How about the little section on "Medical Liability Alternatives?"

Section 2531 on page 1431 details incentive payments to "each State that has an alternative medical liability law."

Sounds innocuous enough, eh?

Except when you get onto the next page, it says states will qualify for extra money if "the law does not limit attorneys' fees or impose caps on damages."

Yowza. I guess since we are fighting over big time issues, then we may as well have some language that makes you shake your head and chuckle, because this is Washington politics at its best, or worst, depending how you view the issue.

One thing is for sure, somewhere around Washington, D.C., there must be a lobbyist or two for the trial lawyers who is chortling over that one, while on the other side of the football, there are Republicans ready to chew up page 1432 and down it with a couple of shots over at Bullfeather's.

Medical Malpractice reform isn't going to be in the House bill, but it does have a chance to surface in the Senate.

The good thing about having searchable text to find stuff like that is that you can search for just about anything, and come up with 308 results, like when I looked for the word "grants."

In other words, there's a lot of money that will be doled out by this bill.

Wellness program grants. State Health Access Program grants. Grants to start health insurance coops.

Grants to States for quality home visitation programs for families with young children and families expecting children.

There are "Nursing workforce diversity grants." "Community prevention and wellness research grants" as well as "Community prevention and wellness services grants."

You can find grants for school-based health clinics, nurse-managed health centers and more. How about "Grants to promote positive health behaviors and outcomes."

There are grants for "Oral Health Training Programs" and grants for "Health Professions Education" and "Nurse Education, Practice and Retention."

You get the picture.

Some of them get the ole "such sums as necessary."

Now what about state specific items? I did a search for all 50 states, just to see.

California gets 33 mentions. That's by far the most.

Florida gets the big zero. Nevada only has two, and they are both in the Indian health section.

The last 255 pages are all about Indian health care. It's actually a bill that was introduced earlier this year which was just tacked onto the broader health care legislation.

Are you looking through the bill yourself?

If not, why not?

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