Search Results for keywords:"healthcare equity"

Search Results: keywords:"healthcare equity"

H. R. 7397 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.
February 15, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:339
H.R. 7397 seeks to amend the Social Security Act to define what constitutes an "essential health system." According to the bill, an essential health system is defined as a non-Federal governmental or private nonprofit hospital that meets certain criteria related to Medicaid...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7397 is a plan to decide which hospitals are important for taking care of people's health. It helps to figure out which hospitals get special help when they treat many patients who need extra care, but it doesn't include hospitals that make money for owners.
S. 265 — An Act To reauthorize the rural emergency medical service training and equipment assistance program, and for other purposes.
September 19, 2024
Status:Enrolled Bill
Congress:118
Words:483
S. 265, titled the "Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs Reauthorization Act" or the "SIREN Reauthorization Act", aims to reauthorize and modify a program dedicated to training and providing equipment for rural emergency medical services. The bill updates existing...
Simple Explanation
The "SIREN Reauthorization Act" is a plan to help people in the countryside by giving emergency medical workers lessons and tools they need, and now it also includes learning about helping with mental health and overdoses. It will keep doing this until 2028 and make sure the right people are in charge.
H. RES. 1301 — Expressing support for the inaugural Heart Recovery Awareness Day on February 20, 2025.
June 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:172
H. RES. 1301 expresses support for the inaugural Heart Recovery Awareness Day on February 20, 2025. The resolution emphasizes the significance of cardiovascular disease as a leading cause of death globally and in the United States, highlighting heart recovery as a vital and...
Simple Explanation
H.RES. 1301 wants to help people learn about Heart Recovery Awareness Day on February 20, 2025, because it can help many hearts heal better. It talks about finding new ways to make sick hearts feel better and stop people from needing to go to the hospital so much.
S. 4322 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make improvements relating to the designation of rural emergency hospitals.
May 14, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:987
S. 4322 aims to make several improvements to the designation of rural emergency hospitals under the Social Security Act. The bill expands eligibility for such hospitals, allowing facilities that operate like rural emergency hospitals to convert more easily. It also allows for...
Simple Explanation
S. 4322 is a plan to help small hospitals in the countryside by making it easier for them to get special help and money to take care of people who need emergency care. It also says these hospitals can include special areas for things like having babies, helping people with mental health, or teaching people to walk again after getting hurt.
S. 5189 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive certain distance requirements for certain hospitals electing to be designated as critical access hospitals.
September 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:118
Words:394
S. 5189 aims to amend the Social Security Act by waiving certain distance requirements for hospitals that elect to be designated as "critical access hospitals." This change would specifically apply to rural community hospitals that were part of a demonstration program under the Medicare...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to help some small hospitals in the countryside by not making them follow all the usual rules about how far away they have to be from bigger hospitals. This will let them work in a special way to help more people in their communities.
H. RES. 1514 — Recognizing that cancer patients have the right to receive care that ensures effective prevention, early diagnosis, improved outcomes, optimal patient rehabilitation, and affordable health care.
September 25, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:304
H. RES. 1514 recognizes the rights of cancer patients to receive care that promotes prevention, early diagnosis, and improved outcomes, while being affordable and ensuring effective rehabilitation. It emphasizes the importance of access to cutting-edge treatments, clinical...
Simple Explanation
H. RES. 1514 says that people with cancer should get really good care that helps them get better faster, doesn’t cost too much, and makes sure everyone, no matter who they are, gets the same chance to feel healthy again.
H. RES. 1474 — Supporting the designation of September 19, 2024, as National Stillbirth Prevention Day, recognizing tens of thousands of families in the United States that have endured a stillbirth, and seizing the opportunity to keep other families from experiencing the same tragedy.
September 19, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:225
H. RES. 1474 proposes the designation of September 19, 2024, as "National Stillbirth Prevention Day" to honor families affected by stillbirth in the United States and to raise awareness for prevention measures. It emphasizes the significant number of pregnancies ending in...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to make September 19, 2024, a special day to remember babies who were born sleeping (stillbirth) and help not let it happen by teaching people more about it. It also asks important people, like the President, to do more to help keep babies safe.

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