U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) and Michael Burgess (R-TX), who are both certified medical doctors, recently applauded proposed changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update safe harbor regulations. “This announcement is great news for Read more…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) is leading the second wave of investigations into patient brokering, which occurs when individuals serve as intermediaries and profit from the recruitment of patients seeking treatment for substance use disorder. “We must continue to fight Read more…
U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that would authorize a total of $30 million each fiscal year from 2020 through 2024 to improve maternal healthcare in America. “As a physician and a father of four, I understand Read more…
Republican leaders on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee want to know why a key provision of an anti-opioid law hasn’t yet been implemented. U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) in June 2018 sponsored Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, applauded recently proposed changes by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to protect the nation’s contact lens consumers from unsafe online sales practices. “In the 21st century marketplace, American patients have more options for buying contact lenses than ever before,” Rep. Burgess Read more…
After travelling last week to the United States-Mexico border to learn firsthand about the immigration crisis there, U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Paul Mitchell (R-MI) said Congress must quickly intervene to help solve mounting challenges. “There is a humanitarian Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) and U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) commended markup by the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health of 10 healthcare-related bills last week. “As I have said before, reauthorizing these Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on July 9 sponsored a bipartisan bill to continue the Independence at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Program (IAH) under Medicare for three more years. “By extending IAH, Congress can improve seniors’ access to quality health Read more…
A newly released executive order to make the nation’s healthcare prices more transparent received accolades this week from U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN). The new executive order, signed on June 24 by President Read more…
A bipartisan amendment offered by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) received approval by the U.S. House of Representatives to be included in the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2020. “I am grateful that the House passed Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on June 5 unveiled bipartisan legislation that would provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes. Rep. Burgess cosponsored the Gestational Diabetes (GEDI) Act, H.R. 3109, with bill sponsor U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) recently reintroduced the Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act, a measure the lawmaker has sponsored seven times during the last 14 years of congressional sessions to help American citizens grow their benefits along with the Read more…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should expand patients’ access to their highly rated physician-owned hospitals, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) said recently. “Through innovation, CMS can optimize the role of physician-owned hospitals to improve health care for Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on May 21 cosponsored bipartisan legislation that would set up a national surveillance system of vaccine rates, authorize research on vaccine hesitancy, and increase the public’s understanding about the benefits of immunizations. “This bill reinforces Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on May 14 introduced a bill to incentivize low-cost drug options and generic competition. Rep. Burgess is the sponsor of the Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and Other Public Health Priorities Read more…
House Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Michael C. Burgess (R-TX) joined a bipartisan group of committee leaders in requesting information on the efforts taken by federal agencies to combat the high U.S. Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) introduced legislation on April 12 that would protect individuals who have health insurance offered by association health plans. Association health plans allow small businesses facing rising premiums to jointly access a group insurance market that Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on April 3 sponsored legislation that would curb United States funding to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras based on unaccompanied alien children fleeing from those countries into the United States. “With the current humanitarian and Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) on Monday supported their chamber’s approval of a bipartisan package of bills to stretch out federal funding for several critical Medicaid programs. “Today, the House took bipartisan action to pass an Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) this week asked Congress to hasten consideration of a bill he introduced that would authorize as unfair or deceptive any bad faith acts by someone alleging that a patent recipient is or may be infringing Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would impose criminal sanctions on people involved in international doping fraud conspiracies. “As hardworking athletes who play by the rules have experienced, the current framework is fundamentally ill-equipped to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) on Jan. 24 introduced the United States Reciprocal Trade Act to permit the president to take specific actions related to reciprocal trade agreements. “Unfortunately, the current trade system allows other countries to put massive tariffs Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) this week lauded U.S. Senate passage of his bipartisan bill, the Improving Access to Maternity Care Act. “With yesterday’s Senate passage, we have come one step closer to delivering the quality, consistent maternity care that Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, introduced a resolution toward determining the causes of illegal immigration to America from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. “As Congress considers solutions for our nation’s Read more…
The U.S. Senate on Sept. 17 approved a package of bills intended to help end the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis that included bipartisan, bicameral legislation from U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). The Senate amended Read more…
U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), and Michael Burgess (R-TX) on Sept. 7 unveiled the bipartisan Know the Cost Act of 2018, which aims to prohibit gag clauses regarding prescription drug prices. H.R. 6733, lead sponsored by Read more…
In a recent trip to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) gained feedback to help figure out solutions for ending illegal immigration from the region into the United States. Since 2014, a large number of unaccompanied Read more…
U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) is urging U.S. Senate passage of the U.S. House-approved SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, which includes a provision he sponsored to fight infectious diseases resulting from drug abuse. H.R. 6 would make several changes Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) want details about whether the mega-mergers among Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) has contributed to rising national drug prices for the more than 266 million Americans using PBM prescription drug plans. “Consolidation Read more…
A provision sponsored by U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) to more quickly put new animal drugs in the hands of veterinarians via conditional approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is on Read more…
U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), Bill Flores (R-TX) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on July 25 voted in support of two bills that would lower healthcare costs for Americans. The U.S. House on Wednesday in a 277-142 vote approved the Restoring Read more…
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee has advanced 11 bills, including three introduced by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), to expand access to Health Savings Accounts (HSA), which currently provide healthcare coverage to more than 25 million Americans. HSAs Read more…
The Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018 became law on July 7 with the president’s signature, marking an important milestone for how the nation will work to improve cancer treatment for firefighters, said U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Read more…
U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) and members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee commended the U.S. House’s approval of the bipartisan Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018, which now heads to the president’s desk to become law. “I Read more…
A bill authored by U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA) that would remove a barrier to inpatient drug addiction care for Medicaid beneficiaries received U.S. House approval on June 20 by a bipartisan vote of 261-155. “Unfortunately, current law prohibits some Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on June 8 introduced the U.S. House version of the Increasing Access to Care Act, H.R. 6050, which would offer people around the country more options of cheaper-priced health insurance to consider. “With the advent Read more…
Several Republican members of Congress who were instrumental in developing and advancing bipartisan legislation to hasten pediatric cancer research and provide resources for child patients on June 5 joined the president at the White House to sign the bill into Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), chairman of the Republican Main Street Caucus, joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in prodding the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to hasten release of school safety funding guidance for America’s schools. “Students should not Read more…
America’s schools are still waiting on the distribution of federal school safety grants approved earlier this year by Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) needs to speed up the process, said U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and a Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), chairman of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee, has proposed a bipartisan bill that, among several provisions, would require members of Congress to repay awards and settlements stemming from acts of harassment they personally commit, even Read more…
A bipartisan bill U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) helped push forward to improve access to experimental treatments for patients with terminal diseases or conditions received approval on May 22 from the U.S. House of Representatives in a 250-169 vote and Read more…
Legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) on April 17 would close sentencing loopholes that can enable repeat immigration law offenders to receive lighter sentences for additional criminal convictions. The Peter, Ellie, and Grayson Victims of Illegal Criminal Entry Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) have asked the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as the heads of several other related entities, to promptly prove that the federal agency is Read more…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 6 unveiled the government-wide MyHealthEData initiative designed to enable patients to obtain and share copies of their own electronic health records, action lauded by U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam (R-IL) and Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 7 overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act of 2017, championed by U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and fellow Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle, on a 404-3 vote. H.R. 1997, which was Read more…
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) legislation giving states an interim path to proceed with the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), The Chip Stability Act, was signed into law on Dec. 8 by President Donald Trump. Heller’s legislation was incorporated into Read more…
Citing potential harm to the United States’ technological competitiveness and global science and industry status, 31 Republican members of Congress urged House and Senate leaders in a Dec. 7 letter to oppose repealing a tax provision which keeps graduate tuition Read more…
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), as well as U.S. Reps. Ryan Costello (R-PA) and Tom Emmer (R-MN), on Friday introduced legislation to help states continue providing health care services for vulnerable children under the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The Read more…
The House last week passed legislation to help millions of low-income children by extending the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for five years, part of a bill that U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) supported that also Read more…