Health Care

House approves legislation to fight opioid epidemic with support from Comstock, Curbelo, Davis, Denham, Dold, Tiberi, Poliquin, Young

The House of Representatives passed a series of bipartisan bills last week that aim to curb the nation’s opioid and…

8 years ago

Congressional leaders react to U.S. District Court’s ruling on healthcare law subsidies paid to insurance companies

A U.S. District Court ruled on Thursday that the Obama administration broke the law by sending billions to insurance companies…

8 years ago

House passes bill to combat opioid abuse with key provisions from Sensenbrenner, Bishop, Turner, Donovan

The House of Representatives approved a comprehensive opioid bill on Thursday that includes provisions led by U.S. Reps. Mike Bishop…

8 years ago

Price, McMorris Rodgers lead bipartisan legislation to prevent reimbursement rate cuts for durable medical equipment

U.S. Reps. Tom Price (R-GA) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) led a bipartisan coalition on Thursday that introduced legislation to…

8 years ago

Bucshon, Lance, Meehan, Stivers bills included in series of House-approved bills to curb opioid abuse

The House of Representatives recently approved bills that were introduced by U.S. Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Patrick…

8 years ago

Tiberi convenes subcommittee hearing on implementation of law modernizing Medicare reimbursement system

U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) convened a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday to forge a bipartisan path forward in the implementation…

8 years ago

Cassidy chairs hearing on dyslexia, calls for science to drive policy

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) chaired a hearing on dyslexia on Wednesday to explore how to raise awareness about dyslexia…

8 years ago

Long introduces bill to encourage development of therapies for at-risk newborns

Legislation introduced on Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) would make life-saving treatments for at-risk newborns more widely available.…

8 years ago

House Energy and Commerce Committee report finds acting CMS administrator mislead Congress about state health exchange figures

The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report on Tuesday that found that acting Centers for Medicaid and Medicare…

8 years ago

LaHood hosts roundtable discussion on drug epidemic

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) hosted a roundtable discussion in Quincy, Ill., on Tuesday with local police, treatment specialists, government…

8 years ago

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