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The genie is out of the bottle. A And the challenge now facing Congressional Democratic leaders is how to put the genie back in the bottle.

Congress seeks to use the H1N1 pandemic to do what Democrats have wanted to do for years -- to write into federal law, for the first time, a requirement that employers give workers paid sick leave, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

Denny Rehberg and Baby Caucus co-chair Representative Rosa DeLauro , hosted a briefing today with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, to assist states with establishing comprehensive and coordinated systems for health care, education, and family support services for young children.

A House of Representatives panel wrestled Tuesday with the pros and cons of requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to help slow the spread of swine flu.

Advocacy groups and employers expressed concerns about an emergency paid sick leave bill designed to help workers who are stricken with the H1N1 flu at a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday, November 17.

"If you feel sick, stay home" says the Centers for Disease Control . But for millions of American workers without paid sick leave, that means tough choices between a paycheck or going to work sick; even leaving a sick family member at home.

Prompted by concerns about the spread of swine flu, the Obama administration is openly endorsing paid family and medical leave for workers.

Proponents of legislation requiring many Connecticut companies to offer paid sick leave have been energized by similar federal efforts triggered in part by the swine flu outbreak.

Health Care Reform Bill - What Women Stand to Gain Monday November 9, 2009 We all knew it wasn't going to pass without a fight...and some compromises.

If liberals are so disturbed by Congress' dictating whether abortion is a legitimate health care issue or not, it only makes sense that they should be equally troubled by government management of other health care decisions.

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The H1N1 pandemic is raising concerns about people reporting to work sick and spreading the disease.

The head of a House subcommittee that oversees the FDA has demanded answers from Commissioner Margaret Hamburg about why the agency is considering "outsourcing" the efficacy analyses of older marketed antibiotics to a nonprofit standards-setting group, whose 2,000 members include numerous drugmakers.

The sudden spasm of intense debate over abortion on Capitol Hill this week threatens not only to stall the passage of health care legislation , but also to shatter the delicate ceasefire that has governed the abortion issue during the Obama era.

If liberals are so disturbed by Congress' dictating whether abortion is a legitimate health care issue or not, it only makes sense that they should be equally troubled by government management of other health care decisions.

When Desiree Rosado's daughter got the flu last month, she took a week off without pay; just an hour after finally returning to work Rosado had to leave again to take her feverish son home.

A funny thing is happening on the way to the impending health care showdown, as the Democrats try to turn the newly-passed House bill into something that can pass both Houses of Congress: Democrats are divided over abortion, and their divisions threaten to wreck the bill.

Main Category: Abortion Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance ; Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 2:00 PST The House on Saturday evening voted 220-215 to pass its health care reform bill after the chamber approved an amendment that would prohibit public and private plans in new health insurance exchanges from ...

Many Democrats cheered when the health bill passed the House, but pro-choice groups denounced a last-minute amendment to ban coverage of abortions.