Health Bill Could Assist Four Cancer Centers (Surprise, one is in Nevada)

New York Slimes ^ | September 21, 2009 | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

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WASHINGTON — The Nevada Cancer Institute, in Las Vegas, may not have a national reputation as a clinic or a research facility. But it does have the ear of its state’s senior senator, Harry Reid, the Democratic leader. And that is why the four-year-old institute could reap a big gain in federal reimbursements as part of the health care overhaul.

Thanks to Senator Harry Reid, the Nevada Cancer Institute could benefit from the health bill.

After months of noisy public debates over big policy ideas like universal coverage and a public insurance option, the health care legislation is getting down to the fine print. This is the time when powerful members of Congress customarily tuck in their pet projects, either to please their constituencies or as sweeteners to win the votes of lawmakers who may be sitting on the fence.

Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, a wavering Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, has proposed expanding Medicare coverage of home infusion therapy, a form of treatment for a variety of purposes that is championed by a medical entrepreneur in her state. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a Utah Republican on the panel, is seeking a health care tax break for any state that “begins with the letter U.”

[eartotheground]

Two questions: 1. Does the hospital change its name to "The Dingy Harry Memorial Hemorrhoidal Therapy Center"? 2. Can pork go through reconcilition no problem? (rhetorical question)

[Marty62]

Where can you find the List?