Health Care

Turner unveils bipartisan bill to allow Medicaid drug, pandemic treatments for inmates

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) would allow states to make medical assistance available to inmates during…

3 years ago

Blunt announces additional funds for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

More than half of the $850 million that U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) helped secure for the national Certified Community…

3 years ago

Capito’s bipartisan bill authorizes $50M to ramp up telehealth services at nursing homes

Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) aims to protect older Americans living in nursing homes from…

3 years ago

Newhouse sponsors bill to support new and expecting moms in rural areas

Healthcare access and outcomes for new and expecting mothers living in America’s rural communities would be improved under newly introduced…

3 years ago

Increased same-day coronavirus lab testing proposed in new Bucshon bill

U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-IN) on Feb. 3 unveiled a bipartisan bill to increase COVID-19 testing capacity at laboratories across…

3 years ago

Bipartisan Joyce bill offers drug-free program flexibility during pandemic

To help fight the nation’s rising opioid epidemic during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) on Feb.…

3 years ago

Cassidy: Medicare should pay ambulance providers for on-site pandemic-related care

Due to fewer available hospital beds during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many ambulance providers have been directed to care for…

3 years ago

Cassidy’s bipartisan bill gives patients ‘power to take control’ of healthcare decisions

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Jan. 28 sponsored a bipartisan bill to expand patients’ access to their primary care…

3 years ago

Bipartisan Bucshon bill authorizes $400M to modernize U.S. immunization system

To bolster and quicken the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine rollout, as well as similar responses to future public health emergencies, U.S.…

3 years ago

Rounds makes bipartisan request to ensure equitable distribution of pandemic telehealth funds

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) joined a bipartisan contingent of colleagues in requesting that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) strengthen…

3 years ago

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