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<p>By Donna Smith</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jan 14 - The House of Representatives voted on
Wednesday to expand a children's health program and increase cigarette
taxes to pay for it, giving President-elect Barack Obama a jump start
on a campaign promise to insure more Americans.</p>
<p>Similar legislation was twice vetoed by President George W. Bush,
who opposed raising tobacco taxes and argued that expanding the popular
program would push more children into government-run health care
instead of private plans.</p>
<p>In stark contrast, expanding the Children's Health Insurance Plan
could be the first legislation from the Democratic-controlled Congress
that Obama puts into law.</p>
<p>"It may very well be the first bill the president signs," House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said.</p>
<p>The House voted 289-139 for the bill and the Senate is expected to
move swiftly on its version. The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled
to meet on the legislation on Thursday.</p>
<p>The bill passed by the House bill aims to enroll about 11 million
children into the program, compared to 6.7 million currently. The
expanded program is paid for in part by raising the cigarette tax to $1
a pack from 39 cents. Taxes on cigars and other tobacco products also
would rise.</p>
<p>The program is designed to provide health care to children in
families unable to afford health insurance but who earn too much to
qualify for the Medicaid health care program for the poor.</p>
<p>"This bill is a down payment, a down payment on health care for all
Americans," said Rep. Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who as head
of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will play a crucial role in
helping craft Obama's planned overhaul of the $2.3 trillion U.S. health
industry.</p>
<p>Republicans decried a lack of input into the Democratic-backed bill
and argued that it would allow states to enroll too many families with
incomes as high as $80,000.</p>
<p>They also complained about a provision in the bill that would
prohibit doctors from referring their patients to hospitals in which
they have an ownership interest, saying it would stop construction of
those facilities and force many to shut down.</p>
<p>"Physician-owned hospitals employ highly skilled workers. They are
the engine in the local economy and language in this bill will
devastate most of them," argued Rep. Sam Johnson, a Texas Republican.
"Many facilities have poured millions of dollars into constructing
hospitals that will be shut down because of this bill."</p>
<p>Republicans also expressed concern about a provision in the measure
that would lift a ban on providing the benefit to legal immigrants who
have resided in the United States for less than five years.</p>
<p>Despite those concerns, 40 Republicans joined majority Democrats to pass the bill.</p>
<p>The legislation has received strong support from a number of health
care organizations, including the American Hospital Association, which
supported the provision to stop doctors from referring patients to
facilities in which they have a financial interest.</p><br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Peter Bell" <bell@oucom.ohiou.edu><br>To: "Larry Suess" <lsuess6464@aol.com>, hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu<br>Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 9:14:44 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central<br>Subject: Re: [Hlthpol] Development of Osteopathic Think Tank<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I’m interested, and engaged w/
several projects. A collective, orchestrated effort would be desirable.</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Peter
Alan Bell, DO, MBA, HPF, FACOEP, FACEP</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Assistant
Dean, Professor of Emergency Medicine,</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Health
Policy Fellow</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Ohio University,
College of Osteopathic Medicine</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Centers
of Osteopathic Research and Education</span></u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Columbus
CORE office: 50 Old Village, Suite 210, Columbus, OH 43228 phone 614-566-8985,
fax 614-566-8984</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Southeast Ohio CORE office:Ohio University College of Osteopathic
Medicine</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Suite 379 Building 20/ The Ridges</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Athens,
Ohio 45701</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">phone 740-597-3277, fax 740-597-3276</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Dayton
CORE office: 405 Grand Ave, Dayton, OH 45405 phone 937-723-3957, fax
937-723-5116</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">
hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu [mailto:hlthpol-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>LSuess6464@aol.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> hlthpol@listserv.ohio.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Hlthpol] Development of Osteopathic Think Tank</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">January
18, 2009</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">To
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">As
always, getting together at the conventions have been great. Seeing the
dynamics of our group provides a diversity of thought for our profession.
Isn't it time, haven't we grown, don't you think... that as a dynamic thinking
entity unified by our participation in the health policy program we formally
organize as a <u>think tank</u> for Osteopathic medicine??????????</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">I
know I have used my experience and education from the health policy experience in
a myriad of ways, but now with the core diversity we have, it is crucial we go
to the next level- development of a think tank. Positions for policy
development of the profession can be taken to a new level. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">So...
what have we been waiting for?? An invitation?? As the lone psychiatrist- I
invite- maybe prod you into the most appropriate next step- development of
an osteopathic think tank for policy development. After all- we do think-
don't we?</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Larry
Suess, DO, PhD</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></p>
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