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March 18, 2010
FDA Issues Final Rule Restricting Access and Marketing of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products to Youth
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule containing a broad set of federal requirements designed to significantly curb access to and the appeal of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to children and adolescents in the United States.

March 16, 2010
HHS and CMS to Provide Additional Support to North Carolina Health Insurance Assistance Program to Help People Formerly in Fox Prescription Drug Plan
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Administration on Aging announced today that they were providing $120,000 in additional funds to the Senior’s Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) in North Carolina, to support beneficiaries affected by Medicare’s termination of the Fox Insurance Company’s prescription drug plan.

March 16, 2010
HHS and CMS to Provide Additional Support to Florida Health Insurance Assistance Program to Help People Formerly in Fox Prescription Drug Plan
Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Administration on Aging announced today that they were providing $274,000 in additional funds to Florida’s health insurance assistance program, Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders (SHINE), to support beneficiaries affected by Medicare’s termination of the Fox Insurance Company’s prescription drug plan. 

March 15, 2010
HHS Announces Additional $162 Million in Recovery Act Investment to Advance Widespread Meaningful Use of Health IT
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced awards to help states facilitate health information exchange and advance health information technology (health IT).

March 15, 2010
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on House Budget Committee Mark Up Action on Health Reform Legislation
The progress made in the House Budget Committee is good news for health reform and the millions of Americans who are victims of the worst abuses of the insurance companies.

March 12, 2010
Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding the Decisions of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding
As these latest cases illustrated, there's no doubt that autism and autism spectrum disorders place a heavy burden on many families. We know that autism and related disorders are conditions that present many special challenges to all families touched by these disorders. That is why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides services to families with family members with autism spectrum disorder and continues to support research to better understand risk factors and causes of autism spectrum disorders and develop more effective methods of treatment.

March 08, 2010
Sebelius Sends Letter to Insurance Company CEOs, Calls on Executives to Publicly Justify Premium Hikes
In a letter to the CEOs of UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Health Care Service Corporation and CIGNA HealthCare Inc., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called on the executives to publicly justify proposed health insurance premium increases.

March 05, 2010
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative

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