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Health Care Archive

2008
Mar. 20, 2008 President Bush Discusses National President's Challenge
Feb. 25, 2008 President Bush Meets with National Governors Association
Feb. 11, 2008 President and Mrs. Bush Host Heart Truth Reception
Fact Sheet: The Heart Truth: Helping Prevent Heart Disease in Women
Jan. 23, 2008 Statement by the Press Secretary on SCHIP

2007
Dec. 19, 2007 Statement by the Press Secretary On Passage of SCHIP Legislation
Dec. 5, 2007 President Bush Participates in Meeting on Health Care in Omaha, Nebraska
Fact Sheet: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Uninsured and Underserved Americans
Nov. 2, 2007 Setting the Record Straight: Democrats' SCHIP Bill Repackages Bad Policy
Oct. 31, 2007 President Bush Discusses Health Care, Economic Growth and Free Trade at 2007 Grocery Manufacturers Association/Food Products Association Fall Conference
Oct. 26, 2007 President Bush Discusses Appropriations
Oct. 25, 2007 Just the Facts: Top Five Reasons the Democrats' "New" SCHIP Bill Is Actually More of the Same
Oct. 23, 2007 Just the Facts: "Over Half the Families in America Are Not Poor"
Oct. 17, 2007 Press Briefing Via Conference Call by Senior Administration Officials on SCHIP Reauthorization
Press Conference by the President
Oct. 6, 2007 President's Radio Address
Just the Facts: The $83,000 Question
Oct. 3, 2007 President Bush Visits Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Discusses S-CHIP
Sept. 28, 2007 Excerpt of President's Radio Address on SCHIP Legislation
Kerry Weems Discusses State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) Reauthorization on "Ask the White House"
Sept. 22, 2007 President's Radio Address
Sept. 21, 2007 President Bush Strongly Supports Reauthorization of SCHIP
Myth/Fact: Five Key Myths About President Bush's Support for SCHIP Reauthorization
Sept. 20, 2007 Press Conference by the President
Aug. 21, 2007 National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2007
Jul. 18, 2007 President Bush Meets with the Import Safety Working Group
Remarks by President Bush After Roundtable on Health Care
Jul. 10, 2007 President Bush Visits Cleveland, Ohio
Fact Sheet: A Day in Cleveland: President Bush Calls on Congress to Act to Fund Vital Priorities
Jun. 27, 2007 Press Briefing on Health Care by Senior Administration Officials
President Bush Discusses Health Care
Jun. 20, 2007 Message to the Congress of the United States
President Bush Discusses Stem Cell Veto and Executive Order
Message to the Senate of the United States
Executive Order: Expanding Approved Stem Cell Lines in Ethically Responsible Ways
Fact Sheet: Advancing Stem Cell Research While Respecting Moral Boundaries
Jun. 7, 2007 President Bush Disappointed in House Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Bill
May 24, 2007 President Bush Nominates Dr. James Holsinger Jr. as Surgeon General
May 5, 2007 President Bush Discusses Physical Fitness Month, Encourages Americans to Exercise
May 1, 2007 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, 2007
Apr. 25, 2007 President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Malaria Awareness Day
Apr. 24, 2007 President Bush Commends Interagency Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
Apr. 23, 2007 President Bush Participates in a Meeting on Medicare Part D
Apr. 20, 2007 President Bush Signs the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Reauthorization Act
Apr. 11, 2007 Statement by the President on Stem Cell Research
Apr. 2, 2007 President Bush Participtes in Meeting on Health Savings Accounts
Mar. 30, 2007 President Bush Visits Troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Cancer Control Month, 2007
Mar. 16, 2007 President Bush Meets with the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
Mar. 7, 2007 President Bush Meets with Co-Chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors
Mar. 6, 2007 Executive Order: Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors and a Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes
Fact Sheet: Taking Care of America's Returning Wounded Warriors
President Bush Discusses Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, War on Terror at American Legion
Mar. 2, 2007 President's Radio Address
Feb. 28, 2007 Save Your Vision Week, 2007
Feb. 26, 2007 President Bush Meets with the National Governors Association
Feb. 24, 2007 President's Radio Address
Feb. 23, 2007 Fact Sheet: Making Private Health Insurance More Affordable for Low-Income Americans
Feb. 21, 2007 President Bush Participates in a Roundtable on Health Care Initiatives
Fact Sheet: Helping More Americans Afford Health Insurance
Feb. 20, 2007 President Bush Attends Meeting on Health Care Initiatives
Feb. 17, 2007 President's Radio Address
Feb. 1, 2007 President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Childhood Obesity
Fact Sheet: Encouraging Child Fitness
American Heart Month, 2007
Jan. 30, 2007 President Bush Visits Peoria, Illinois
Jan. 27, 2007 President's Radio Address
Jan. 25, 2007 President Bush Participates in a Roundtable on Health Care Initiatives
Jan. 23, 2007 President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address
Fact Sheet: Affordable, Accessible, And Flexible Health Coverage
Jan. 22, 2007 President Bush's Standard Deduction for Health Insurance Would Save Money for More Than 100 Million Americans
Press Briefing on the President's State of the Union Health Care Initiative
Fact Sheet: Affordable, Accessible, and Flexible Health Coverage
Jan. 20, 2007 President's Radio Address
Jan. 17, 2007 President Bush Participates in a Roundtable on Advances in Cancer Prevention
Fact Sheet: a New Era in Cancer Prevention
Jan. 12, 2007 President Bush Signs H.R. 482, H.R. 1245, H.R. 4709, H.R. 4997, H.R. 5483, H.R. 5948, and H.R. 6338
Jan. 5, 2007 Memorandum for the Secretary of Health and Human Services

2006
Dec. 20, 2006 President Bush Signs the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
Fact Sheet: Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
President's Statement on Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006
Dec. 19, 2006 President's Statement on Combating Autism Act of 2006
Fact Sheet: Combating Autism Act of 2006
Nov. 14, 2006 President Bush Meets with CEOs of U.S. Automobile Manufacturers
Oct. 31, 2006 National Hospice Month, 2006
Oct. 30, 2006 National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 2006
National Family Caregivers Month, 2006
National Diabetes Month, 2006
Oct. 20, 2006 President Bush and Secretary Leavitt Discuss Medicare
Oct. 3, 2006 National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2006
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2006
Sept. 29, 2006 National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2006
Sept. 28, 2006 Child Health Day, 2006
Sept. 18, 2006 Memorandum for the Secretary of State
Statement by the Press Secretary
Sept. 5, 2006 President's Statement on Dr. Mark McClellan Resignation as CMS Administrator
Aug. 29, 2006 President Proclaims National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
President Proclaims National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Aug. 25, 2006 National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2006
Aug. 22, 2006 President Bush Discusses Health Transparency in Minnesota
Executive Order: Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs
Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt
Fact Sheet: Health Care Transparency: Empowering Consumers to Save on Quality Care
Aug. 1, 2006 President Thanks Naval Medical Staff After His Annual Physical
Jul. 26, 2006 President Signs S. 655, Increases Appropriated Grants for National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control
Jul. 19, 2006 Fact Sheet: President Bush's Stem Cell Research Policy
President Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy
President Signs S. 3504, the "Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006"
Message to the House of Representatives
Jul. 18, 2006 Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Jul. 17, 2006 Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Stem Cell Policy Is Working
Jul. 10, 2006 President Signs H.R. 4912, Rural Health Care Capital Access Act of 2006
Jun. 15, 2006 President Signs H.R. 1953, H.R. 3829, H.R. 5401, S. 1235, S. 193 and S. 2803
Jun. 9, 2006 Statement on The President's Malaria Initiative
May 22, 2006 President's Statement on the Death of Dr. Lee Jong-wook
May 15, 2006 Mrs. Laura Bush, Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, and Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mark McClellan Attend Medicare Event
May 10, 2006 Setting the Record Straight: CBS News' Misleading Medicare Report
President Bush Participates in Conversation on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit in Florida
May 9, 2006 Setting the Record Straight: USA Today's Misleading Medicare Story
President Bush Discusses Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
President Bush and Health and Human Services Secretary Leavitt Make Remarks to the Travel Pool
May 8, 2006 President Disappointed in Senate Failure to Pass Real Medical Liability Reform
May 6, 2006 President's Radio Address
May 1, 2006 President Discusses Health Care Initiatives
Fact Sheet: Making Health Care More Affordable and Accessible for All Americans
Apr. 27, 2006 Medicare Check-Up: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage Is Cutting Costs
Apr. 12, 2006 President Participates in a Conversation on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit in Virginia
Apr. 11, 2006 President Discusses Medicare in Iowa
President Participates in Conversation on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Fact Sheet: Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage: Enroll Now and Start Saving
Apr. 7, 2006 National D.A.R.E. Day, 2006
Apr. 5, 2006 President Bush Participates in Panel on Health Savings Accounts
Fact Sheet: Health Savings Accounts: Affordable and Accessible Health Care
Fact Sheet: Health Savings Accounts: Myth Vs. Fact
Apr. 4, 2006 President Bush Discusses Health Care Initiatives
Mar. 29, 2006 Cancer Control Month, 2006
National Donate Life Month, 2006
Mar. 15, 2006 President Participates in Discussion on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits
Mar. 14, 2006 President Participates in Conversation on Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits
President Discusses New Medicare Benefits During Visit to Senior Center
Fact Sheet: The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Helping Seniors and Reducing Costs
Press Gaggle by Scott McClellan and Dr. Mark McClellan
Feb. 16, 2006 President Participates in Panel Discussion on Health Care Initiatives
Feb. 15, 2006 President Discusses Health Care
Feb. 11, 2006 President's Radio Address
Feb. 1, 2006 Press Briefing by Al Hubbard on the President's Health Care Initiatives for 2006
Jan. 31, 2006 State of the Union: Affordable and Accessible Health Care
Jan. 30, 2006 Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives

2005
Dec. 20, 2005 President Signs "Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005"
Dec. 10, 2005 Press Gaggle After Avian Flu Tabletop Exercise with Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend, Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt, and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
Nov. 1, 2005 President Outlines Pandemic Influenza Preparations and Response
Fact Sheet: Safeguarding America Against Pandemic Influenza
Press Briefing on the Avian Flu by Dr. Rajeev Venkayya, Special Assistant to the President for Biological Defense Policy
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Oct. 7, 2005 President Meets with Vaccine Industry Representatives to Discuss Avian Flu
Jul. 29, 2005 President Signs Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
Statement on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005
Jan. 27, 2005 President Discusses Health Care Information Technology Benefits
Fact Sheet: Improving Care and Saving Lives Through Health IT
Jan. 26, 2005 President Participates in Conversation on Health Care

2004
Oct. 18, 2004 Fact Sheet: The Flu Vaccine
Aug. 11, 2004 Fact Sheet: Medicare Drug Discount Cards Help Seniors Save on Prescription Drug Costs
Aug. 9, 2004 Fact Sheet: Expanding Access and Increasing the Affordability of Health Insurance Through Health Savings Accounts
May 27, 2004 President Discusses Transforming Health Care for Americans with Health IT
Fact Sheet: Transforming Health Care for All Americans
May 25, 2004 President Participates in Conversation on Health Care and Community Health Centers
Fact Sheet: Expanding Access to Health Care for Millions of Americans
Mar. 16, 2004 President Discusses Health Access and Affordable Health Care
Jan. 28, 2004 Fact Sheet: the President's Health Care Agenda
President Bush Discusses Quality, Affordable Health Care
Apr. 27, 2004 President Bush Touts Benefits of Health Care Information Technology
Jan. 26, 2004 President Bush Calls for Medical Liability Reform
Jan. 20, 2004 President Discusses Health Care in State of the Union

2003
Dec. 22, 2003 Fact Sheet: Guidance Released on Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
Dec. 8, 2003 Fact Sheet: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
President Signs Medicare Legislation
Nov. 25, 2003 President Applauds Congress for Passing Historic Medicare Bill
Nov. 22, 2003 President's Radio Address
President Applauds House for Passing Medicare Bill
Nov. 15, 2003 President Applauds Bipartisan Medicare Agreement
President's Radio Address
Nov. 13, 2003 President Bush Meets with Florida Seniors to Discuss Medicare
Fact Sheet: President Calls on Congress to "Finish the Job" - Pass a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit for Seniors
Nov. 6, 2003 Mrs. Bush's Remarks on Women's Heart Disease in Norfolk, Virginia
Nov. 1, 2003 National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month, 2003
Oct. 31, 2003 National Diabetes Month, 2003
Oct. 29, 2003 President Calls on Congress to Complete Work on Medicare Bill
Oct. 6, 2003 Child Health Day, 2003
Oct. 3, 2003 National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2003
Sept. 25, 2003 President Bush Meets with Medicare Conferees
Sept. 1, 2003 National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2003
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 2003
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2003
Jul. 18, 2003 President Bush Highlights Health and Fitness Initiative
Jul. 11, 2003 President Bush Discusses Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Uganda
Jul. 2, 2003 President Bush Names Randall Tobias to be Global AIDS Coordinator
Fact Sheet: The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Jun. 30, 2003 President Bush Pleased with Progress on Medicare
Jun. 27, 2003 President Applauds House for Passing Medicare Legislation
Apr. 29, 2003 President Urges Congress to Act Quickly on Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
Jan. 31, 2003 President Discusses the Fight Against Global and Domestic HIV/AIDS
Jan. 29, 2003 Fact Sheet: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Jan. 28, 2003 President Discusses Strengthening & Improving Health Care in State of the Union
Jan. 16, 2003 President Calls for Medical Liability Reform
Fact Sheet: President Calls for Medical Liability Reform

2002
Oct. 28, 2002 President's Statement on H.R. 5651, the "Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002"
Oct. 26, 2002 President's Radio Address
Oct. 21, 2002 President Takes Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices
Fact Sheet: President Takes Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices By Improving Access to Generic Drugs
Aug. 13, 2002 President Discusses Healthcare Security at Economic Forum
Jul. 25, 2002 President Proposes Major Reforms to Address Medical Liability Crisis
Jul. 19, 2002 President Bush Announced Dr. Joseph O'Neill to be Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
Jun. 22, 2002 Remarks by the President at Fitness Challenge
Radio Address by the President to the Nation
Jun. 21, 2002 President Promotes Physical Fitness to Senior Citizens
Jun. 20, 2002 President Outlines Health and Fitness Initiative at White House Fitness Expo
Appointments to President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Fact Sheet: President Bush Launches HealthierUS Initiative
Executive Order: Activities to Promote Personal Fitness
Executive Order: President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Jun. 19, 2002 President Promotes New Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative
Fact Sheet: President Bush's International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative
Jun. 1, 2002 President Addresses "Race for the Cure" Participants via Telephone
Apr. 29, 2002 President Says U.S. Must Make Commitment to Mental Health Care
Fact Sheet: Improving Access to Quality Mental Health Care
Executive Order: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Apr. 19, 2002 National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, 2002
Apr. 1, 2002 Cancer Control Month, 2002
Mar. 26, 2002 President Nominates NIH Director and Surgeon General
Mar. 6, 2002 President Pleased with Health Insurance Bill
Mar. 4, 2002 Save Your Vision Week, 2002
Mar. 1, 2002 Key Components of the President's Health Care Reform Agenda
Feb. 11, 2002 President Bush Outlines Health Care Agenda
Fact Sheet: President Outlines Agenda for Improving Health Security in the Best Health Care System in the World

2001
Dec. 6, 2001 President Names Director of National Cancer Institute
Aug. 29, 2001 President Discusses Defense Priorities at American Legion
Aug. 9, 2001 President Discusses Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Fact Sheet
Aug. 3, 2001 President Supportive of Bipartisan Medicare Legislation
Aug. 2, 2001 President Commends House Action on Patients' Bill of Rights
Aug. 1, 2001 President Announces Agreement on Patients' Bill of Rights
Jul. 31, 2001 President Commends House Action on Cloning
President Bush Discusses Patients' Bill of Rights and Energy
Jul. 13, 2001 President Calls for Modernization of Medicare
Jul. 11, 2001 President Speaks to Specialty Doctors and Patients on Patients' Bill of Rights
Jul. 9, 2001 President Bush Discusses Patients' Bill of Rights at Hospital
Jul. 3, 2001 President Bush Visits Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia
Jun. 27, 2001 President Bush Discusses Patients' Bill of Rights with House Leaders
President Commends Bipartisan Efforts on Patients' Bill of Rights
Jun. 1, 2001 President Bush Speaks at Race For The Cure® Event
May 15, 2001 President's Statement on Patients' Bill of Rights
May 11, 2001 President Announces Proposal for Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis
Apr. 19, 2001 President, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman Discuss Health and the Environment
Apr. 12, 2001 President's Statement on Medical Privacy Information
Apr. 9, 2001 President Bush Announces Evertz to be the Director of the Office National AIDS Policy
Mar. 28, 2001 Cancer Control Month, 2001
Mar. 21, 2001 President Bush Speaks at the American College of Cardiology Annual Convention
Mar. 8, 2001 National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 2001
Mar. 5, 2001 Save Your Vision Week, 2001
Feb. 7, 2001 Principles for a Bipartisan Patients' Bill of Rights


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