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As far as health-reform boosters go, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) is among the most stalwart. “We want to show that health reform is something real, that it actually works,” he said. “Oregon is a place that can actually make it happen.” His state has aggressively implemented the health overhaul Congress passed last year, taking more than $100 million in federal funding to do so. Read full ………click here to continue reading

More than 50 state health care workers, executives, union activists, and lobbyists gathered on Beacon Hill yesterday to protest anticipated federal funding cuts they say would squeeze the state budget and devastate a business sector key to the Massachusetts economy…….click here to continue reading

The elimination of $363 million in federal funding for Planned Parenthood health care centers may well force a government shutdown at midnight tonight…….click here to continue reading

House budget resolution, amendment would eliminate all federal funding for Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide. Women in North Country who receive health care from local clinics could lose services…….click here to continue reading

WASHINGTON Kristene Stacker foresees big holes in the safety net for poor families if cuts to federal funding for community health centers are approved…….click here to continue reading