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Chronic Disease
Senate Republican Budget Would End Health Initiatives That Save Lives and Money
June 6th, 2009
Elimination of funding for the Governor's Office of Health Care Reform as proposed by the Senate Republican budget plan would end a wide range of critical projects focused on reducing the rate of health care cost increases, improving quality of care and expanding access, GOHCR director Ann Torregrossa said. For the past two years the small "think tank" office has been working to implement the Governor's Prescription for Pennsylvania -- a nationally recognized blueprint for improving health care affordability, access and quality. Before that, the office worked on projects to help reform medical malpractice in Pennsylvania, to change the way the state paid for and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-06-06)
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