- Press releases from: October 2007
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KOHL: HIDDEN 401(k) FEES THREATEN RETIREMENT SECURITY OF OLDER AMERICANS
WASHINGTON - Today U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) held a hearing on the devastating effect hidden 401(k) fees can have on retirement savings and... -
COMPANION TO KOHL DTV BILL INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today announced the introduction of a companion to S. 2125, the Preparing... -
KOHL INTRODUCES BILL TO PREPARE SENIORS FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today introduced the Preparing America's Seniors for the Digital Television... - Press releases from: September 2007
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KOHL QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY PLANS TO EDUCATE SENIORS ON DTV TRANSITION
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) today held a hearing on the upcoming digital television (DTV) transition and its disproportionate... -
GRASSLEY, KOHL SAY PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHEN PHARMACEUTICAL MAKERS GIVE MONEY TO DOCTORS
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) are introducing legislation to require manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs, devices and biologics to... -
KOHL INVESTIGATES USE OF QUESTIONABLE SENIOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR DESIGNATIONS
WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, September 5, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) held a hearing to examine some of the questionable practices used by... - Press releases from: August 2007
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KOHL'S STATEMENT ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, released the following statement today on the second anniversary of the Hurricane... - Press releases from: July 2007
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KOHL PROVISIONS IN 9/11 BILL ENSURE NATIONAL AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS ACCOUNT FOR NEEDS OF SENIORS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today hailed the passage of H.R. 1, Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11... -
KOHL BILL GIVES STATES MORE POWER TO REGULATE SALES & MARKETING OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, was joined today by Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) in... -
KOHL BACKGROUND CHECK BILL GAINS MOMENTUM AT FORUM ON ELDER ABUSE
WASHINGTON - Today Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) held a listening session to focus attention on the issue of elder abuse, a serious and often... -
KOHL, LIEBERMAN URGE NEW FEMADISABILITY COORDINATOR TO MEET NEEDSOF SENIORS IN EMERGENCY PLANNING
WASHINGTON - Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) yesterday sent a... - Press releases from: June 2007
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KOHL EXAMINES DRUG INDUSTRY PRACTICE OF PROVIDING PAYMENTS TO DOCTORS, INFLUENCING PRESCRIBING BEHAVIORS
WASHINGTON - Today Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) held a hearing to examine the pharmaceutical industry's costly practice of providing payments and... -
AHIP, PRIVATE MEDIARE PLAN PROVIDERS INSTITUTE MORATORIUM ON SALES IN RESPONSETO RECENT AGING COMMITTEE HEARING HIGHLIGHTING DECEPTIVE SALES PRACTICES
WASHINGTON - Seven insurance companies, which together account for 90 percent of the private fee-for-service (PFFS) Medicare Advantage market, have voluntarily agreed to... -
SENATORS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO CREATE NATIONWIDE SYSTEM OF BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS
BILL S.1577 FLOOR STATEMENT ON BILL S.1577 WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)... - Press releases from: May 2007
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SENIORCARE SAVED:TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR EXTENSION INCLUDED IN SUPPLEMENTAL, BUSH EXPECTED TO SIGN BILL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Emergency Supplemental Spending bill that is expected to pass both the House and Senate today includes a two-and-a-half year extension of SeniorCare,... -
KOHL DECRIES DECEPTIVE AND CONFUSING SALES PRACTICES OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS, VOWS CONTINUED OVERSIGHT BY COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON - At a hearing held today by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) challenged the sales and marketing practices employed by insurance... -
KOHL CALLS FOR BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL NURSING HOME STANDARDS
WASHINGTON - At a hearing held today on the state of the nursing home industry twenty years after the landmark Nursing Home Reform Act (better known as OBRA '87), Senate... - Press releases from: April 2007
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KOHL, FEINGOLD SUCCESSFULLY INCLUDE TWO-AND-A-HALF YEAR SENIORCARE EXTENSION IN IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold today announced the successful inclusion of a... -
KOHL HOPEFUL FOR SENIORCARE EXTENSION AFTER MEETING WITH HHS SECRETARY MIKE LEAVITT, DOYLE
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today met with Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt along with Wisconsin... -
KOHL SIGNS ON TO POSITIVE AGING ACT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U. S. Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today signed on as a cosponsor of the Positive Aging Act of 2007 (S. 982), a bill...
