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Newsroom: Archives - 2005

Press Releases and Statements [by date]

Before 2000 l 2000 l 2001 l 2002 l 2003 l 2004 l 2005 l 2006 l 2007 l 2008 

2005

Medicaid Commission Holds First Meeting 36 Days Before Its First Report Is Due ()

MEDICAID BUDGET CUTS WILL CAUSE HARM TO AMERICA’S LOW-INCOME SENIORS AND CHILDREN ()

Strengthening Medicare: The Critical Next Steps ()

Administration's Report about Medicare Drug Enrollment  (December 22, 2005)

Drug Prices in Medicare Plans Are 48 Percent Higher  (December 21, 2005)

House Steamrolls Senate and Demands Medicaid (December 19, 2005)

Governor Bush Signs Damaging Medicaid Waiver into Law (December 16, 2005)

Over 140 Groups Urge Congress to Reject Medicaid Cuts (December 14, 2005)

Governor Blagojevich’s Legislation to Provide Health Care  (December 12, 2005)

Damaging Medicaid Waiver Approved by Florida Legislature (December 9, 2005)

Only One Out of Nine Low-Income Seniors  (December 5, 2005)

Senator Gordon Smith Crucial Voice (November 30, 2005)

Medicare Information Resources for Your Community (November 23, 2005)

House Adopts Budget Reconciliation Bill (November 18, 2005)

Medicare Prescription Drug Program and (November 15, 2005)

New Survey of Seniors Finds Confusion about Medicare Law,  (November 10, 2005)

A Confusing and Complicated Mess:  (November 4, 2005)

Governor Blagojevich’s “All Kids” Plan  (October 28, 2005)

Medicaid Cuts in House Budget Bill  (October 28, 2005)

New Report Finds Medicare Drug Prices  (September 27, 2005)

Statement of Ron Pollack (September 23, 2005)

Over 100 Organizations Ask Congress to Establish Emergency Medicaid for Katrina Survivors (September 14, 2005)

Proposed Congressional Medicaid Cuts in the  (September 7, 2005)

CENSUS BUREAU'S UNINSURED NUMBER INDICATES FOURTH INCREASE IN A ROW (August 30, 2005)

Census Bureau's Uninsured Number Indicates  (August 30, 2005)

Medicaid Commission’s Final Recommendations to Congress  (August 19, 2005)

Medicaid Commission Holds First Meeting 36 Days  (July 25, 2005)

Governors Asked to Postpone Structural Changes  (July 15, 2005)

GOVERNORS ASKED TO POSTPONE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO MEDICAID PROGRAM (July 15, 2005)

GOVERNORS ASKED TO POSTPONE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO MEDICAID PROGRAM (July 15, 2005)

NEW MEDICAID COMMISSION APPOINTED BY HHS SECRETARY IS A “SHAM” (July 8, 2005)

NEW MEDICAID COMMISSION APPOINTED BY HHS SECRETARY IS A “SHAM” (July 8, 2005)

New Medicaid Commission Appointed by  (July 8, 2005)

New Medicare Drug Law Puts Lowest-Income  (July 6, 2005)

New Medicare Drug Law Puts Lowest-Income Elderly at Risk (July 6, 2005)

Health Care Choice Act Should be Named  (June 28, 2005)

Governors' Medicaid Proposal is a "Mixed Bag" of Good and Bad Recommendations  (June 15, 2005)

Governors' Medicaid Proposal Is a "Mixed Bag" of  (June 15, 2005)

Health Care for Uninsured Will Add $922 to Family  (June 8, 2005)

Health Care For Uninsured Will Add $922 To Family Insurance Premiums In 2005 (June 8, 2005)

BUSH ADMINISTRATION CREATES "SHAM COMMISSION" TO STUDY FUTURE OF MEDICAID PROGRAM (May 12, 2005)

BUSH ADMINISTRATION CREATES "SHAM COMMISSION" TO STUDY FUTURE OF MEDICAID PROGRAM (May 12, 2005)

Bush Administration Creates "Sham Commission" to  (May 12, 2005)

MEDICAID BUDGET CUTS WILL CAUSE HARM TO AMERICA’S LOW-INCOME SENIORS AND CHILDREN  (April 28, 2005)

Medicaid Budget Cuts Will Cause Harm to America’s  (April 28, 2005)

Forty-Four Republican House Members Urge  (April 14, 2005)

Forty-Four Republican House Members Urge No Budget Cuts for Medicaid (April 14, 2005)

Forty-Four Republican House Members Urge No Budget Cuts for Medicaid (April 14, 2005)

Federal Court Decision Allows Tennessee Governor to  (April 13, 2005)

FEDERAL COURT DECISION ALLOWS TENNESSEE GOVERNOR TO IMPLEMENT HISTORIC HEALTH CUTS (April 13, 2005)

FEDERAL COURT DECISION ALLOWS TENNESSEE GOVERNOR TO IMPLEMENT HISTORIC HEALTH CUTS (April 13, 2005)

RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS HASTEN MEDICARE PROGRAM'S INSOLVENCY (March 23, 2005)

RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS HASTEN MEDICARE PROGRAM'S INSOLVENCY (March 23, 2005)

Recent Congressional Actions Hasten  (March 23, 2005)

Senate Medicaid Vote Protects Health Safety Net for  (March 17, 2005)

SENATE MEDICAID VOTE PROTECTS HEALTH SAFETY NET FOR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY (March 17, 2005)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CUTBACKS OF MEDICAID REQUIRE BIGGER CUTS THAN BUSH PROPOSAL (March 9, 2005)

Budget Committee Cutbacks of Medicaid Require  (March 9, 2005)

NEW MEDICARE COST ESTIMATES WILL CAUSE ENORMOUS HARDSHIPS FOR SENIORS (February 9, 2005)

New Medicare Cost Estimates Will Cause Enormous  (February 9, 2005)

President's Medicaid Budget Shifts Huge Financial Burden to States (February 7, 2005)

PRESIDENT'S MEDICAID BUDGET SHIFTS HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO STATES (February 7, 2005)

PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO PRESENT WRONG SOLUTIONS FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH CARE CRISIS (February 2, 2005)

President's State of the Union Address to Present  (February 2, 2005)

Tennessee Governor Announces the Biggest State Medicaid Cutback in History  (January 10, 2005)

Tennessee Governor Announces the Biggest State  (January 10, 2005)

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