Medicare to improve access to prevention, mental health services: Congress passes bill over president's veto.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thanks to recent changes to the Medicare program, access to preventive and mental health services will soon be getting easier for millions of older Americans. In early July, Congress overrode President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of...

Family Physicians Say Governor's Veto Allow Profits to Trump Patient Care.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-6 October 2008-Family Physicians Say Governor's Veto Allow Profits to Trump Patient Care(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Family physicians said Californians' health care is seriously compromised by Governor Schwarzenegger's veto of a bill that would have mandated more money spent on health care and...

APHA hails passage of federal farm bill.
In June, APHA applauded the long-awaited reauthorization of the federal farm bill--a major legislative priority for the Association. Passed via a congressional override of President Bush's veto, the farm bill included important funding increases for nutrition programs, international food assistance and conservation programs. While funding figures did...

How to revive payments.
Byline: The Register-Guard The U.S. House blinked Wednesday, all but extinguishing the flickering hopes for a renewal of federal payments to timber-dependent counties. A $3.8 billion, multiyear extension of the payments was included in a Senate-approved tax bill, but the House, fearing a White House veto, stripped...

Beacon Hill Roll Call.
Beacon Hill Roll Call, by Bob Katzen, records local representatives and senators' votes on three roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. $500,000 to study how to reduce health care costs (H 4900) ...

Alternative energy policy in a season of political acrimony: a survey of the Montana 2007 Legislature's approach to biofuels legislation.
I. INTRODUCTION Described by one commentator as "an unmitigated disaster at reaching compromise on the session's biggest issues," (1) and "one of the most bitterly partisan sessions in recent history," (2) Montana's 60th Legislative Session seemed to bear out the aphorism "all politics is personal and the...

Town ready to take heat when the heat goes off.
Byline: Elaine Thompson SHREWSBURY - Residents whose heat has been turned off because of nonpayment and who don't have the means to have it turned back on are urged to call Town Manager Daniel J. Morgado. The town is one of the first in the...

Beacon Hill Roll Call.
Beacon Hill Roll Call, by Bob Katzen, records local representatives and senators' votes on three roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. $600,000 for developmental services (H 4900) House, 141-16, Senate,...

Heating task forces urged; SMOC proposes town initiatives.
Byline: Elaine Thompson MARLBORO - Municipalities are being urged to set up local task forces to help address an anticipated home heating crisis this winter. Representatives of the South Middlesex Opportunity Council met with leaders of some of the 37 communities they serve yesterday to...

Beacon Hill Roll Call.
Beacon Hill Roll Call, by Bob Katzen, records local representatives and senators' votes on three roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. $500,000 to study how to reduce health care costs (H 4900) ...