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Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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| Health & Medical |
Positions and Views |
| Health & Medical Care, a General Statement |
Reed: As a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Reed is well positioned to help reform our nation's health care system. In an effort to improve patient care, reduce medical errors, and save consumers money, Senator Reed authored legislation to modernize our health care system and make it easier for doctors to share life-saving information. He also succeeded in increasing funds for vital immunization and disease prevention programs for children and adults.
Senator Reed believes that families and their doctors-not HMOs or the government-should make personal medical decisions. But the federal government should help people struggling with the rising cost of prescription drugs. That is why he voted to increase the Medicaid rebate for generic drugs and supported efforts to give Medicare the power to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices.
Source: reed.senate.gov/legislation/index.cfm Date: 07/01/2008 |
| Improving Health & Medical Care |
Reed: As a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Reed is well positioned to help reform our nation's health care system. In an effort to improve patient care, reduce medical errors, and save consumers money, Senator Reed authored legislation to modernize our health care system and make it easier for doctors to share life-saving information. He also succeeded in increasing funds for vital immunization and disease prevention programs for children and adults.
Source: reed.senate.gov/legislation/index.cfm Date: 07/01/2008 |
| Reducing Health Care Costs |
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| Rationing Health Care |
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| Prevention |
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| Rural Health Care |
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| Health Information Interchange Network |
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| Quality and Cost Reporting |
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| Biomedical Superiority |
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| Patient's Bill of Rights |
Reed: No Response |
| Medical Errors |
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| Immunizations and Vaccinations |
Reed: No Response |
| Health Opportunity Accounts |
Reed: No Response |
| Alternative Medicine |
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| National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| Medical Research |
Reed: Reed Introduces Bill to Boost Childhood Cancer Research
Rhode Island Family Joins Reed to Support Legislation
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
WASHINGTON – Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today joined Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) and others in introducing the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2006, to increase funding for childhood cancer research and provide services to patients and families affected by the disease.
Reed stated, “I am pleased to join Senator Coleman in sponsoring this legislation that will encourage and expand support for pediatric cancer research and help families deal with this devastating disease. Childhood cancer impacts thousands of children and their families each year. While we have made great steps in treating cancer, there is still much more to be done. This legislation will help to provide resources to hopefully one day find a cure.”
Reed and Coleman were joined by cosponsors of the legislation, representatives from Cure Search National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the National Hockey League Foundation’s Hockey Fights Cancer program, and families and children who have faced childhood cancer.
Reed welcomed the family of Ben Haight of Warwick, Rhode Island, who sadly passed away from an aggressive form of childhood cancer in 2003.
Ben’s mother, Nancy Haight, stated, “Ben was determined that cancer would not control his life, that he would not be defined by it. He battled so courageously and wanted so much to win that fight. He asked me a day before his death if we could ‘get some stronger medicine.’ It broke my heart to know that there was no more medicine to try. Ben fought so hard, we always felt that if he just had something that could give him that additional boost, he could have survived.
It means so much to us that Ben’s story, as well as those of other children still battling this disease, has touched our Senator Reed and his staff and inspired them to sponsor the Conquer Childhood Cancer act. We are so proud that part of [Response was truncated to maximum response length of 2000 characters.]
Source: Candidate Website Date: 10/02/2004 |
| Physicians |
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| Nurses |
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| Public Health Workers |
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| Association Health Plans (AHP) |
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| Children’s Health |
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| Women’s Health |
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| Elderly's Health |
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| Health Disparities |
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| Exposure to Toxic Chemicals |
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| HIV/AIDS |
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| Cancer |
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| Lead Poisoning |
Reed: No Response |
| Mercury Pollution |
Reed: No Response |
| Obesity |
Reed: No Response |
| Diabetes |
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| Mental Health |
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| Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) |
Reed: No Response |
| Drug Addiction |
Reed: No Response |
| Mad Cow |
Reed: No Response |
| West Nile Virus |
Reed: No Response |
| Autism |
Reed: No Response |
| Asthma |
Reed: No Response |
| Alzheimer’s Disease |
Reed: No Response |
| Substance Abuse |
Reed: No Response |
| Resistance to Antibiotics |
Reed: No Response |