PART B FUNDING: Stimulus Bill Earmarks Over $26 Billion for Healthcare
$550 billion bill addresses medical practices.
President Barack Obama was just sworn into office, but Congress already has a bill waiting for his review that will affect almost all American healthcare practices.
The bill, known as the "American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Bill of 2009," proposes $550 billion in investments that will fund everything from clean energy to education. But the big news for medical practices across the country is that $26.6 billion will go toward healthcare initiatives.
The bill, which now heads to House committees, then to the Senate, proposes channeling $20 billion into health information technology...
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