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Federal Updates/Alerts:

• Advocacy Action Alert: Protect Medicaid - Congressional Action Imminent (5/14/08)
• Time is Running Out for Congress to Enact Moratorium on Harmful CMS Medicaid Rules (4/30/08)
• Advocacy Action Alert: Ask Senator Durbin to Sign the Senate Rural Health Caucus Letter: Support Rural Medicare Providers (4/17/08)
• Greenville Regional Hospital's Alan Gaffner Recognized as Illinois Grassroots Champion (4/8)
• Alert UPDATE: Ask Your U.S. Rep. to Co-Sponsor HR3533 - Extend Moratorium on Medicaid Rules Before May 25 (3/17/08)
• Advocacy Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Rep. & Senators to Support Legislation for Tax-Exempt Bond Guarantees (3/13/08)
• Update: Congressional Majority Signs Letters Opposing Medicare/Medicaid Hospital Cuts (3/5/08)
• Mental Health Parity Bill Passed by U.S. House (3/5/08)
• Advocacy Action Alert: Time Running Out: Urge Congress to Extend Medicaid Moratorium (2/11/08)
• Congress Passes Medicare/SCHIP Bill (12/20/07)
• Advocacy Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Rep. to Cosponsor HR4105 - Delay Implementation of RAC Program (11/26/07)
• Update: House Letter on IRS Full-Value Reporting (11/7/07)
• Kaiser Health Network: 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Care Proposals
• IHA Letter to Sen. Grassley re: Tax-Exempt Hospitals (10/5/07)
  - U.S. Senate Committee on Finance - Minority Staff Draft Paper on Tax-Exempt Hospitals
• President Signs HR3668 (9/29/07)
• Advocacy Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Representative to Oppose HR1644 - Bill Would Remove Supervisory Status of Charge Nurses for Collective Bargaining Purposes (8/23/07)
• CMS IPPS Rule Update (8/3/07)
• House Passes FFY2008 Labor-HHS Bill (7/23/07)
• U.S. Senate Rejects S1041/HR800 -- "Card Check" Bill (6/26/07)
• Advocacy Action Alert: Urge Your U.S. Rep. to Cosponsor Bill to Expand 340B Program (6/18/07)
• Members of Congress Oppose CMS Proposed Medicare Cuts (6/13/07)
• Update on CMS Proposed Medicaid Cuts (5/29/07)
• House and Senate Budget Letter Illinois Co-Signers (4/5/07)
• Congressional Pressure Against CMS Proposed Rule Builds (3/22/07)
• Members of Congress Oppose Medicare and Medicaid Budget Cuts and CMS' Proposed Rule to Cut Medicaid (3/13/07)
• IHA/AHA Oppose CMS Rule to Cut Medicaid (1/22/07)
• Medicaid Commission Update - Final Report: December 2006 (1/5/07)
• 110th Congress - Key Party and Health Care Leaders
• IllinoisBenefits.org (web site on Medicare Benefits and Enrollment Tools)
• Medicare Prescription Drug Plan