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The Older Americans Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–73, 79 Stat. 218) was the first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services for older adults. It created the National Aging Network comprising the Administration on Aging on the federal level, State Units on Aging at the state level, and Area Agencies on Aging at the local ...
The Ryan White Care Act was due to be reauthorized at the end of 2005, but Congress could not reach agreement on changes, and the act was extended for one year under the old terms. [12] Then, in 2006, the act was reauthorized for three more years, ending on September 30, 2009 with a funding level of $2.1 billion. [ 13 ]
The United States Community Health Services and Facilities Act (Pub. L. 87–395, 75 Stat. 824) was enacted by the 87th United States Congress and signed into law on October 5, 1961. [1] Its passage was encouraged by the 1961 White House Conference on Aging , which is held once every ten years.
The Quality Cancer Care Demonstration (QCCD) project was developed by a community of oncologists, with inputs from policy experts, to be a national Medicare demonstration project focused on two key aspects of cancer care: treatment planning and end-of-life care. Treatment planning involves all essential components of establishing the cancer ...
Medicare coverage of colonoscopies and other colorectal cancer screening tests Colonoscopy. If you’re at high risk for colorectal cancer, Medicare covers screening colonoscopies once every 24 ...
In 2018, Title X funding was used to cover more than 600,000 tests for cervical cancer, more than 800,000 tests for breast cancer, and almost 5 million tests for STDs. [ 11 ] The services provided at publicly funded clinics saved the federal and state governments an estimated $5.1 billion in 2008 in short term medical costs. [ 18 ]
The proposed cuts would devastate the federal-state health program for low-income families and cut off coverage for children, low-income seniors in nursing homes and community health centers ...
The Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (or CLASS Act) was a U.S. federal law, enacted as Title VIII of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The CLASS Act would have created a voluntary and public long-term care insurance option for employees, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but in October 2011 the Obama administration announced ...