Friday, July 16, 2010

House panel clears HHS approps bill

House panel clears HHS approps bill-thehill.com: After deflecting a series of GOP efforts to dilute healthcare reform, Democrats on the House Appropriations Labor/HHS Subcommittee passed their funding blueprint for fiscal 2011 on Thursday, including more than $560 million to fight fraud in the healthcare sector — an 80 percent hike over this year.