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Healthcare.gov has more than 4,400 private plans offered by over 200 insurers, acrossall 50 states and the District of Columbia. The number of plans are expected to increase in the coming months.
In technical terms, the agency will award “a presumption of service connection” for:
• Ischemic heart disease
• Parkinson’s disease
• All chronic B cell leukemias, such as hairy cell leukemia
Washington DC – U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s (D-OH) bill, H.R. 2039, the Congressional Made in America Promise Act, passed in the U.S. House of Representatives today by a vote of 371-36. The bill will extend Buy American Act requirements for federal agencies to apply to the legislative branch and aims to ensure that products purchased by the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate are American-made.
“This is great testimony of the excellence of our Library system, which provides so many community services,” said Director Scoles. “The new computer center and mobile unit will reach out to so many people who otherwise could not afford high-speed Internet and computer training. This will improve the lives for residents of Lucas County.”
“I am excited for the residents of Lucas County,” said Margaret Danziger, Deputy Director. “This is a win-win situation for the Library,local partners and the community.”
The Toledo Farmers Market, traditionally a summertime venture, will be open this winter after of the construction of new bay enclosures, full-heating units, a new drainage system, streamlined platforms, updated restrooms, and a new office to conduct business.
CongresswomanKaptur helped secure a federal award of approximately $270,000 for the project from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development via the Economic Development Initiative.
The University of Toledo will study the feasibility of tile drain caps as a way to reduce contamination of waterways by contaminants from biosolids that are applied to farm fields in northwest Ohio.
Another project ($250,000) will enhance plant and wildlife habitat in western Lake Erie through the beneficial use of dredged sediment. The Toledo Harbor Sediment Management Plan will also be completed, resultingin detailed plans to manage all material that is dredged from the Toledo Harbor shipping channels.
Established in September 2004 when the first 11 packages went out at Christmas time, HIA now has provided thousands packages to date. “When Heroes in Action can offer a thoughtful gift or tribute they encourage our soldiers; they remind them that they are loved and that they are supported from home,” said Kaptur. They also support and honor veteransand the families of active military service by providing food baskets, clothes, household need, home & auto repairs, encouragement, supportor whatever help they can deliver.
More beneficiaries will receive checks in the coming months as they enter the coverage gap, Congresswoman Kaptur said. Eligible beneficiaries get the checks automatically when they reach the “donut hole,” and need not sign up in order to receive the rebates. They are receiving these benefits because of the health care law Congress passed to strengthen Medicare, lower costs for seniors, and give seniors more control over their medical care.
TOLEDO -- U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today urged the U.S. Senate to act quickly in the wake of the national egg recall to pass legislation to strengthen food safety laws in America.
“Families in America deserve to know the food on their table is safe, and Congress should give federal regulators the tools they need to do the job,” Kaptur said at a news conference outside a family-owned market in south Toledo.
Congresswoman Kaptur today issued the following statement to mark Women’s Equality Day and to celebrate the 90th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote:
“Ninety years ago today, America finally extended to women the right to vote and took an important step toward achieving its destiny as a nation where equality is embodied in the law.
“The road was difficult. Courageous women who became known as suffragettes had to march, struggle and sacrifice in order to bring the dream of equality closer to reality.