Tag Archives: brain injuries
Senate Schedules Lame Duck Session; House May Return As Well
According to CQ Today, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a lame duck session beginning Nov. 17, when senators will already be in Washington for the biennial meetings to elect party leaders. In November, the lame ducks will vote
For the Brain, Remembering Is Like Reliving
Scientists have for the first time recorded individual brain cells in the act of summoning a spontaneous memory, revealing not only where a remembered experience is registered but also, in part, how the brain is able to recreate it. Read
The Military’s TRICARE Health Insurance Program
On behalf of the Brain Injury Association of America, I am thrilled to announce that yesterday a group of United States Senators, led by Evan Bayh (D-IN) and Barack Obama (D-IL), sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
Symposium on Deep Brain Stimulation Held in Washington, D.C.
Symposium on Deep Brain Stimulation Held in Washington, D.C. On Tuesday, BIAA Government Affairs Associate Robert Demichelis attended “Brain Pacemakers: A Promising Approach and a New Era of Hope for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders,” a symposium on deep brain stimulation
BIAA Roots On Servicemembers at Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride White House Kickoff
BIAA Roots On Servicemembers at Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride White House Kickoff A representative of BIAA was invited to attend an event hosted by President George W. Bush on Thursday at the White House. BIAA Government Affairs Director Laura Schiebelhut
BIAA Submits Testimony to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
BIAA Submits Testimony to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Also this week, BIAA submitted written testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee in charge of funding TBI programs within the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education. BIAA’s testimony
Call Your Representative Today or Tomorrow
Bill to Delay Harmful Medicaid Regulations on House Floor This Week Please call your Representative TODAY OR TOMORROW and urge them to vote YES on H.R. 5613 – The Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act – when it is considered
Bill to Delay Harmful Medicaid Regulations Advances Despite Veto Threat
This week saw major activity occur on H.R. 5613, legislation recently introduced which would place a moratorium until March 2009 on seven Medicaid regulations issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. On Wednesday, the bill was unanimously approved
House Passes TBI Act Reauthorization Bill!
Last night, the House of Representatives passed legislation to reauthorize the Traumatic Brain Injury Act (S. 793), by a vote of 392-1. BIAA thanks all of you who called your Representatives and urged them to vote YES on the bill!
Senate Passes TBI Act Reauthorization Bill!
Last night, the Senate passed a slightly revised version of S. 793, the Traumatic Brain Injury Act, which exactly matches the House version passed earlier this week. The bill has now been cleared entirely by Congress and will be forwarded
