Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Details Of Second Economic Stimulus Package With Health Care Provisions
Main Category: Nutrition / DietAlso Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses; Public Health; Alzheimer's / Dementia
Article Date: 01 Aug 2008 - 10:00 PDT
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released details of a draft of a second economic stimulus package that includes some provisions related to health care, CongressDaily reports (Sanchez, CongressDaily, 7/31). Among other provisions, the package includes:
- $570 million for nutrition programs;
- $792 million in loans and grants for rural community facilities, such as hospitals, clinics, health and safety vehicles and equipment, and adult and child care facilities;
- $500 million for NIH for grants for studies on cancer, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease and other diseases;
- $350 million to improve hospital care in Louisiana and Mississippi;
- $172 million for USDA to upgrade computer programs and implement the farm bill;
- $91 million to address public health and social services needs after natural disasters; and
- $26 million for CDC to treat infectious diseases (CQ Today, 7/30).
AARP Recommendations
AARP this week in a letter to House leaders made recommendations on provisions to include in a second economic stimulus package, CQ HealthBeat reports. Among other provisions, AARP recommended additional funds for state Medicaid programs. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday endorsed most of the recommendations. She said that the package will include at least $50 billion in funds (Conlon/Young, CQ HealthBeat, 7/25).
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