April 27th, 2012 by Eboni Morris
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April 27th, 2012 by Katie Whittle
Link to Access HCV Therapy Site
Friends and supporters,
We should all be enormously encouraged by the increasing cascade of promising results from investigational HCV drug trials. A couple of years ago, greatly improved therapy was a dream. Now, some investigational drug ...
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April 17th, 2012 by rpezzillo
Families Throughout the U.S. Celebrate World Hemophilia Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2012
Contact: Richard Pezzillo (202)-675-6984 r.pezzillo@hemophiliafed.org
Link to PDF of World Hemophilia Day
Washington, DC– Today, Tuesday, April 17, tens of thousands of families across our nation and around the world are celebrating ...
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March 23rd, 2012 by Katie Whittle
Link to PDF of 2nd Anniversary of Affordable Care Act
HFA Celebrates 2nd Anniversary of Affordable Care Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23rd, 2012
Washington, D.C. – Today marks the two-year anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, landmark legislation ...
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March 16th, 2012 by Eboni Morris
By Jane Norman, CQ HealthBeat Associate Editor
The Department of Health and Human Services wants input on how to design a study that would detail under what circumstances men who have a history of sex with other men should be allowed ...
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February 24th, 2012 by Eboni Morris
New rules published jointly by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury, require health insurers and group health plans to provide concise and comprehensible information about health plan benefits and coverage to the millions of Americans with ...
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January 6th, 2012 by Eboni Morris
On Monday, Dec. 16, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a bulletin outlining guidance to states on implementing Essential Health Benefits (EHBs). As you may recall, the Affordable Care Act will require individuals to have insurance ...
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December 5th, 2011 by Katie Whittle
HFA Board Member Lew Collins has been appointed to the Texas State Bleeding Disorders Advisory Council. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) this advisory council will oversee: 1) public use data, outcome data, and other information ...
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December 2nd, 2011 by Eboni Morris
Medicare annual open enrollment ends in less than 1 week. Medicare beneficiaries who do not have a Part D plan can enroll in one, and those who do have Part D coverage can change plans. Beneficiaries can also return to ...
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October 28th, 2011 by Eboni Morris
By Anna Edney
Courtesy of Bloomberg News
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Two Chinese companies implicated in supplying contaminated ingredients three years ago to Baxter International Inc. for its blood thinner heparin are still supplying product to the U.S., Republican lawmakers said.
Baxter recalled ...
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