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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Medicaid</title>
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  <updated>2009-10-29T10:05:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3962/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/action/213367</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T10:05:00Z</updated>
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To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3962/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-29:/action/214159</id>
    <updated>2009-10-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1796 America's Healthy Future Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1796/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-19:/action/211717</id>
    <updated>2009-10-19T22:39:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1796 America's Healthy Future Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-19:/action/211735</id>
    <updated>2009-10-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1679 Affordable Health Choices Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1679/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-17:/action/208741</id>
    <updated>2009-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill to make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3559 Supporting ColoRectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3559/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-14:/action/208280</id>
    <updated>2009-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1548 Access to America's Orthopaedic Services Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1548/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-30:/action/205694</id>
    <updated>2009-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries, to conduct a longitudinal study on aging, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3374 Medicare and Medicaid Access Project through Information Technology (MAP IT) Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3374/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-29:/action/205240</id>
    <updated>2009-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for a demonstration project relating to the impact of health information technology on chronic disease management under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1521 Improving Medicare-Medicaid Payment Policy for Reimbursement through Oversight and Efficiency Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1521/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-28:/action/205015</id>
    <updated>2009-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require provider payments under Medicare and Medicaid to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3369 IMPROVE Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3369/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-28:/action/204962</id>
    <updated>2009-07-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require provider and supplier payments under Medicare and Medicaid to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3312 Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3312/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-23:/action/204267</id>
    <updated>2009-07-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for programs that reduce the number of unplanned pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1511 Supporting ColoRectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1511/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-23:/action/204419</id>
    <updated>2009-07-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve awareness and access to colorectal cancer screening tests under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3293 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3293/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-22:/action/204195</id>
    <updated>2009-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.663 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any savings under the Medicare Program should be invested back into the Medicare Program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hr663/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-21:/action/203936</id>
    <updated>2009-07-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any savings under the Medicare Program should be invested back into the Medicare Program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3253 Advance Directive Promotion Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3253/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-17:/action/203629</id>
    <updated>2009-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to promote the use of advance directives, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.212 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any savings under the Medicare program should be invested back into the Medicare program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-sr212/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-16:/action/203483</id>
    <updated>2009-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that any savings under the Medicare program should be invested back into the Medicare program, rather than creating new entitlement programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-14:/action/202827</id>
    <updated>2009-07-14T15:26:00Z</updated>
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To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3200 America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-14:/action/203012</id>
    <updated>2009-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1446 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests under the Medicaid program.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1446/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-14:/action/203047</id>
    <updated>2009-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for increased use of HIV screening tests under the Medicaid program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3176 Optometric Fairness in Medicaid Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3176/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-10:/action/202395</id>
    <updated>2009-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of professional medical services of optometrists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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