WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 — Wildlife conservation and animal protection groups filed a legal petition seeking additional ship speed limits in North Atlantic right whale habitat. The petition asks the National Marine Fisheries Service to extend the existing 10-knot speed limit on the Atlantic coast beyond its December 2013 expiration date[Read More…]
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Aetna Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act
HARTFORD, Conn–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 — Aetna (NYSE: AET) released the following statement after today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act: “Today’s Supreme Court decision does not change our business strategy or commitment to system reforms that make quality care more affordable and accessible. We are prepared for the changes[Read More…]
Statement by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts on the Supreme Court’s Decision Re: the Affordable Care Act
Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. President and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Andrew Dreyfus’ Statement“Today’s ruling is a validation of decades of work here in Massachusetts to expand health care coverage to all of our citizens. All Americans will now have the same health care benefits and protections that[Read More…]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Statement on SCOTUS Decision
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) President and CEO Scott P. Serota issued the following statement regarding today’s Supreme Court decision: “BCBSA has long been committed to ensuring everyone has high quality, affordable healthcare coverage. We will continue to implement the law while working with policymakers[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Responds to Health Reform Ruling
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. Like most hospitals across the nation, Northwestern Memorial Hospital has been faced with increasing numbers of uninsured patients with greater severity of illness due to lack of or delayed care as well as rising bad debt. Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court to uphold the[Read More…]
New Vaccine for Nicotine Addiction
Weill Cornell Researchers Develop Novel Anti-Body Vaccine that Blocks Addictive Nicotine Chemicals from Reaching the Brain NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 — Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed and successfully tested in mice an innovative vaccine to treat nicotine addiction. In the journal Science Translational Medicine, the scientists describe[Read More…]
Supreme Court Decision Upholding the Affordable Care Act Will Benefit Millions of Women, Planned Parenthood Says
Women Will Have Access to Birth Control Without Co-Pays Starting in August, Saving Up To $600 a Year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act will have a “profound and concrete impact” on millions of people’s lives, Planned Parenthood said today. Calling the[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Supreme Court Health Care Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. We are pleased and relieved that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Today’s decision means that we can continue moving full speed ahead to implement and build upon the Affordable Care Act. We have no illusion that the destination[Read More…]
House Committee Hobbles Environmental Protection – Again
NRDC: “House Appropriations Committee Has Decided to Take a Destructive Approach” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 – The House Appropriations Committee today approved an irresponsible bill that would slash the Environmental Protection Agency budget by about 17 percent. The bill also includes numerous anti-environmental “riders” —provisions that prevent EPA and the Interior Department[Read More…]
Weak Transportation Bill Undermines Environmental Safeguards
NRDC: Keystone, coal ash disposal provisions excluded, but Senate makes damaging and unnecessary concessions to anti-environmental House Republicans WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 – The House and Senate today reached an agreement to pass the first transportation bill since 2005. Following is a statement from Natural Resources Defense Council Legislative Director Scott[Read More…]
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