Bob Bennett - Senator for the State of Utah

Healthy Americans Act

Senator Bob Bennett has joined ranks with Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, to put forward a plan – The Healthy Americans Act. It has attracted the attention of people and organizations on both sides of the aisle as the best way to address the looming health care crisis.

It's the first major bipartisan healthcare legislation in more than a decade. It guarantees quality, affordable, portable health coverage for every American, cutting health costs by more than $1.48 trillion over the next decade.

Click here to learn more about the Healthy Americans Act.

Bennett-Funded Health Care Projects

Fiscal Year 2009

• $666,000 - Association for Utah Community Health - For facilities and equipment
• $476,000 - Intermountain Healthcare - Patient Safety Initiative.
• $381,000 - Utah Department of Health - Health education and screenings for people exposed to uranium tailings
• $333,000 - Utah Navajo Health System - Montezuma Creek, UT - For facilities and equipment
• $190,000 - Weber County - Renovation and equipment to improve health literacy
• $285,000 - Utah Department of Health - Renovation and equipment

Fiscal Year 2008

• $776,000 - Association for Utah Community Health - Expansion of Telemedicine Service
• $413,000 - Weber State University - More Nurses Now Program

Fiscal Year 2005

• $500,000 - Intermountain Healthcare - Deaf interpretation services
• $300,000 - Caring Foundation - Improve oral health of uninsured

Fiscal Year 2004

• $1 million - Association of Utah Community Health - To help meet the most immediate health care needs for the under served
• $500,000 - University of Utah - Telemedicine Outreach Program will develop a comprehensive suite of telehealth services in Utah and the Intermountain West
• $500,000 - Syracuse City Senior Citizen and Community Center - This funding will help construct a year-round community center for senior citizen programs, after school activities for single parent and working families, public health programs, and recreational programs for at-risk youth
• $150,000 - Moran Eye Center - Facility expansion to accommodate retinol disease research

Fiscal Year 2003

• $500,000 - Huntsman Cancer Institute - Genealogical Database
• $500,000 - Weber State University - Rural Nursing Care

Fiscal Year 2002

• $500,000 - Department of Health and Human Services support for federal cooperation with the Environmental and Public Health Alliance to perform necessary public health services during the 2002 Winter Olympics

Fiscal Year 2001

• $200,000 - Montezuma Creek Community Health Center

Fiscal Year 2000

• $1.9 million - University of Utah - Radioactive Iodine-131 and Thyroid Cancer Study
• $1 million Demonstration Project of children's Hospice Care for Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, New York, and Utah

Fiscal Year 1999

• $1.9 million - University of Utah - Radioactive Iodine-131 and Thyroid Cancer Study
• $200,000 - Utah Area Health Education Center demonstration project for rural and underserved areas