Promise Posts – Page 19

Barack Obama

Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners

Health training money in the stimulus bill | April 6, 2009

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Increase funding to expand community based prevention programs

Stimulus money goes to community health centers | July 7, 2009

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Improve recruitment of public health workers

Affordable Care Act invests in public health workforce | December 7, 2012

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Modernize public health buildings

Health care law boosts funding to equip and modernize public health labs | November 30, 2012

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Increase participation in cancer-related clinical trials

Provision on clinical trials is in health care law | January 11, 2013

Barack Obama

Commission a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education

U.S. Education Department launches disability study | November 12, 2012

Barack Obama

Expand eligibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)

Obama signs SCHIP | February 4, 2009

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Phase in requirements for health information technology

Requirements for health IT are now in place | December 4, 2012

Barack Obama

Create a consumer-friendly credit card rating system

Consumer advocates say Obama exceeded his credit card promise | October 17, 2011

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Establish a credit card bill of rights

Obama signs credit card bill of rights | May 22, 2009

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Expand loan programs for small businesses

Obama announces incentives for small business loans | March 18, 2009

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Extend the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes

Lower rates are permanent, thanks to fiscal cliff | January 2, 2013

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Phase out exemptions and deductions for higher earners

‘Fiscal cliff’ bill limits tax breaks for higher-income taxpayers | January 2, 2013

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Extend and index the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch

Congress permanently indexes the AMT for inflation | January 2, 2013

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Close the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plan

Health care bill will gobble up doughnut hole — eventually | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Provide easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plans

Drug plans are easier to compare | December 5, 2012

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Expand the Senior Corps volunteer program

Serve America Act includes expansion of senior program | December 8, 2009

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Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions

Ban on denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition is achieved | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Give tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums

Health reform bill includes tax credits to help middle and lower income people buy insurance | March 26, 2010

Barack Obama

Require large employers to contribute to a national health plan

Health care law targets large employers with penalties if they don’t offer insurance | April 8, 2010

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