Senate Majority Leader Frist Proposes $500M To Reduce Disease Rates Among Minorities, Low-Income Rural Residents

... Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) on Friday introduced a bill that would authorize $500 million to help reduce disease rates among racial and ethnic minority groups and some low-income rural whites, AP/Knoxville News-Sentinel reports. The legislation -- co-sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M. [click link for full article] ...