Prevention Gets $10 Billion Boost In Add-On To Senate Reform Bill
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Health screenings for common diseases and pandemic illnesses such as H1N1 influenza would get a funding boost under a health reform bill amendment approved June 23 by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
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