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Reporting from Washington - With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a healthcare bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the debate of the 2010 midterm elections has been joined. ...

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A plan to slash more than $500 billion from future Medicare spending -- one of the biggest sources of funding for President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system -- would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of ot...

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled a health-care reform bill Thursday that includes a government insurance option, as well as a historic expansion of Medicaid, and seemed to have the potential to draw support from a broad range of Democratic lawmakers.

Annabelle I love Home Health and that goes down to being a CAHSAH fan!

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A day after the Senate Finance Committee approved a measure without a “public option,” the question is how the president can reconcile party divisions on the issue.

California Association for Health Services at Home CAHSAH held an OASIS-C workshop in Sacramento on October 7 and 8. Next week, the program will be repeated in Buena Park at the Knott's Berry Farm Resort. Space is still available - register onsite! Hear what a Sacramento attendee thought about the OASIS-C workshop.

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States face dilemma on health costs
The nation's governors are caught between the crisis of growing numbers of uninsured residents and proposed federal health care solutions that could make a significant dent in their own battered budgets. States received an indication this week of the price they might pay for health care overhaul. http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bal-m d.statepays09oct09,0,2254719.story
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Democrats rejoiced that the Senate’s measure met White House cost expectations and would reduce the deficit.

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President Obama's push for health care reforms got a new supporter Tuesday: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Gillette resident Jo Johnson receives directions for Thursday night's Hospice-Hospitality House fundraising walk from youth event coordinator Cody Friedlan. (Kim Phagan-Hansel/Star-Tribune correspondent)

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Home Care Aide Online Training DebutsCAHSAH is very excited to announce the launching of the Home Care Aide Training. Using the California Uniform Standards Home Care Aide Paraprofessionals (CUSHCAP) model, CAHSAH has developed two levels of online home care aide training. The first level is the Home Care Aide I (HCA ...I) also known as a Homemaker, assists with environmental services such as housekeeping and homemaking services to preserve a safe, sanitary home and to enhance family life. The HCA I encourage client and family to assume as much responsibility as possible for their own care and environment in accordance with the agency plan of care. The HCA I do not provide any personal care. The second level is the Home Care Aide II (HCA II) also known as the Personal Care Attendant. The HCA II assists the client and family with home management activities, non-medically directed personal care and supportive services in accordance with the agency plan of care.Read More
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Comprehensive yet affordable, our Home Care Aide on-linecurriculum is designed for newcomers and experienced home care aides to receive newly required training. Join the fast growing and exciting healthcare ...

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New York State is alone among state and city health departments in mandating the vaccinations for influenza and swine flu.

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Lawmakers in both parties raised concerns Thursday that the health-care reform bill offered by Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus a day earlier would impose too high a cost on middle-class Americans and said they will seek to change the legislation to ease that potential burden.














