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03-24-10 – National Health Council Applauds Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation
03-09-10 – National Health Council & WebMD Take Social Networking for Patients to New Levels
02-16-10 – National Health Council announces a new partnership with Lotsa Helping Hands to offer a free-of-charge, web-based caregiving coordination service.
01-20-10 – Patients to Congress: Continue Working on Health Care Reform
12-15-09 – National Health Council Announces 2010 New Board Members and Officers
07-07-09 – NHC, patient advocacy organizations, scientific and professional societies, higher education associations, and research institutions, express support for efforts to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) at its current allocation level
06-23-09 – National Health Council Applauds Effort to Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs
06-22-09 – NHC, prominent research institutions, health advocacy organizations, and biomedical industry launch multi-year campaign for increased National Institutes of Health funding
06-02-09 – Message from 48 Patient Advocacy Group members of the NHC to President and Congress to enact health care reform legislation that guarantees effective and affordable health and long-term care coverage
04-14-09 – NHC President Myrl Weinberg testifies before the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness
03-26-09 – Elimination of the Two-Year Waiting Period for Medicare (PDF)
03-20-09 – NHC President Myrl Weinberg testifies before the IOM Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities (PDF)
02-05-09 – Cross-cutting Coalition Committed to Lowering Patient Costs (PDF)
01-29-09 – Statement from National Health Council President Myrl Weinberg on the need to make Stimulus Package provisions on comparative effectiveness research more patient-focused. (PDF)
07-10-08 – Statement from National Health Council President Myrl Weinberg on revised PhRMA Code on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals (PDF)
02-26-08 – Making patient-centered healthcare a reality for patients worldwide (PDF)
12-06-07 – Social Security Holds First Disability Hearing on Compassionate Allowances (PDF)
09-06-07 – Patient Group CEOs Call for Universal Coverage (PDF)
04-18-07 – Statement from Myrl Weinberg on Modifications to FDA 'Revitalization Act' (PDF)
04-17-07 – Statement from Myrl Weinberg on FDA's MDUFMA Recommendations (PDF)
03-30-07 – International Patient Organizations Present First-Ever Patient Centered Care Definition, Principles (PDF)
03-27-07 – Twelve Though leaders Named to ASAE & The Centers 2007 Class of Fellows (PDF)
09-26-06 – NIH Funding, FDA and Medicare Part D Top Policy Priorities for Patient Groups (PDF)
05-10-06 – Joint Statement on Sustaining NIH Funding Levels (PDF)
04-14-06 – Statement from Myrl Weinberg on Massachusetts' Universal Health-Care Legislation (PDF)
03-06-06 – Statement from Myrl Weinberg on CMS' Public Comment Period for Draft Medicare Formulary and Transition Guidelines (PDF)
01-19-06 – Significant Savings for Millions of Patients with Chronic Conditions Under Medicare Rx Benefit, Says New Study (PDF)
