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		<title>Middle-aged Americans report lots more mobility impairments</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/08/more-mobility-impairments-29090/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trend is troubling, experts say
From HealthDay News/Business Week, RAND Corp. news release, Health Affairs:
The proportion of Americans aged 50-64 who say they need help with personal care activities has increased significantly, according to a study by the RAND Corporation and the University of Michigan. The reason for the increase is not clear, but many reporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Class Act&#8217; expands options for long-term care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/30/class-act-expands-options-28969/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times:
&#8220;A little-remarked but potentially transformational provision&#8221; of the new health care law is the Class Act, which provides for people with long-term disabilities, writes Paula Span.
The measure sets up the first national government-run long-term care insurance program, allowing workers to pay into a fund that would pay a stipend if they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Internet provides lifeline for people with chronic illness</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/25/social-network-28917/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times:
Internet-based social networks are playing a vital role in the lives of people with chronic illness, researchers say, allowing them to share information and provide emotional support to one another.
“It’s really literally saved my life, just to be able to connect with other people,” said a man with multiple sclerosis.
Research released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Ailing kids face lengthy waits for medical care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/01/15/report-lengthy-waits-27175/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal:
Members of pediatric medical groups say there is a critical shortage of pediatric sub-specialists, forcing sick kids to face lengthy waits before they can get medical care. Among the reasons: lower salaries, shrinking Medicaid reimbursements, and a rising tide of children who survived premature births to live with ongoing and complex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long term disability coverage stirring health care debate</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/14/long-term-disability-coverage-26568/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Pear in the New York Times:
A proposal to provide long-term coverage to people with disabilities and chronic illness is roiling debate in Congress. The measure was included in health care legislation passed by the House.
Advocates say the proposal, drafted several years ago by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is long overdue and would help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schools see more students with chronic health needs</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/08/chronic-health-school-nurses-26345/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress considers adding school nurses
From the [Newark] Star-Ledger:
As more kids with more complicated health issues are attending mainstream public schools, school nurses are being called upon to provide care they once administered only in hospitals. A bill pending in Congress would offer grants to states to help pay for more school nurses.
Federal statistics say the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor expected to bring disability perspective to high court</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/07/justice-sotomayor-21449/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David G. Savage and James Oliphant in the Los Angeles Times:
The historic confirmation Thursday of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation&#8217;s newest justice will bring new perspectives to the Supreme Court, and not just because she will be its first Latino.
&#8230; Her diabetes and daily insulin shots it requires were not much discussed during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids with disabilities have their own summer camps</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/06/summer-camps-21397/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From ABC News:
Because summer camps traditionally don&#8217;t serve kids with disabilities, specialty camps designed specifically for them are cropping up around the country.
&#8220;Summer camp is just part of Americana, and if you&#8217;ve got children with particular special needs it&#8217;s just very difficult for them to readily fit into a mainstream setting,&#8221; said Sean Nienow, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Death care&#8217; provision sparks fear among seniors</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/01/healthcare-provision-21150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post:
A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama&#8217;s calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens that the health-care bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life &#8220;rationing&#8221; and even &#8220;euthanasia.&#8221;
The controversy stems from a proposal to pay physicians who counsel elderly or terminally ill patients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate roiling over end-of-life benefit in health care proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/end-of-life-debate-roiling-21106/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/end-of-life-debate-roiling-21106/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Reisner, writing in Business Week, says an obscure end-of-life provision in the administration&#8217;s health care proposal is stoking passions in the &#8220;conservative blogosphere,&#8221; with claims that it is a step toward government-mandated euthanasia.
During an AARP-sponsored town hall meeting earlier this week, a woman told the President: &#8220;I have been told there is a clause [...]]]></description>
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