentgioiasblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/social-security-and-medicare-problems.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>recent congressional actions on medicare</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-05:/commentary/3134699</id>
    <updated>2008-04-05T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Answers for Seniors </name>
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according to the administration, the legislation (hr 5480/s. 2662) takes an approach to strengthening medicare that includes limits on means testing for part d premiums and medical liability costs; improved health information technology ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://answersforseniors.blogspot.com/2008/04/recent-congressional-actions-on.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congress Must Not Ignore the Medicare Trustees' Warning</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-29:/commentary/3362147</id>
    <updated>2008-03-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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It has been introduced in the House and Senate as companion bills H.R. 5480 and S. 2662. For a brief description of the act, see www.hhs.gov/asl/medicarefundingwarningsummary.pdf. [16]2008 Annual Report of The Boards of Trustees of the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heritage.org/Research/Healthcare/wm1869.cfm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congress Must Not Ignore the Medicare Trustees' Warning</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-27:/commentary/3820750</id>
    <updated>2008-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Heritage Foundation Papers </name>
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It has been introduced in the House and Senate as companion bills H.R. 5480 and S. 2662. For a brief description of the act, see www.hhs.gov/asl/medicarefundingwarningsummary.pdf. [16]2008 Annual Report of The Boards of Trustees of the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heritage.org/research/healthcare/wm1869.cfm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>BLUNT: TRUSTEES REPORT IS A REMINDER OF MEDICARE AND SOCIAL ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-27:/commentary/2157584</id>
    <updated>2008-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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NOTE: Below is a unofficial of Medicare offering (HR 5480) introduced by the digit leaders: &#239;&#191;&#189;Reform the nation&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s scrutiny badness laws in visit to place patients&#226;&#8364;&#8482; interests before those of effort lawyers; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://emaxinsurance.com/insurance-news/blunt-trustees-report-is-a-reminder-of-medicare-and-social-security-crisis.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>The Republican Slight of Hand &#226;&#8364;&#8221; Now You See It; Now You Don&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t ...</title>
    <link href="http://thepolicycenter.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/the-republican-slight-of-hand-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-medicare-yes-privatization-no/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-27:/commentary/2157583</id>
    <updated>2008-03-27T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>The Policy Center </name>
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CBO, &#226;&#8364;&#339;HR 5480, Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008.&#226;&#8364;* Pg. 3. March 12, 2008. Available at: . [6] CMS, Office of the Actuary, &#226;&#8364;&#339;Additional Information Regarding Comparisons of Beneficiary Income and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thepolicycenter.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/the-republican-slight-of-hand-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-medicare-yes-privatization-no/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>medicare trustees issue 2008 annual report and medicare funding ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-24:/commentary/3134698</id>
    <updated>2008-03-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Medicare Update </name>
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the legislative proposal was followed by the introduction of s.2662 and hr5480, which are both entitled the medicare funding warning response act of 2008. however, to date, congress has not taken any action on s.2662 or hr5480. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://medicareupdate.typepad.com/medicare_update/2008/03/on-march-2008-t.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Medicare and Social Security: The Challenge of Giant Entitlement ...</title>
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    <updated>2008-03-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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The President&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s legislation (HR 5480), which proposes medical malpractice reforms and higher premiums for drug coverage among upper-income seniors, is not expected to receive serious consideration by Congress. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jimorourke.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/medicare-and-social-security-the-challenge-of-giant-entitlement-costsmedicare-and-social-security-the-challenge-of-giant-entitlement-costsby-david-c-john-and-robert-e-moffit-phdwebmemo-1867/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Medicare Funding Warning Response Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-12:/commentary/3425495</id>
    <updated>2008-03-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>CBO's Latest 10 Documents </name>
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CBO Estimate of the Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of the Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008, as submitted by. the Secretary of Health and Human Services on February 15, 2008 and introduced as H.R. 5480 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9050/hr5480.pdf&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>World Sentinel | Saving Medicare</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-08:/commentary/3362146</id>
    <updated>2008-03-08T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>World Sentinel </name>
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Following the President's lead to reform and save Medicare benefits, House leaders have introduced H.R. 5480, the Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008. First, the proposal addresses the need to reform medical liability laws and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldsentinel.com/articles/54730&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congress Introduces Administration's Medicare Trigger Bill</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-26:/commentary/3700144</id>
    <updated>2008-02-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>News stories via the Rural Assistance Center </name>
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According to the administration, the legislation (H.R. 5480/S. 2662) takes an approach to strengthening Medicare that includes limits on means testing for Part D premiums and medical liability costs; improved health information ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raconline.org/news/news_details.php?news_id=8167&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>list of us federal documents from gallerywatch.com</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-26:/commentary/3134700</id>
    <updated>2008-02-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library </name>
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02/26/2008, legislative text of the medicare funding warning response act of 2008, hr 5480 (pdf 114 kb) text of the bill as introduced by house majority leader steny hoyer as required by by section 803(a) of the medicare modernization ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloglines.com/blog/PLL?id=8126&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congress introduces administration&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Medicare trigger bill</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-26:/commentary/2189074</id>
    <updated>2008-02-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>MHA&amp;#39;s Executive Briefing </name>
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According to the administration, the legislation (HR 5480/S. 2662) takes an approach to strengthening Medicare that includes limits on means testing for Part D premiums and medical liability costs; improved health information technology ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mhanewsnow.typepad.com/executive/2008/02/congress-introd.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 5480, The Medicare Funding Warning ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-25:/commentary/3844350</id>
    <updated>2008-02-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Comments for HR 6562,... </name>
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US Congress: HR 5480, The Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/200510046.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>bill introduced: hr5480 medicare funding warning response act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-23:/commentary/10777931</id>
    <updated>2008-02-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
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to respond to a medicare funding warning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5480/show&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>HR 5480, The Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5480.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-23:/commentary/2157580</id>
    <updated>2008-02-23T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... </name>
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HR 5480 would respond to a Medicare funding warning.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5480.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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