National Health System Reform Update
This afternoon (March 15), the
House Budget Committee will begin consideration of a reconciliation bill that
will carry refinements to H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health system reform
legislation. The Budget Committee
is scheduled to begin meeting at 3:00 pm and plans to stay in session until
midnight.
A 2,300 page bill has been
posted on the Budget Committee website.
Importantly, this bill is NOT the vehicle that House leaders intend to
bring to the floor. The language
contained in this “shell” vehicle will ultimately be stripped out and replaced
with new legislative language that is not yet available for review. The
true reconciliation bill language is not expected to be released before
Tuesday.
Following the Budget
Committee’s action, the House Rules Committee will meet later this week and
insert the final language into the bill before it is brought to the House floor
for a vote. The floor vote is not
expected to take place until the end of the week, perhaps on Friday or Saturday.
This is the latest news
in the health system debate, the DCMS will keep you updated as news unfolds.
Haiti Medical Relief Efforts
The Spring 2010 issue of Northeast
Florida Medicine includes a special
insert highlighting the relief work done by
local medical professionals and relief
organizations.
Click here to read more!
Several Jacksonville area physicians have
long term relationships with Sacred Heart
Hospital in Milot, Haiti, including Dr. John
Lovejoy and Dr. John Mazur.
Click here
to read more about the relief efforts at
Sacred Heart and the
CRUDEM
Foundation, which supports the hospital
north of Port au Prince. Medical
personnel interested in volunteering at
Sacred Heart Hospital in Milot, are
encouraged to email Dr. Mazur at
jmazur@nemours.org.
Other local physicians have been working
for years with the St. Boniface Hospital in
the village of Fonds des Blanc. For more
information about their efforts, visit
www.haitihealth.org.
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