Starting immediately and throughout the coming year, our families, small businesses, seniors, and young Americans will begin to feel the real and positive impact of health insurance reform. The following interactive graphic will show you the benefits of the new law that begin within the first year....
Owings, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) met today with about two dozen local AARP officials and members to talk about the benefits for older Americans in the newly-enacted health insurance reform law and how leaders can work together to inform communities about these benefits. ...
LA PLATA, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) spoke today at the grand opening of the College of Southern Maryland's clinical simulation lab. With the help of a $400,000 federal appropriation secured by Rep. Hoyer last year, the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) opened a new clinical simulation lab to enhance training for nursing students and professionals in the Southern Maryland Region. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined President Obama at the White House today for the signing of the health care reform legislation that the House passed on Sunday, March 21. ...
GREENBELT, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) met today with residents of Green Ridge House to discuss the impact of the Affordable Health Care for America Act on elderly populations and how reforms will strengthen Medicare benefits and extend the program's solvency....
Rep. Hoyer speaks at a press conference following House passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.On Saturday, November 7, the House passe...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD) delivered the opening statement of general debate today on the Affordable Health Care for America Act. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined his colleagues in the House to introduce new health insurance reform legislation that will make health care more affordable for the middle class, expand coverage choices for small businesses, and provide significant protections for all health care consumers....
In addition to the standard measures we take every year to prepare for and prevent the spread of seasonal influenza, we face a unique flu challenge this year with the H1N1 virus....
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) joined the Maryland Black Mayors, the National Conference of Black Mayors, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, AARP Maryland, and the National Black Leadership Forum to discuss the urgent need for health insurance reform....
Health insurance reform is essential for our families, our businesses, and our country. Our families are being strained by skyrocketing premiums. If we do nothing, the average Maryland family can expect to spend nearly $25,000 per year on health care premiums by 2016, up from $12,000 now....
COLLEGE PARK, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-D) joined President Barack Obama today for a health insurance reform rally at the University of Maryland - College Park. He released the following statement:...
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the White House issued a new report on data released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau that show the number of uninsured Marylanders has increased, from 13.9% in 2001 to 15.4% in 2008, adding to a premium increase of 79% for Marylanders with insurance over the same eight year period. Rep. Hoyer released the following statement:...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement tonight after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on health reform:...
“Tonight I’m here to talk about how vital health reform is what a reform bill will and will not do, and how it will ensure that you have affordable health care you can count on..."...
WALDORF, MD - Hundreds of Marylanders joined Congressman Steny H. Hoyer this evening at North Point High School in Waldorf, MD for a town hall meeting on Congress' efforts to provide greater health care security for all Americans through health care reform....
WALDORF, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) announced today that he will hold a town hall meeting on health care reform for residents of the 5th Congressional District of Maryland on Tuesday, September 1st, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at North Point High School located at 2500 Davis Road, Waldorf, MD. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and Congressman Ron Kind (WI) of the House Ways and Means Committee held a press conference call with small business owners to discuss how America's small businesses, which lack affordable coverage options today, will benefit substantially by reforms currently being considered in Congress. Below are the remarks by Majority Leader Hoyer....
One of the most overlooked facts in the health reform debate is that small businesses and their employees will be among those who have the most to gain with reform - and the most to lose under our current system. The reality is that the current health care system is unsustainable for American small businesses. Let's look at the facts. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today after the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the America's Affordable Health Choices Act, the third committee to do so this month: ...
The rising cost of health care is one of the biggest drags on our economy, and small businesses and middle-class families are struggling to keep their heads above water. That is why Democrats want to enact health reform to reduce the burden of ballooning health care costs on American families, businesses and our fiscal future....
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined Reps. Ed Perlmutter (CO) and Marcia L. Fudge (OH), and families who are at risk of being or who have been denied health care coverage because of a pre-existing condition at a press conference today, calling for health reform that ends discrimination based on a person's health status. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: ...
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the House Tri-Committee's introduction of America's Affordable Health Choices Act:...
WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) joined House Democratic Leaders and a group of Americans impacted by our current health care system for a press conference on the need for health care reform. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: ...
College Park, MD - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) delivered remarks commemorating the 43rd Anniversary of Medicare, which was yesterday, July 1. Medicare is a landmark initiative that has provided affordable health care for millions of Americans.
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College Park, MD - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) delivered remarks commemorating the 43rd Anniversary of Medicare, which was yesterday, July 1. Medicare is a landmark initiative that has provided affordable health care for millions of Americans. ...
The First of July marked the 43rd anniversary of one of the greatest domestic policy achievements in America since World War II: the enactment of Medicare. Today, when Medicare is such an integral part of so many lives, it is hard to imagine how bitterly it was opposed....
During the meeting, Rep. Hoyer listened to numerous personal stories, took questions and asked citizens to join him in supporting national efforts to enact comprehensive health care reform this year......
WASHINGTON, DC - Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (Md.) released the following statement today on Covered the Uninsured Week (March 22-28), a weeklong effort to foster conversation about reforming the nation's health care system and making affordable health insurance available to the 45 million currently uninsured Americans....
WHITE PLAINS, MD -- U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) and U.S. Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-5) today visited the Charles County Department of Health to talk about the importance of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for the children of Charles County and Maryland. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives voting in support of final bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 11 million children in modest-income families. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD) spoke on the House Floor today in support of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which will expand the program to include more than 11 million children nationwide. Maryland currently has 132,887 enrolled in the program....
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today after the State of Maryland unveiled a new dental project that will help provide oral services to children in Prince George's County. ...
WASHINGTON, D.C - The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved legislation - the Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act - to impose a one-year moratorium on Medicaid regulations proposed by the Bush Administration that threaten services for 650,000 Marylanders enrolled in Medicaid, and would result in the loss of approximately $67 million in Medicaid payments to the State. ...
WASHINGTON, DC -Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) was recognized this week by the Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) for his leadership in working to improve children's access to oral health....
Washington, DC-Today, following the release of a report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer (Md.-5), Elijah E. Cummings (Md.-7), Albert R. Wynn (Md.-4), Chris Van Hollen (Md.-8), and John Sarbanes (Md.-3) called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to repeal new Medicaid rules imposed by the Bush Administration that would slash funding for critical programs or eliminate the programs altogether...
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today voted to support the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and override the President’s veto of bipartisan legislation to provide health care to 10 million children....
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined an overwhelming majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass new legislation providing health insurance to ten million children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). ...
WASHINGTON, D.C – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statementafter the U.S. House fell 13 votes shy of the two-thirds supermajority needed to override President Bush’s veto of legislation providing health insurance to ten million children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program: ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today after President Bush vetoed bipartisan legislation that would provide health insurance to 10 million children through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)....
WASHINGTON, DC – The House and Senate today sent President Bush bipartisan legislation to provide ten million children with the health care they need and deserve – legislation the President has threatened to veto. ...
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined Governor Martin O’Malley, Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown, Maryland House Speaker Michael E. Busch, children's health advocates, and families today in urging support for the reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). ...
WASHINGTON, DC – With overwhelming bipartisan support, the House today passed a major children’s health care bill that will insure more than ten million children under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Following discussions between the House and the Senate on reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), it was announced today that both chambers will vote on a final bill that will insure 10 million children and include an enhanced dental benefit championed by members of the Maryland Congressional delegation. ...
WASHINGTON, DC – All eight Democratic members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation today gathered in the U.S. Capitol for a press conference to discuss the importance of ensuring a guaranteed dental benefit for children ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today hailed passage of the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act “CHAMP” ACT (HR 3162) to reauthorize the successful State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and protect Medicare for America's seniors....
Washington, DC – U.S. Representatives Steny H. Hoyer, Elijah E. Cummings, and Albert R. Wynn released the following statements on the newly unveiled Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act “CHAMP” ACT (HR 3162) to reauthorize the successful State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and protect Medicare for America's seniors. ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today recognized the important mission of National HIV Testing Day (June, 27, 2007)created by the National Association of People with AIDS in 1995 to encourage HIV screenings as an effective means of prevention. ...
On June 17th, I join fathers, grandfathers, and even great-grandfathers like myself, across our state in celebrating Father’s Day. This Father’s Day it is especially appropriate to recognize those fathers who have sacrificed precious time away from their families on active duty in our nation’s military, while thanking all fathers for their commitment to their families and for playing a vital role in the lives of their children....
Mothers’ Day is a time for sons, daughters, husbands and grandchildren to reflect upon and celebrate all the wonderful contributions our mothers have made. This holiday also calls us to ensure that mothers are provided with the tools and resources that will help them raise healthy children. ...
In almost every public poll that asks Americans what domestic issue most concerns them, health care is almost always listed among in the top three. As a matter of public policy, health care dominates the debate, both in the state of Maryland and in Washington....
May 7 - 13 is Public Service Recognition Week - an annual week to highlight the dedication and commitment of the more than 20 million public employees throughout the United States. In 1988, Congress passed a proclamation declaring Public Service Recognition Week. From its initial beginnings, Public Service Recognition Week has grown in size and scope. This year it will be celebrated in all fifty states and in over 1400 cities. ...
Imagine what it would be like to lose a child on account of a toothache because your insurance coverage lapsed and you didn’t have access to the basic health services that may have saved his life. It’s hard to imagine such a scenario could happen in the 21st Century in the most prosperous and resource-rich nation on the planet - but it did. Furthermore, it happened right here in Maryland....
Washington, DC – Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today urged support for a comprehensive dental benefit under Medicaid’s State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) as House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee conducted a hearing on children’s dental health. ...
The first woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, a mother and grandmother, convened the 110th Congress by announcing: “For all of America’s children, the House will be in order.” Both the Speaker’s words and the image of her surrounded by children that day represent the new Congress’s promise and commitment to protect and provide for all of our nation’s children.
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Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) joined national, state and local leaders to dedicate the new Shared Use Facility at the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) White Oak campus in Silver Spring today......
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After seniors spent months trying to navigate Medicare Part D’s enrollment labyrinth or face a lifetime penalty, the House Ways and Means Committee today released report showing more dire news for beneficiaries. The report shows that 92 percent of seniors and people with disabilities in Maryland are at risk of falling into the “doughnut-hole,” the portion of the program that contains a gap in coverage where beneficiaries continue to pay premiums without receiving financial coverage for medicines. ...
Nearly two months after Maryland seniors were forced to enroll in Medicare Part D or face a lifetime penalty, news about the failures of this confusing law continues to pour in....
On Monday, I hosted a town hall meeting in Waldorf to discuss the looming prescription drug deadline. My Democratic colleagues and I have requested that the Bush Administration extend the penalty-free enrollment deadline for the new Medicare prescription drug law from tomorrow to January 1, 2007, so that seniors can have more time to navigate this confusing and complicated law....
Senior citizens have less than one week to enroll in a highly scrutinized federal prescription drug program before incurring lifetime penalties that would likely hurt those it aims to help....
Reps. Steny H. Hoyer and Benjamin L. Cardin met this week with seniors at Victoria Park Apartments in Waldorf to discuss the Medicare prescription drug program and the looming Monday deadline to sign up for the benefit.
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WALDORF, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Congressman Ben Cardin (D-MD), a recognized Medicare expert, today met with seniors at Victoria Park Apartments in Waldorf to discuss the upcoming Medicare prescription drug deadline....
WALDORF, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Congressman Ben Cardin (D-MD), a recognized Medicare expert, today met with seniors at Victoria Park Apartments in Waldorf to discuss the upcoming Medicare prescription drug deadline.
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WALDORF, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today visited NorthGate Pharmacy in Waldorf to hear local community pharmacists’ concerns about the flawed implementation of Medicare Part D, the Republican prescription drug benefit which took effect this year. ...
FORT WASHINGTON, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today hosted a town hall meeting to discuss some of the challenges facing seniors as they enroll in Medicare Part D.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Bush’s remarks on the Medicare prescription drug program in Silver Spring, MD today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) criticized the Republican law as being unnecessarily complicated and failing to adequately take care of seniors’ biggest problem, the high price of medicines....
U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer visited the Richard R. Clark Senior Center in La Plata Friday morning to help seniors wade through the new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan — which he said is more complicated than it needs to be.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today requested that the Bush Administration extend the penalty-free enrollment period for their new, complex Medicare prescription drug plan. ...
LA PLATA, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) today hosted a town hall meeting to discuss some of the challenges facing seniors as they enroll in Medicare Part D. ...
WASHINGTON, DC– Representatives Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Kay Granger (R-TX) today re-introduced the Childhood Obesity Reduction Act—a bill to encourage schools and school districts to develop and implement local, school-based programs designed to reduce and prevent childhood obesity, promote increased physical activity, and improve nutritional choices in young people. ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Frank Wolf (R-VA), Tom Davis (R-VA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Albert Wynn (D-MD), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following joint statement today announcing that at their request, the FY 2006 Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia Appropriations Conference Report, approved by the House of Representatives today, included $1,300,000 in federal funds for the Capital Area Food Bank....
Earlier this year, Americans celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Medicare, the federal health insurance program for seniors and individuals with disabilities. ...
Clinton, MD - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Congressman Ben Cardin (D-MD) hosted a town hall meeting at the Clinton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center today to discuss the upcoming Medicare prescription drug benefit. ...
Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD-05) kicked off the 2005 Southern Maryland Memory Walk for Alzheimer’s awareness in a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The walk was part of a nationwide effort to educate people about Alzheimer’s disease......
Congressman Steny Hoyer (MD) was recently honored at the Century Council’s fifth annual Congressional Awards luncheon on Capitol Hill for his commitment to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking. ...
As Secretary of Health & Human Services Mike Leavitt toured Baltimore today to promote the Medicare prescription drug benefit, U.S. Reps. Steny Hoyer (D, MD-5) and Ben Cardin (D, MD-3) both expressed serious concerns about the Medicare law that takes effect in January 2006, providing seniors with a limited prescription drug benefit. ...
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) introduced legislation today that would allow “medically necessary” dental care for seniors and the disabled to be covered under Medicare. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer today signed a petition to force the full House of Representatives to consider a common sense proposal that would give the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices on behalf seniors enrolled in Medicare. This provision was eliminated from the Republican Medicare legislation signed into law at the end of last year. This petition would also guarantee that HHS offer at least one nationwide Medicare-administered prescription drug benefit.
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer joined Special Olympics athlete Donna Moorleghen from LaPlata, and Members of Congress from the House of Representatives and the Senate today to unveil legislation to support and promote expansion of Special Olympics.
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CLINTON - Congressman Steny Hoyer hosted a Prescription Drug Town Hall Meeting at the Bradford Oaks Nursing Center today in Clinton to discuss the new and very complicated federal prescription drug law. The plan became law late last year and polls show that seniors are still very confused about its provisions. Following are some of the remarks made by Congressman Hoyer as he talked to Maryland seniors. (As prepared for delivery).
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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer today received the 2004 Congressional Distinguished Service Award from the First Candle/Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Alliance, recognized as one of America's top 100 charities, who work to promote infant health and survival during the prenatal period through two years of age. Representative Hoyer was singled out for his work at the federal level to help improve infant health and wellness....
WASHINGTON - Congressman Hoyer issued the following statement today in observance of "Cover the Uninsured Week," May 10th through 16th. In Maryland, 1,123,000 people in 2001 did not have health insurance for six months or more; roughly one in every five Marylanders....
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement today cautioning seniors to carefully examine their options before enrolling in the new Medicare prescription drug discount card program.
Starting today, seniors and people with disabilities will be allowed to sign up for a new HHS drug discount card. The prescription drug discount card program is part of the Republican Medicare prescription drug bill passed by Congress and signed by the President late last year. This transitional program will only be in effect from June 2004 through December 2005.
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CHARLOTTE HALL - Congressman Steny Hoyer today joined community leaders on education and child care issues to observe how a federal grant in the amount of $540,165 that the Southern Maryland Child Care Resource Center received for early learning opportunities is being implemented. Rep. Hoyer was briefed about the Center’s use of the grant by Executive Director Becky Stevens and the Center staff....
WHITE PLAINS, MD - Congressman Steny Hoyer today met with Charles County Health Officer, Dr. Chinnadurai Devadason (Dr. D), and more than 100 Charles County Public Health Department Employees to discuss with them the importance of investing in our public health. Rep. Hoyer met with the Health Department in recognition of National Public Health Week, observed this year from April 5 through April 11. Following are Congressman Hoyer’s remarks as prepared for delivery:...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer today congratulated researchers at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, the Center for Addiction and Mental Health and the University of Toronto, for identifying a new form of the protein MECP2 which regulates the complex expression of Rett Syndrome (RS) and other neurological disorders including autism, childhood schizophrenia and some forms of mental retardation. This research is reported in the April issue of the journal Nature Genetics, which recently became available online. Congressman Hoyer has been a leader in Congress on Rett Syndrome for over a decade. ...
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer was honored today by the Alzheimer’s Association as this year’s recipient of their Humanitarian Award. As a strong supporter of the Alzheimer’s Association in Congress, Hoyer was awarded today as a tribute to his leadership on critical appropriations measures, in promoting rights for persons with disabilities and his work on Medicaid and Medicare issues....
LAUREL - U.S. Representatives Steny Hoyer and Ben Cardin hosted a Prescription Drug Town Hall Meeting at the Phelps Senior Center in Laurel, Maryland today to discuss the new and very complicated federal prescription drug law. The Representatives were joined by the Mayor of Laurel, Craig Moe, and the Director of the Phelps Senior Center, Gina Wade. Following are some of the remarks made by Congressman Hoyer as he talked to Maryland seniors. (As prepared for delivery)....
For far too long, America’s health insurance system has made health care more costly, less accessible and less efficient for families and small businesses. Congressman Hoyer fought for enactment of critical insurance reforms that will put patients in control of their health care instead of insurance companies, while ensuring that the U.S. health care system continues to be the best in the world.
The new law increases competition to help bring down costs, ends the practice of denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, and bans annual and lifetime limits on health coverage benefits. It enables parents to keep their children on their health care plans until they are 26 and makes small businesses eligible for tax credits to ease the burden of employee coverage. The law strengthens Medicare and will make prescription coverage for seniors more affordable. It also will expand coverage to 31 million American citizens.
In recent years, Congressman Hoyer has also voted for measures prohibiting insurance companies and employers from discriminating against people on the basis of genetic test results and eliminating discriminatory provisions against patients seeking treatment for mental illnesses.
Further, he’s supported increased oversight to help protect the health of American consumers. Congressman Hoyer also voted to improve food safety efforts and supported a new law that allows FDA regulation of tobacco.
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