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New Database Tracks States' Bills, Actions on Health Reform Law

The National Conference of State Legislatures has launched a searchable database that provides comprehensive information about the latest developments in the implementation of the federal health reform law at the state level, The Hill's "Healthwatch" reports ("Healthwatch," The Hill, 3/15).
The database, which is accessible at no cost, tracks various issues and provisions related to the overhaul. Thus far it includes about 600 bills that have been introduced in states this year related to:

  • Challenges and alternatives to the law's provisions;
  • Health care providers and the work force;
  • Health insurance;
  • Health IT;
  • Medicaid;
  • Prevention and wellness; and
  • State-based health insurance exchanges (AHA News, 3/16).

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